Facebook Faces Backlash After Deleting Historic Vietnam War Photo: Here’s What to Read
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Here’s what we’re reading today:
1. North Korea says it tested a nuclear bomb
“North Korea drew global condemnation after conducting its fifth nuclear test on Friday, the anniversary of the reclusive nation’s founding, and said it was now able to produce miniaturized nuclear arms.”
2. Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after Facebook deletes ‘napalm girl’ post
“Norway’s largest newspaper has published a front-page open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, lambasting the company’s decision to censor a historic photograph of the Vietnam war and calling on Zuckerberg to recognize and live up to his role as ‘the world’s most powerful editor.'”
3. Apple’s newest product isn’t a phone or watch, it’s a lifestyle
“But yesterday’s conference wasn’t about revolutionary products at your fingertips, or even anything that could make your life easier, really. Beneath the sheen of new phones and watches was an unspoken ultimatum: Buy into Apple’s lifestyle or become obsolete.”
4. How to organize the largest American prison strike ever – from inside prison
“Inmates imprisoned across nearly half the United States are planning to go on strike today, the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising.”
5. “I was an Uber pirate”
After Uber Pool decimated this driver’s hourly wage, they decided to turn off the app and go rouge. Medium publication MEL tells the story of the night it all went sideways though, when the driver, kept anonymous in the piece, knocked out a rider over an unpaid fare.
Photo: New York Times
