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It’s always been true and we’ll continue to conduct ourselves in a neutral way,” Pichai said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a line of inquiry that is far afield from the purpose of the hearing, noted Pennsylvania Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon, saying she’d like to turn the focus back to antitrust, rather than “fringe conspiracy theories.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This incited Jordan, who interrupted Scanlon, launching a screaming match between Jordan and Democratic leadership about following the rules of the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When someone comes after my motives for asking questions,” shouted Jordan, “I should get a chance to respond.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>— Bobby Allyn \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Does Amazon use sellers’ data to help itself?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first inquiry for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos finally arrived from Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., some two hours into the hearing. Jayapal zeroed in on the subcommittee’s central concern about Amazon: Does the company use the data it collects from other sellers on the platform for its benefit?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t answer that questions yes or no,” Bezos said. “We have a policy against using seller-specific data to aid our private label business, but I can’t guarantee you that that policy has never been violated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Committee lawmakers have previously accused Amazon of “\u003ca href=\"https://judiciary.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2931\">lack of candor\u003c/a>” about how it \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-scooped-up-data-from-its-own-sellers-to-launch-competing-products-11587650015\">might be using\u003c/a> other sellers’ data to give an edge its own business, something Amazon executives have, until now, denied was happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics have \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-scooped-up-data-from-its-own-sellers-to-launch-competing-products-11587650015\">made the case\u003c/a> that Amazon employees may have used such data to create the retailer’s own private-label products, which Bezos told lawmakers the company was still investigating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jayapal noted that Amazon has access to information about consumer habits, sellers’ pricing and inventory data, a trove of details that could be ripe for abuse if used to make business decisions about Amazon’s own products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can set the rules of the game for your competitors, but not actually follow those same rules for yourself,” Jayapal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have access to data that your competitors do not have,” she continued, adding that if Amazon was “continuously monitoring” such data to make sure that other sellers “are never going to get big enough that they can compete with you — that is actually the concern that the committee has,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>–Alina Selyukh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Google’s Pichai is pressed on being “the gateway to the Internet”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Subcommittee Chairman Cicilline spent all of his first 5-minute block of questions on Google — the company at most immediate risk of actual antitrust action. 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That’s a key part of competition questions facing the social media giant. Critics accuse Facebook of buying or copying rivals — like Instagram and WhatsApp — to squash competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nadler said in its investigation, the committee got documents from Facebook in which Zuckerberg discussed \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/HouseJudiciary/status/1288540745637474306?s=20\">“neutralizing a competitor”\u003c/a> as a reason to pursue Instagram.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Facebook saw Instagram as a threat that could potentially siphon business away from Facebook. And so rather than compete with it, Facebook bought it,” Nadler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zuckerberg points out that the Federal Trade Commission okayed the merger at the time. “With hindsight it probably looks obvious that Instagram would have reached the scale that it has today, but at the time it was far from obvious,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cicilline interjected to say that the “failures” of the FTC in 2012 do not mean it was not a violation of antitrust law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>–Shannon Bond\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Panel chairman: Under coronavirus, big tech “likely to emerge stronger and more powerful” \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up first is Rhode Island Democrat David Cicilline, chairman of the antitrust subcommittee that’s holding this hearing. He is the driving force behind the year-long investigation of big tech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his \u003ca href=\"https://judiciary.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3200\">opening remarks\u003c/a>, he describes the dominance of each company: Amazon in online shopping, Apple in smartphones and apps, Facebook in social media and Google in search and ads. And he points out that thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, all four “are likely to emerge stronger and more powerful than ever before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As American families shift more of their work, shopping, and communication online, these giants stand to profit. Locally owned businesses, meanwhile —mom and pop stores on Main Street — face an economic crisis unlike any in recent history,” Cicilline said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee’s investigation has turned up a pattern among the tech giants, he said. They control access to information and marketplaces, use that control to “surveil” rivals and protect their power, and favor their own businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Simply put: They have too much power,” Cicilline said. For consumers, he said, this is reminiscent of previous American monopolies: railroads, oil and telephone companies, and even another tech giant — Microsoft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This investigation also goes to the heart of whether we, as a people, govern ourselves, or whether we let ourselves be governed by private monopolies,” he said. “Our founders would not bow before a king. Nor should we bow before the emperors of the online economy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>–Shannon Bond\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Republican Jim Jordan: “Big Tech is out to get conservatives”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s hearing is supposed to be about Big Tech’s power and market dominance. But Republicans are already trying to make it about something else: accusations that online platforms are biased against conservatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Big Tech is out to get conservatives,” said Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in his fiery opening statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jordan then rapidly read aloud headlines making claims that conservative-leaning publications and voices have been suppressed or censored on Facebook and Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also mentioned Twitter, even though it is not part of the hearing. Jordan said conservative members of Congress were “shadow banned” on Twitter. He said Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey said it was a glitch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I had a nickel for every time I heard it was just a glitch, I wouldn’t be as wealthy as our witnesses, but I’d be doing right,” Jordan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all think the free market is great. We think competition is great. We love the fact that these are American companies. But what’s not great is censoring people, censoring conservatives and trying to impact election,” Jordan said. “”If it doesn’t end, there has to be consequences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Jordan’s remarks, Wisconsin Republican Jim Sensenbrenner also mentioned the belief, strongly contested by large tech companies, that conservatives do not get a fair shake by the online platforms, calling reports of conservative censorship troubling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Conservatives are consumers, too, and they need the protection of antitrust laws,” Sensenbrenner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing erupted in chaos after Jordan asked that Rep. Mike Johnson of the House Judiciary’s Constitution subcommittee be allowed to participate in the hearing. The request was denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jordan then repeatedly interrupted antitrust subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline, who was attempting to introduce Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re talking about peoples’ liberties here,” Jordan said over Cicilline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Put your mask on,” Jordan was told.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>–Bobby Allyn\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trump tweets: ‘Bring fairness to Big Tech’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing has gotten underway, after an hour-long delay. First up, we will get opening statements from the top members of the committee and the four CEOs. Then lawmakers will each get five minutes to question Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg. All four will be joining remotely, via video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The focus of the hearing, and the committee’s investigation, is competition — but expect lawmakers to be unable to resist bringing up other complaints about tech companies, from election security and the spread of misinformation to alleged anti-conservative bias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s also the message coming from the White House, where President Trump has repeatedly accused tech companies of treating him unfairly. Shortly after noon, he \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288506554585505793\">tweeted\u003c/a>: “If Congress doesn’t bring fairness to Big Tech, which they should have done years ago, I will do it myself with Executive Orders. In Washington, it has been ALL TALK and NO ACTION for years, and the people of our Country are sick and tired of it!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>–Shannon Bond\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Our original story by Bobby Allyn continues:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid a time of rising tensions with China, some of the powerful CEOs will suggest that too much regulation could provide an opportunity for Chinese tech firms to gain a global toehold, according to opening remarks from the tech leaders \u003ca href=\"https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=110883\">released by\u003c/a> the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe in values — democracy, competition, inclusion and free expression — that the American economy was built on,” Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg will tell lawmakers, according to his prepared \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7009144/Mark-Zuckerberg-Written-Testimony.pdf\">opening statement\u003c/a>. “China is building its own version of the internet focused on very different ideas, and they are exporting their vision to other countries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person who will be making his first-ever appearance in front of Congress, will bring in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/896500557/jeff-bezos-to-washington-my-dad-s-name-is-miguel-he-adopted-me-when-i-was-4\">his personal story \u003c/a>of being adopted by an immigrant father when he was 4 years old and spending his summers on his grandparents’ ranch in Texas, saying his upbringing instilled in him a work ethic that has helped Amazon prosper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon’s rise to becoming the largest online retailer, Bezos will say, is an achievement only made possible in America. But Walmart, he will point out, is still twice the size of Amazon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did not start out as the largest marketplace — eBay was many times our size. It was only by focusing on supporting sellers and giving them the best tools we could invent that we were able to succeed and eventually surpass eBay,” Bezos says in his \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7009139/Jeff-Bezos-Written-Testimony.pdf\">released testimony\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google’s Sundar Pichai will steer attention to the other ways people navigate the online world, even though 90% of Internet searches happen on Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People have more ways to search for information than ever before — and increasingly this is happening outside the context of only a search engine,” Pichai \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7009142/Sundar-Pichai-Written-Testimony.pdf\">plans to tell\u003c/a> the House panel. “You can ask Alexa a question from your kitchen; read your news on Twitter; ask friends for information via WhatsApp; and get recommendations on Snapchat or Pinterest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apple’s Tim Cook will echo the appeals to patriotism raised among the other tech CEOs by touting how Apple’s strength, becoming the most valuable company in the world, represents success “only possible in this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He will also join the other tech leaders by arguing that Apple has plenty of competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The smartphone market is fiercely competitive, and companies like Samsung, LG, Huawei and Google have built very successful smartphone businesses offering different approaches,” Cook will say in \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7009148/Tim-Cook-Written-Testimony.pdf\">his opening statement\u003c/a> to lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether members of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee buy these arguments over the course of what is set to be an hourslong spectacle is another matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it remains to be seen if the public will gain new insight into the tech companies, and whether lawmakers can pin down answers from the typically cautious technology executives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CEOs will be testifying via video at the same time, rather than one by one, a format seen as taking the heat off any individual executive and something the companies requested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/894834512/big-tech-in-washingtons-hot-seat-what-you-need-to-know\">the hearing\u003c/a> centers on questions around market dominance, lawmakers are free to pepper the executives with questions about any topic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anything-goes format will likely divert the hearing away from antitrust and delve into issues like perceived anti-conservative bias on social media platforms, a common Republican refrain. And Democrats, often raising concern about foreign election meddling, may inquire about possible efforts to influence the vote online ahead of the November election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on-topic probing could involve issues like acquisitions that have grown the reach of Big Tech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, Facebook \u003ca href=\"https://www.crunchbase.com/search/acquisitions/field/organizations/num_acquisitions/facebook\">has acquired\u003c/a> nearly 90 companies, including Instagram, WhatsApp and more recently, Giphy, a tool for creating animated images.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How ever it goes, one thing is certain: It will be a day for the history books.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing is the first time all four technology leaders have testified together, as scrutiny over the companies’ nearly $5 trillion market power draws intensifying scrutiny in Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CEOs will be on the defensive as House lawmakers grill them about whether the business empire each company has created has resulted in monopoly-like dominance that distorts the marketplace in their favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After enjoying more than a decade virtually free of federal regulation, House lawmakers are expected to make the case that it’s time for the technology behemoths to be held to account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing caps a more than year-long House investigation into the Big Tech companies, which has probed whether the industry leaders box out competition, discourage innovation and pose larger threats to society and American democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Washington can keep the bipartisan focus on Silicon Valley, the hearing could set the stage for historic regulations, but the tech CEOs will be making the case to lawmakers that laws aimed at reining in the scale and power of each company are not necessary, contending that competition among rivals has not been squashed and that consumers have benefited from the technology sector’s success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You earn trust slowly, over time, by doing hard things well — delivering on time; offering everyday low prices; making promises and keeping them; making principled decisions, even when they’re unpopular,” Bezos will tell the subcommittee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unpopular among the four tech giants: the argument that the power each company has amassed over the years is being abused and needs to be held accountable by Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2020 NPR. 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Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., some two hours into the hearing. Jayapal zeroed in on the subcommittee’s central concern about Amazon: Does the company use the data it collects from other sellers on the platform for its benefit?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t answer that questions yes or no,” Bezos said. “We have a policy against using seller-specific data to aid our private label business, but I can’t guarantee you that that policy has never been violated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Committee lawmakers have previously accused Amazon of “\u003ca href=\"https://judiciary.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2931\">lack of candor\u003c/a>” about how it \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-scooped-up-data-from-its-own-sellers-to-launch-competing-products-11587650015\">might be using\u003c/a> other sellers’ data to give an edge its own business, something Amazon executives have, until now, denied was happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics have \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-scooped-up-data-from-its-own-sellers-to-launch-competing-products-11587650015\">made the case\u003c/a> that Amazon employees may have used such data to create the retailer’s own private-label products, which Bezos told lawmakers the company was still investigating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jayapal noted that Amazon has access to information about consumer habits, sellers’ pricing and inventory data, a trove of details that could be ripe for abuse if used to make business decisions about Amazon’s own products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can set the rules of the game for your competitors, but not actually follow those same rules for yourself,” Jayapal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have access to data that your competitors do not have,” she continued, adding that if Amazon was “continuously monitoring” such data to make sure that other sellers “are never going to get big enough that they can compete with you — that is actually the concern that the committee has,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>–Alina Selyukh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Google’s Pichai is pressed on being “the gateway to the Internet”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Subcommittee Chairman Cicilline spent all of his first 5-minute block of questions on Google — the company at most immediate risk of actual antitrust action. The Department of Justice is reportedly preparing to sue the company over its advertising business, and could be joined by state attorneys general who have also been investigating Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cicilline pressed CEO Sundar Pichai on whether Google’s business model presents a conflict of interest, because it has an incentive to give search results that keep users on its own site rather than anywhere else on the Internet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As Google became the gateway to the Internet, it began to abuse its power,” Cicilline said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pichai responded that Google “always focuses on providing users the most relevant information.” Cicilline appeared annoyed at Pichai’s answers, cutting him off several times to move to another question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>–Shannon Bond\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Still waiting for questions for Jeff Bezos\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over an hour-and-a-half into the hearing, Jeff Bezos — appearing in Congress for the first time, whose company employs a million workers and has over 150 million paying subscribers — has yet to receive a single question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His presence was slated to become a powerful accomplishment of the House Judiciary Committee, but the questioning so far has left him muted on the live video feed, reaching for some snacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing, meanwhile, is taking a 10-minute break to fix a technical problem “with one of our witnesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>–Alina Selyukh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Did Facebook buy Instagram to neutralize a competitor?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., pressed Facebook’s Zuckerberg on exactly why his company bought Instagram for $1 billion back in 2012. That’s a key part of competition questions facing the social media giant. Critics accuse Facebook of buying or copying rivals — like Instagram and WhatsApp — to squash competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nadler said in its investigation, the committee got documents from Facebook in which Zuckerberg discussed \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/HouseJudiciary/status/1288540745637474306?s=20\">“neutralizing a competitor”\u003c/a> as a reason to pursue Instagram.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Facebook saw Instagram as a threat that could potentially siphon business away from Facebook. 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He is the driving force behind the year-long investigation of big tech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his \u003ca href=\"https://judiciary.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3200\">opening remarks\u003c/a>, he describes the dominance of each company: Amazon in online shopping, Apple in smartphones and apps, Facebook in social media and Google in search and ads. And he points out that thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, all four “are likely to emerge stronger and more powerful than ever before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As American families shift more of their work, shopping, and communication online, these giants stand to profit. Locally owned businesses, meanwhile —mom and pop stores on Main Street — face an economic crisis unlike any in recent history,” Cicilline said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee’s investigation has turned up a pattern among the tech giants, he said. They control access to information and marketplaces, use that control to “surveil” rivals and protect their power, and favor their own businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Simply put: They have too much power,” Cicilline said. For consumers, he said, this is reminiscent of previous American monopolies: railroads, oil and telephone companies, and even another tech giant — Microsoft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This investigation also goes to the heart of whether we, as a people, govern ourselves, or whether we let ourselves be governed by private monopolies,” he said. “Our founders would not bow before a king. Nor should we bow before the emperors of the online economy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>–Shannon Bond\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Republican Jim Jordan: “Big Tech is out to get conservatives”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s hearing is supposed to be about Big Tech’s power and market dominance. But Republicans are already trying to make it about something else: accusations that online platforms are biased against conservatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Big Tech is out to get conservatives,” said Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in his fiery opening statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jordan then rapidly read aloud headlines making claims that conservative-leaning publications and voices have been suppressed or censored on Facebook and Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also mentioned Twitter, even though it is not part of the hearing. Jordan said conservative members of Congress were “shadow banned” on Twitter. He said Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey said it was a glitch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I had a nickel for every time I heard it was just a glitch, I wouldn’t be as wealthy as our witnesses, but I’d be doing right,” Jordan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all think the free market is great. We think competition is great. We love the fact that these are American companies. 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All four will be joining remotely, via video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The focus of the hearing, and the committee’s investigation, is competition — but expect lawmakers to be unable to resist bringing up other complaints about tech companies, from election security and the spread of misinformation to alleged anti-conservative bias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s also the message coming from the White House, where President Trump has repeatedly accused tech companies of treating him unfairly. Shortly after noon, he \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288506554585505793\">tweeted\u003c/a>: “If Congress doesn’t bring fairness to Big Tech, which they should have done years ago, I will do it myself with Executive Orders. In Washington, it has been ALL TALK and NO ACTION for years, and the people of our Country are sick and tired of it!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>–Shannon Bond\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Our original story by Bobby Allyn continues:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid a time of rising tensions with China, some of the powerful CEOs will suggest that too much regulation could provide an opportunity for Chinese tech firms to gain a global toehold, according to opening remarks from the tech leaders \u003ca href=\"https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=110883\">released by\u003c/a> the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe in values — democracy, competition, inclusion and free expression — that the American economy was built on,” Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg will tell lawmakers, according to his prepared \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7009144/Mark-Zuckerberg-Written-Testimony.pdf\">opening statement\u003c/a>. “China is building its own version of the internet focused on very different ideas, and they are exporting their vision to other countries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person who will be making his first-ever appearance in front of Congress, will bring in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/896500557/jeff-bezos-to-washington-my-dad-s-name-is-miguel-he-adopted-me-when-i-was-4\">his personal story \u003c/a>of being adopted by an immigrant father when he was 4 years old and spending his summers on his grandparents’ ranch in Texas, saying his upbringing instilled in him a work ethic that has helped Amazon prosper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon’s rise to becoming the largest online retailer, Bezos will say, is an achievement only made possible in America. But Walmart, he will point out, is still twice the size of Amazon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did not start out as the largest marketplace — eBay was many times our size. It was only by focusing on supporting sellers and giving them the best tools we could invent that we were able to succeed and eventually surpass eBay,” Bezos says in his \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7009139/Jeff-Bezos-Written-Testimony.pdf\">released testimony\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google’s Sundar Pichai will steer attention to the other ways people navigate the online world, even though 90% of Internet searches happen on Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People have more ways to search for information than ever before — and increasingly this is happening outside the context of only a search engine,” Pichai \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7009142/Sundar-Pichai-Written-Testimony.pdf\">plans to tell\u003c/a> the House panel. “You can ask Alexa a question from your kitchen; read your news on Twitter; ask friends for information via WhatsApp; and get recommendations on Snapchat or Pinterest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apple’s Tim Cook will echo the appeals to patriotism raised among the other tech CEOs by touting how Apple’s strength, becoming the most valuable company in the world, represents success “only possible in this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He will also join the other tech leaders by arguing that Apple has plenty of competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The smartphone market is fiercely competitive, and companies like Samsung, LG, Huawei and Google have built very successful smartphone businesses offering different approaches,” Cook will say in \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7009148/Tim-Cook-Written-Testimony.pdf\">his opening statement\u003c/a> to lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether members of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee buy these arguments over the course of what is set to be an hourslong spectacle is another matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it remains to be seen if the public will gain new insight into the tech companies, and whether lawmakers can pin down answers from the typically cautious technology executives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CEOs will be testifying via video at the same time, rather than one by one, a format seen as taking the heat off any individual executive and something the companies requested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/894834512/big-tech-in-washingtons-hot-seat-what-you-need-to-know\">the hearing\u003c/a> centers on questions around market dominance, lawmakers are free to pepper the executives with questions about any topic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anything-goes format will likely divert the hearing away from antitrust and delve into issues like perceived anti-conservative bias on social media platforms, a common Republican refrain. 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"content": "\u003cp>Many people consider San Francisco-based Pinterest one of the friendlier social media platforms. That, at least, is what initially drew former public policy and social impact manager Ifeoma Ozoma to Pinterest in July of 2018 from her previous job at Facebook\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought this is a company that believes in diversity, or at least says it does,” she said. But less than a year later, Ozoma raised concerns about being underpaid for the level of work she was performing at the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wasn’t being paid fairly, and according to the company’s own chart, while I was still the public face of the all of the work that was being used to prop the company up as a responsible tech company in a sea of irresponsible ones,” Ozoma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, companies across America have gone all out declaring their corporate allyship with Black Lives Matter. Silicon Valley companies have done the same, but that’s generated public backlash from current and former Black employees. None became more viral than Ozoma’s tweet thread earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/IfeomaOzoma/status/1272546213322080258?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Ozoma was still working for Pinterest, she said she led a number of initiatives she felt really good about, like taking down \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.pinterest.com/en/post/bringing-authoritative-vaccine-results-to-pinterest-search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">misinformation about vaccines\u003c/a> on Pinterest. She also got the platform to end its practices promoting \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/style/plantation-weddings-pinterest-knot-zola.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slave plantations as wedding venues\u003c/a> — although she took heat in her performance review later and was told it was because she hadn’t made the case for not ending the practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I should have come up with the pros for promoting slave plantations. Like, to this day, I think about that, and the fact that it was put in writing — in a performance review that then impacted my pay,” Ozoma said. “Even though externally, the company really took advantage of the press that came with that decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After going in circles with her manager, his manager and HR for five months, Ozoma finally hired a lawyer. The office atmosphere was already charged when a white male engineer at the company decided to share her personal information with an online group known for “doxxing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My cell phone number, my full name, my photo, my email was shared all over the Internet,” Ozoma said. “It was on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, the ‘chans,’ so 4chan and 8chan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ozoma said the engineer was fired a week later but, by then, she was traumatized — and so was another Black colleague on her team she’d brought in to Pinterest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11824893\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11824893\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/NewsroomPost-Header-200602_0.jpg\" alt=\"On June 2, 2020, Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann publicly pledged to take a host of steps to prove the company's pronouncement that "Black Lives Matter."\" width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/NewsroomPost-Header-200602_0.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/NewsroomPost-Header-200602_0-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/NewsroomPost-Header-200602_0-800x400.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/NewsroomPost-Header-200602_0-1020x510.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On June 2, 2020, Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.pinterest.com/en/post/listening-and-acting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">publicly pledged\u003c/a> to take a host of steps to prove the company’s pronouncement that “Black Lives Matter.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Pinterest)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our Black lives were treated like they didn’t matter,” said Aerica Shimizu Banks, who left Google for Pinterest to head its office in Washington D.C. Banks said she hired Ozoma’s lawyer after her own struggles with their manager and HR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Interacting with members of Congress; traveling around the country speaking on panels and events; representing the company — and yet the only expenses that I accrued that were challenged, continuously, were expenses dedicated to Black organizations and Black businesses I had partnered with,” Banks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also since left the company, and like Ozoma, also tweeted her displeasure with Pinterest engaging in “performative allyship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/erikashimizu/status/1272547227177713664?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked for comment, Pinterest offered a statement: “We took these issues seriously and conducted a thorough investigation when they were raised, and we’re confident both employees were treated fairly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thirteen percent of the U.S. population is Black. But according to the company’s annual \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.pinterest.com/en/post/diversity-report-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">diversity report\u003c/a>, Black people made up roughly 4 percent of its total workforce last year. That puts Pinterest in line with many other tech companies that report their numbers (some, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/11/21288491/snap-ceo-spiegel-diversity-report-numbers-release-publicly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snap\u003c/a>, don’t) in an industry long dominated by white and Asian males.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider the most recent publicly available company data from these locally headquartered companies: 9 percent at \u003ca href=\"https://www.apple.com/diversity/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple\u003c/a>, 3.8 percent at \u003ca href=\"https://diversity.fb.com/read-report/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook\u003c/a>, 5.5 percent at \u003ca href=\"https://kstatic.googleusercontent.com/files/25badfc6b6d1b33f3b87372ff7545d79261520d821e6ee9a82c4ab2de42a01216be2156bc5a60ae3337ffe7176d90b8b2b3000891ac6e516a650ecebf0e3f866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google\u003c/a>, 3.7 percent at \u003ca href=\"https://www.oracle.com/corporate/careers/culture/diversity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oracle\u003c/a>, 4.4 percent at \u003ca href=\"https://slackhq.com/diversity-at-slack-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slack\u003c/a>, 5.7 percent at \u003ca href=\"https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/inclusion-and-diversity-report-december-2019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter\u003c/a>. Isolate diversity numbers for the engineering or tech departments alone, or leadership, and the numbers are invariably even smaller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11824924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1294px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11824924\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-17-at-3.18.58-PM.png\" alt=\"The most recent diversity report for Oracle, the largest tech employer in San Mateo County, reflects industry trends.\" width=\"1294\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-17-at-3.18.58-PM.png 1294w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-17-at-3.18.58-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-17-at-3.18.58-PM-800x530.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-17-at-3.18.58-PM-1020x676.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1294px) 100vw, 1294px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The most recent diversity report for Oracle, the largest tech employer in San Mateo County, reflects industry trends. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Oracle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So should Silicon Valley companies even be issuing statements of support for racial justice? Yes, says Sarah Kunst, managing director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cleocap.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cleo Capital\u003c/a>, an early stage venture capital firm in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, it would be very awkward in this context if you were telling me my life didn’t matter. I think that is a bare minimum. It is far from all anyone should be doing,” said Kunst (who was recently on KQED’s board for a year).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google, Facebook and other companies have blamed their lack of Black employees on the “pipeline” problem — arguing there aren’t enough qualified people to hire, especially in their technical departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Sarah Kunst, Cleo Capital\"]‘It would be very awkward in this context if you were telling me my life didn’t matter. I think that is a bare minimum. It is far from all anyone should be doing.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many Silicon Valley watchers disagree it’s primarily a pipeline problem. Kunst, for instance, argued she’s observed a number of hiring managers fixated on a short list of Ivy League universities, unable to broaden their definition of “qualified.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added it’s important to get rid of individuals who make the corporate culture toxic for Black employees and drive them away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This feels like a really good time to really dig deep and do an overhaul so that you create a culture that everyone loves and everyone is welcome in,” Kunst said, noting many Silicon Valley executives are already rethinking their corporate culture during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A few years ago, companies, people, couldn’t even say the word ‘race.’ Like, not a particular race, just the word ‘race,'” said Y-Vonne Hutchinson of \u003ca href=\"https://www.thereadyset.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ReadySet\u003c/a>, a diversity, equity and inclusion consulting firm that works with a number of Silicon Valley companies. “The fact that the conversation has shifted so far in such a short period of time is encouraging. At the same time, it takes more than statements. What is it really like inside of your organization? Can Black people succeed?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='left' citation=\"Y-Vonne Hutchinson, ReadySet\"]‘The fact that the conversation has shifted so far in such a short period of time is encouraging. At the same time, it takes more than statements. What is it really like inside of your organization? Can Black people succeed?’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson added, “Because for a lot of these companies, we do see investments in recruiting. We do see some people coming through the door. Those people don’t advance. Those people leave, and a lot of times that’s because they’re experiencing microaggressions. 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"content": "\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/07/us-weekly-jobless-claims.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">latest unemployment data\u003c/a> show the national job market — and California’s, for that matter — in the toilet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in Silicon Valley, the job market isn’t quite so grim — not just despite the coronavirus pandemic, but perhaps because of it. Even as the rest of the economy tanks, these are reasonably good days to be hunting for a mid-level white collar job in web development or tech support. Think about it: We’re all online more than ever. We’re shopping on Amazon, watching live concerts on Facebook, storing ever more photos on Apple’s iCloud, and \u003ca href=\"https://trends.google.com/trends/story/US_cu_4Rjdh3ABAABMHM_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">searching\u003c/a> for baking recipes on Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collectively, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/careers/jobs/?results_per_page=5&offices%5B0%5D=Fremont%2C%20CA&offices%5B1%5D=Los%20Angeles%2C%20CA&offices%5B2%5D=Menlo%20Park%2C%20CA&offices%5B3%5D=Mountain%20View%2C%20CA&offices%5B4%5D=Northridge%2C%20CA&offices%5B5%5D=San%20Francisco%2C%20CA&offices%5B6%5D=Santa%20Clara%2C%20CA&offices%5B7%5D=Sausalito%2C%20CA&offices%5B8%5D=Sunnyvale%2C%20CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://careers.microsoft.com/professionals/us/en/l-bayarea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/search?location=united-states-USA+california-state953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.jobs/en/search?base_query=&loc_query=California&type=area&latitude=38.57944&longitude=-121.49085®ion=California&country=USA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://careers.google.com/jobs/results/?company=Google&company=Google%20Fiber&company=YouTube&employment_type=FULL_TIME&hl=en_US&jlo=en_US&location=California,%20USA&q=&sort_by=relevance&src=Online%2FHouse%20Ads%2FBKWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alphabet\u003c/a> make up nearly \u003ca href=\"https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nasdaq-composite-erases-2020-losses-strong-tech-earnings-stock-market-2020-4-1029178443\">40% of the market value\u003c/a> of the Nasdaq. Sure enough, all five tech titans are hiring by the hundreds, if not the thousands, in California alone. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg recently told CNBC that the Menlo Park-based social media giant plans to hire \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/02/sandberg-facebook-to-add-10000-new-workers-by-end-of-2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10,000 people\u003c/a> this year in product and engineering.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Size Matters Now\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Experts say this particular economic downturn is favoring giants with the cash reserves to wait out a temporary revenue drop or who can pivot to expand in markets with more potential for profit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1056px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-01-at-3.32.41-PM.png\" alt=\"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, interviewed Stanford vaccine expert Dr. Bonnie Maldonado on Facebook Live on May 1, 2020. The event was not a riveting plug for the video streaming service but more than 35,000 people did try to watch.\" width=\"1056\" height=\"1030\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-01-at-3.32.41-PM.png 1056w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-01-at-3.32.41-PM-160x156.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-01-at-3.32.41-PM-800x780.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-01-at-3.32.41-PM-1020x995.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1056px) 100vw, 1056px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, interviewed Stanford vaccine expert Dr. Bonnie Maldonado on Facebook Live on May 1, 2020. The event was not a riveting plug for the video streaming service, but more than 35,000 people did try to watch. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Take, for example, the online video market, which is exploding right now thanks to the pandemic. Facebook’s offerings in the market include Livestream, Messenger, and most recently, Messenger Rooms, which allows up to 50 people to chat at once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Microsoft declined to comment for this story, but on LinkedIn, which the Seattle software giant owns, Microsoft listed nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?keywords=Microsoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">300,000 jobs\u003c/a> worldwide at the time of this article’s publication.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.jobs/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon\u003c/a> has hired 175,000 people in its fulfillment and delivery network just since March, but the media focus on its retail and warehouse operations often obscures the fact that the Seattle-based company also employs armies of software developers, technical project managers and the like. Amazon is looking for more than 3,000 people in California alone currently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the biggest names in Silicon Valley, medium-sized tech employers are also looking to hire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we have not increased our hiring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, now more than ever, we remain committed to attracting top talent across key areas of our business,” wrote a spokeswoman for Genentech, the South San Francisco drugmaker owned by Roche. “So far this year, we have filled more than 1,600 positions and currently have over \u003ca href=\"https://www.gene.com/careers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1,200 roles open\u003c/a> across many areas of our business, including research and development, manufacturing, sales and marketing and IT.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a spokesman for \u003ca href=\"https://blogs.vmware.com/careers/2020/04/message-from-vmware-vp-of-talent-acquisition-on-hiring-and-supporting-our-community.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VMware\u003c/a>, the Palo Alto-based software company has more than 300 openings in California and more than 1,400 globally. VMware’s vice president of talent acquisition \u003ca href=\"https://blogs.vmware.com/careers/2020/04/message-from-vmware-vp-of-talent-acquisition-on-hiring-and-supporting-our-community.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote recently\u003c/a>, “Our hiring efforts are focused on supporting VMware’s five strategic priorities: App Modernization, Multi-Cloud, Virtual Cloud Network, Digital Workspace and Intrinsic Security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara-based \u003ca href=\"https://jobs.intel.com/ListJobs/All\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intel\u003c/a> has posted more than 700 jobs on its website, more than 70 of which are based here in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>It’s Not All Full-time or Stable Work\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For years, Silicon Valley’s biggest employers have hedged their hiring bets by splitting payroll between full-time employees and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11741371/two-tiered-caste-system-the-world-of-white-collar-contracting-in-silicon-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contractors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2029px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816242\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"Shirley Deng of Hayward is in the market for a marketing job in Silicon Valley. She's getting call backs, but says she'd have an easier time of it if she was looking for a position on the techier side of tech.\" width=\"2029\" height=\"1108\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM.jpeg 2029w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM-160x87.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM-800x437.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM-1020x557.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM-1920x1048.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2029px) 100vw, 2029px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirley Deng of Hayward is in the market for a marketing job in Silicon Valley. She’s getting call backs, but says she’d have an easier time of it if she was looking for a position on the techier side of tech. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here are the top five hiring categories in the Bay Area over the past eight weeks on Santa Clara-based \u003ca href=\"https://www.upwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Upwork\u003c/a>, an employment platform for white collar gig work which posts more than 8,000 freelance jobs a day worldwide:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Web Development\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Video Production\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Graphics and Design\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Web and Mobile Design\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Technical Support\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing a lot of activity around web development, around video production. Technical support is a big one. So there’s a lot of activity where, you know, people are young trying to deploy, install and maintain technical systems for their business,” said Hayden Brown, Upwork’s president and CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown adds that, in 2020, it doesn’t make sense to draw an arbitrary line between Silicon Valley and the rest of the economy when it comes to tech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Increasingly, almost every company is becoming something of a digital business,” Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of that said, your employment security depends in large part on the stability of the company you work for, as the pandemic appears to be most lethal to companies that were struggling before the onset of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shirley Deng was laid off in April, when the Palo Alto-based, no-fee payday lender startup \u003ca href=\"https://www.earnin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Earnin\u003c/a> gutted its marketing department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Stable is like a relative term,” Deng said ruefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Deng would prefer to work for a bigger company. She owns a house in Hayward with her fiance, and he’s still working, but paying the mortgage could become a concern in about six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of good companies that I might want to work for or envision myself with are holding off on hiring now. Like tech companies have hiring freezes unless it’s a very technical role, where it’s like engineering or developer,” Deng said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers back up Deng’s assessment of the market. You can see who’s hiring and who’s letting people go at \u003ca href=\"http://layoffs.fyi/tracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Layoffs.fyi\u003c/a>, a tracker set up by \u003ca class=\"crunchbase-link\" href=\"https://crunchbase.com/person/roger-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-type=\"person\" data-entity=\"roger-lee\">Roger Lee, \u003c/a> the co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://humaninterest.com/homepage/?utm_source=GOOGLEPS&utm_medium=SEM&utm_campaign=Brand%20-%20Human%20Interest%20Desktop&utm_content=417770811266&utm_term=human%20interest_p&utm_gclidid=EAIaIQobChMI7_T5ruSY6QIVB8NkCh1PHw7REAAYASAAEgL6NPD_BwE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7_T5ruSY6QIVB8NkCh1PHw7REAAYASAAEgL6NPD_BwE\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Human Interest\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, a company that helps other companies set up retirement accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2138px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816236\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM.png\" alt=\"In the market for a job in Silicon Valley? You might have better luck at a large company, compared to a start up, as this May 5, 2020 screen shot from Layoffs.fyi indicates.\" width=\"2138\" height=\"1136\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM.png 2138w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM-160x85.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM-800x425.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM-1020x542.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM-1920x1020.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2138px) 100vw, 2138px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the market for a job in Silicon Valley? You might have better luck at a large company, compared to a startup, as this May 5, 2020 screen shot from Layoffs.fyi indicates. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Deng is confident about her prospects even as she’s sober about the need for the economy to take a hit to protect those most vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a grandma who’s 97 this year and I would be heartbroken if she was exposed and had any complications due to [COVID-19]. My fiance also has a vulnerable immune system. So I understand why we’re staying home. But on the flip side, you know, as I’m job hunting, good companies that might have had positions that I wanted to apply to that are on hold,” Deng said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>This Port in a Storm Might Not Last\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Skeptics worry that what we’re witnessing in Silicon Valley is a temporary uptick before bad times settle in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It certainly seems like an odd time to try purposely to hire new people. Why? Why not just wait?” asked Rachel Massaro, who directs research at the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies at \u003ca href=\"https://jointventure.org/news-and-media/news-releases/1949-silicon-valley-unemployment-increased-to-3-1-in-earliest-response-to-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joint Venture Silicon Valley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the institute, Silicon Valley’s preliminary March unemployment rate of 3.1% represented a sharp increase over February’s rate, but it’s still significantly lower than in the summer of 2009, when unemployment peaked at 10.5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s possible a lot of these data points, a lot of the indicators that we’re looking at, will have a lag time,” Massaro said. “In a few months, we’ll get a better understanding of the influence of the crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, those Silicon Valley companies on the downswing — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11816330/airbnb-laying-off-25-of-its-workforce-due-to-travel-decline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airbnb\u003c/a>, Eventbrite, Lyft and the like — are taking a hit because what they do is directly impacted by the pandemic. But as the economy as a whole sinks into recession, the current winners in Silicon Valley may not be able to sail above the fray for long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tech is not a monolith,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccsce.com/Steve_Levy.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Levy\u003c/a>, director and senior economist of the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy in Palo Alto. “The group of people who are hiring is fairly narrow, and in some cases, short term.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/07/us-weekly-jobless-claims.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">latest unemployment data\u003c/a> show the national job market — and California’s, for that matter — in the toilet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in Silicon Valley, the job market isn’t quite so grim — not just despite the coronavirus pandemic, but perhaps because of it. Even as the rest of the economy tanks, these are reasonably good days to be hunting for a mid-level white collar job in web development or tech support. Think about it: We’re all online more than ever. We’re shopping on Amazon, watching live concerts on Facebook, storing ever more photos on Apple’s iCloud, and \u003ca href=\"https://trends.google.com/trends/story/US_cu_4Rjdh3ABAABMHM_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">searching\u003c/a> for baking recipes on Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collectively, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/careers/jobs/?results_per_page=5&offices%5B0%5D=Fremont%2C%20CA&offices%5B1%5D=Los%20Angeles%2C%20CA&offices%5B2%5D=Menlo%20Park%2C%20CA&offices%5B3%5D=Mountain%20View%2C%20CA&offices%5B4%5D=Northridge%2C%20CA&offices%5B5%5D=San%20Francisco%2C%20CA&offices%5B6%5D=Santa%20Clara%2C%20CA&offices%5B7%5D=Sausalito%2C%20CA&offices%5B8%5D=Sunnyvale%2C%20CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://careers.microsoft.com/professionals/us/en/l-bayarea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/search?location=united-states-USA+california-state953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.jobs/en/search?base_query=&loc_query=California&type=area&latitude=38.57944&longitude=-121.49085®ion=California&country=USA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://careers.google.com/jobs/results/?company=Google&company=Google%20Fiber&company=YouTube&employment_type=FULL_TIME&hl=en_US&jlo=en_US&location=California,%20USA&q=&sort_by=relevance&src=Online%2FHouse%20Ads%2FBKWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alphabet\u003c/a> make up nearly \u003ca href=\"https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nasdaq-composite-erases-2020-losses-strong-tech-earnings-stock-market-2020-4-1029178443\">40% of the market value\u003c/a> of the Nasdaq. Sure enough, all five tech titans are hiring by the hundreds, if not the thousands, in California alone. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg recently told CNBC that the Menlo Park-based social media giant plans to hire \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/02/sandberg-facebook-to-add-10000-new-workers-by-end-of-2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10,000 people\u003c/a> this year in product and engineering.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Size Matters Now\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Experts say this particular economic downturn is favoring giants with the cash reserves to wait out a temporary revenue drop or who can pivot to expand in markets with more potential for profit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1056px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-01-at-3.32.41-PM.png\" alt=\"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, interviewed Stanford vaccine expert Dr. Bonnie Maldonado on Facebook Live on May 1, 2020. The event was not a riveting plug for the video streaming service but more than 35,000 people did try to watch.\" width=\"1056\" height=\"1030\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-01-at-3.32.41-PM.png 1056w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-01-at-3.32.41-PM-160x156.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-01-at-3.32.41-PM-800x780.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-01-at-3.32.41-PM-1020x995.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1056px) 100vw, 1056px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, interviewed Stanford vaccine expert Dr. Bonnie Maldonado on Facebook Live on May 1, 2020. The event was not a riveting plug for the video streaming service, but more than 35,000 people did try to watch. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Take, for example, the online video market, which is exploding right now thanks to the pandemic. Facebook’s offerings in the market include Livestream, Messenger, and most recently, Messenger Rooms, which allows up to 50 people to chat at once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Microsoft declined to comment for this story, but on LinkedIn, which the Seattle software giant owns, Microsoft listed nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?keywords=Microsoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">300,000 jobs\u003c/a> worldwide at the time of this article’s publication.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.jobs/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon\u003c/a> has hired 175,000 people in its fulfillment and delivery network just since March, but the media focus on its retail and warehouse operations often obscures the fact that the Seattle-based company also employs armies of software developers, technical project managers and the like. Amazon is looking for more than 3,000 people in California alone currently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the biggest names in Silicon Valley, medium-sized tech employers are also looking to hire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we have not increased our hiring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, now more than ever, we remain committed to attracting top talent across key areas of our business,” wrote a spokeswoman for Genentech, the South San Francisco drugmaker owned by Roche. “So far this year, we have filled more than 1,600 positions and currently have over \u003ca href=\"https://www.gene.com/careers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1,200 roles open\u003c/a> across many areas of our business, including research and development, manufacturing, sales and marketing and IT.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a spokesman for \u003ca href=\"https://blogs.vmware.com/careers/2020/04/message-from-vmware-vp-of-talent-acquisition-on-hiring-and-supporting-our-community.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VMware\u003c/a>, the Palo Alto-based software company has more than 300 openings in California and more than 1,400 globally. VMware’s vice president of talent acquisition \u003ca href=\"https://blogs.vmware.com/careers/2020/04/message-from-vmware-vp-of-talent-acquisition-on-hiring-and-supporting-our-community.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote recently\u003c/a>, “Our hiring efforts are focused on supporting VMware’s five strategic priorities: App Modernization, Multi-Cloud, Virtual Cloud Network, Digital Workspace and Intrinsic Security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara-based \u003ca href=\"https://jobs.intel.com/ListJobs/All\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intel\u003c/a> has posted more than 700 jobs on its website, more than 70 of which are based here in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>It’s Not All Full-time or Stable Work\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For years, Silicon Valley’s biggest employers have hedged their hiring bets by splitting payroll between full-time employees and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11741371/two-tiered-caste-system-the-world-of-white-collar-contracting-in-silicon-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contractors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2029px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816242\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"Shirley Deng of Hayward is in the market for a marketing job in Silicon Valley. She's getting call backs, but says she'd have an easier time of it if she was looking for a position on the techier side of tech.\" width=\"2029\" height=\"1108\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM.jpeg 2029w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM-160x87.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM-800x437.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM-1020x557.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-04-27-at-1.37.02-PM-1920x1048.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2029px) 100vw, 2029px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirley Deng of Hayward is in the market for a marketing job in Silicon Valley. She’s getting call backs, but says she’d have an easier time of it if she was looking for a position on the techier side of tech. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here are the top five hiring categories in the Bay Area over the past eight weeks on Santa Clara-based \u003ca href=\"https://www.upwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Upwork\u003c/a>, an employment platform for white collar gig work which posts more than 8,000 freelance jobs a day worldwide:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Web Development\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Video Production\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Graphics and Design\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Web and Mobile Design\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Technical Support\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing a lot of activity around web development, around video production. Technical support is a big one. So there’s a lot of activity where, you know, people are young trying to deploy, install and maintain technical systems for their business,” said Hayden Brown, Upwork’s president and CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown adds that, in 2020, it doesn’t make sense to draw an arbitrary line between Silicon Valley and the rest of the economy when it comes to tech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Increasingly, almost every company is becoming something of a digital business,” Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of that said, your employment security depends in large part on the stability of the company you work for, as the pandemic appears to be most lethal to companies that were struggling before the onset of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shirley Deng was laid off in April, when the Palo Alto-based, no-fee payday lender startup \u003ca href=\"https://www.earnin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Earnin\u003c/a> gutted its marketing department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Stable is like a relative term,” Deng said ruefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Deng would prefer to work for a bigger company. She owns a house in Hayward with her fiance, and he’s still working, but paying the mortgage could become a concern in about six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of good companies that I might want to work for or envision myself with are holding off on hiring now. Like tech companies have hiring freezes unless it’s a very technical role, where it’s like engineering or developer,” Deng said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers back up Deng’s assessment of the market. You can see who’s hiring and who’s letting people go at \u003ca href=\"http://layoffs.fyi/tracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Layoffs.fyi\u003c/a>, a tracker set up by \u003ca class=\"crunchbase-link\" href=\"https://crunchbase.com/person/roger-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-type=\"person\" data-entity=\"roger-lee\">Roger Lee, \u003c/a> the co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://humaninterest.com/homepage/?utm_source=GOOGLEPS&utm_medium=SEM&utm_campaign=Brand%20-%20Human%20Interest%20Desktop&utm_content=417770811266&utm_term=human%20interest_p&utm_gclidid=EAIaIQobChMI7_T5ruSY6QIVB8NkCh1PHw7REAAYASAAEgL6NPD_BwE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7_T5ruSY6QIVB8NkCh1PHw7REAAYASAAEgL6NPD_BwE\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Human Interest\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, a company that helps other companies set up retirement accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2138px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816236\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM.png\" alt=\"In the market for a job in Silicon Valley? You might have better luck at a large company, compared to a start up, as this May 5, 2020 screen shot from Layoffs.fyi indicates.\" width=\"2138\" height=\"1136\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM.png 2138w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM-160x85.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM-800x425.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM-1020x542.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-8.23.08-AM-1920x1020.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2138px) 100vw, 2138px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the market for a job in Silicon Valley? You might have better luck at a large company, compared to a startup, as this May 5, 2020 screen shot from Layoffs.fyi indicates. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Deng is confident about her prospects even as she’s sober about the need for the economy to take a hit to protect those most vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a grandma who’s 97 this year and I would be heartbroken if she was exposed and had any complications due to [COVID-19]. My fiance also has a vulnerable immune system. So I understand why we’re staying home. But on the flip side, you know, as I’m job hunting, good companies that might have had positions that I wanted to apply to that are on hold,” Deng said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>This Port in a Storm Might Not Last\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Skeptics worry that what we’re witnessing in Silicon Valley is a temporary uptick before bad times settle in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It certainly seems like an odd time to try purposely to hire new people. Why? Why not just wait?” asked Rachel Massaro, who directs research at the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies at \u003ca href=\"https://jointventure.org/news-and-media/news-releases/1949-silicon-valley-unemployment-increased-to-3-1-in-earliest-response-to-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joint Venture Silicon Valley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the institute, Silicon Valley’s preliminary March unemployment rate of 3.1% represented a sharp increase over February’s rate, but it’s still significantly lower than in the summer of 2009, when unemployment peaked at 10.5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s possible a lot of these data points, a lot of the indicators that we’re looking at, will have a lag time,” Massaro said. “In a few months, we’ll get a better understanding of the influence of the crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, those Silicon Valley companies on the downswing — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11816330/airbnb-laying-off-25-of-its-workforce-due-to-travel-decline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airbnb\u003c/a>, Eventbrite, Lyft and the like — are taking a hit because what they do is directly impacted by the pandemic. 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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith Bay Area health officers releasing \u003ca href=\"http://www.acphd.org/media/572718/health-officer-order-20-10-shelter-in-place-20200429.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">details\u003c/a> of the region’s latest coronavirus shelter-at-home orders, it’s a natural moment to ask just exactly how we’re doing in terms of going along with the directives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it happens, virtually all of us who are glued to our mobile devices every waking hour are engaged in a massive reporting project that answers that very question. A wide range of apps on our gadgets, from mapping and dating services to fitness trackers, can \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watch where we are and capture that information\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can guess the rest: App makers use the data to personalize and “improve” the services they offer you. They also sell some of what they capture to third parties that analyze the information for a wide range of other purposes. Assessing traffic and congestion in our cities is one popular use of such data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, this state of things does raise \u003ca href=\"http://businesslawtoday.org/2019/03/power-place-geolocation-tracking-privacy/\" target=\"”_blank”\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">privacy concerns\u003c/a>. And there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> ways to \u003ca href=\"www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/technology/prevent-location-data-sharing.html\" target=\"”_blank’\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">turn off or limit the tracking\u003c/a> — something most of us don’t do. But during the coronavirus pandemic, the details of our daily movements that our phones have been capturing and dutifully feeding into the cloud have given analysts a chance to see to what extent we’re actually locked down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the overall answer is: We’re pretty locked down. Data show we’re traveling far less and staying at home far more. Here's a quick rundown of some of the major analysis services issuing reports on our activity during the pandemic:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>StreetLight Data\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815085\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815085\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-800x479.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-800x479.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-160x96.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-1020x611.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM.png 1790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of an interactive \u003ca href=\"https://www.streetlightdata.com/VMT-monitor-by-county/#emergency-map-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StreetLight\u003c/a> map tracking vehicle miles traveled in every county in the Bay Area and throughout the United States. \u003ccite>(Streetlight.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>StreetLight Data is a San Francisco-based transportation analysis firm that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1946668/data-pinpoints-14-california-communities-with-most-limited-emergency-escape-routes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the news\u003c/a> last year for a report on potential access problems for California communities facing high wildfire risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To report on some of the impacts of COVID-19, StreetLight has partnered with another data firm, Cuebiq, and put together an \u003ca href=\"https://www.streetlightdata.com/VMT-monitor-by-county/#emergency-map-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interactive national map\u003c/a> of how total vehicle miles traveled has changed during the pandemic compared to a January baseline. In the Bay Area, not surprisingly, the total miles we're all traveling is way down — in the 85% to 90% range in San Francisco and between 63% to 67% in Solano County, the jurisdiction with the smallest decrease over the last six weeks. StreetLight's map is relatively easy to use and is comparatively current, with the most recent travel data just two to three days old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cuebiq\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815120\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815120\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-800x509.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-800x509.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-160x102.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-1020x649.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-1920x1222.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM.png 2014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of Cuebiq's \u003ca href=\"https://www.cuebiq.com/visitation-insights-covid19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 Mobility Insights\u003c/a> interactive.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>New York-based Cuebiq provides the most detailed, complex and hard-to-use view of pandemic behavior trends in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.cuebiq.com/visitation-insights-covid19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 Mobility Insights\u003c/a> map. The company's analysis shows the number of us staying at home and how far we're traveling from shelter. It even provides a view of how social inequality is playing out in the pandemic by analyzing shelter-at-home trends in higher-income and lower-income areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We mentioned that Cuebiq's interface for this data is rather hard to use. By that, we mean that it takes a bit of patience and practice to learn to navigate the interactive map. We haven't found a way to drag the map to an area of interest; searching for the geographic area you're interested in seems to work best. The same goes for drilling down to the accompanying tables showing stay-at-home trends and week-over-week changes. It takes some work. A nice feature attached to the bottom of the map, showing travel trends over the last several weeks or the timeframe of your choosing, is very hard to read. Still, there is a lot here to absorb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Unacast\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815135\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815135\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-800x503.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-800x503.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-160x101.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-1020x641.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-1920x1207.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of Unacast's \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=state&fips=06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Distancing Scoreboard\u003c/a> for California. \u003ccite>(Unacast)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unacast, a Norwegian startup that once did entertainment audience analysis, has developed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Distancing Scoreboard\u003c/a> that rates every U.S. state and county on three metrics: changes in travel, the number of non-essential trips and \"encounter density\" — essentially, the frequency with which strangers (read: potential coronavirus vectors) wind up in the same place with other strangers. The Unacast data is very fresh, and its graphics include up-to-the-date trend lines on all three indicators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some of Unacast's grades are perplexing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=state&fips=06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scoreboard gives California a D+\u003c/a> for social distancing measures as of April 29 while it gives New York state, the epicenter of the national pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=state&fips=36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a C-\u003c/a>. San Francisco, with 23 COVID-19 deaths, gets \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=county&fips=06075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a C+\u003c/a>, while Manhattan, with twice the population and nearly 100 times as many people succumbing, gets \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=county&fips=36061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a B-\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Orbital Insight\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815191\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 790px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11815191\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png 790w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance-160x107.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orbital Insight map showing difference in travel distances recorded in U.S. counties in early and mid-April. \u003ccite>(Orbital Insight)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Orbital Insight, a Palo Alto-based geospatial analysis firm, has been tracking travel patterns and time spent at home throughout the coronavirus outbreak. The company says its data shows that San Francisco residents have been spending about 80% of their time at home since shelter orders were imposed six-plus weeks ago. That's a dramatic change from the pattern pre-pandemic. The company says it's detecting signs of \"\u003ca href=\"https://orbitalinsight.com/blog/geospatial-data-show-americans-are-getting-quarantine-fatigue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quarantine fatigue\u003c/a>\" with travel distances edging up in many states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Google\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815195\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815195\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-800x467.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-800x467.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-160x93.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-1020x595.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM.png 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of recent Google Mobility Report data for Santa Clara County. \u003ccite>(Google)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Google, which already knows more about you than you know yourself, has been employing users' location data to produce what it's calling \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Mobility Reports\u003c/a> for scores of countries and every state and county in the United States. The data capture activity at transit stations, grocery and drug stores, retail and recreation outlets, parks and workplaces — as well as time spent at home. For \u003ca href=\"https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/2020-04-26_US_California_Mobility_Report_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California and the Bay Area\u003c/a>, the data isn't super up-to-date: As of this writing on April 29, its numbers only run through April 11 (since updated to April 26). But they do provide a snapshot of how public activity contracted during the first few weeks of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Apple\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSJkhWse2HZbG5horJyP-IzY04wY3wr4nR_LfyiKxIjGjQwldzrGrx1jXTb7Bfghji68Y3lf-rhV9Fm/pubchart?oid=309654850&format=interactive\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apple is approaching the problem of estimating public travel from a different direction. The company has developed \u003ca href=\"https://www.apple.com/covid19/mobility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mobility trend reports\u003c/a> based on routing requests (i.e., directions) that Apple device users submit through the Maps app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data shows a steep drop here for driving, transit and walking directions. Although all three types of requests are still way down from the baseline levels in January and early February, they're showing a slight uptick in recent days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">W\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ith Bay Area health officers releasing \u003ca href=\"http://www.acphd.org/media/572718/health-officer-order-20-10-shelter-in-place-20200429.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">details\u003c/a> of the region’s latest coronavirus shelter-at-home orders, it’s a natural moment to ask just exactly how we’re doing in terms of going along with the directives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it happens, virtually all of us who are glued to our mobile devices every waking hour are engaged in a massive reporting project that answers that very question. A wide range of apps on our gadgets, from mapping and dating services to fitness trackers, can \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watch where we are and capture that information\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can guess the rest: App makers use the data to personalize and “improve” the services they offer you. They also sell some of what they capture to third parties that analyze the information for a wide range of other purposes. Assessing traffic and congestion in our cities is one popular use of such data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, this state of things does raise \u003ca href=\"http://businesslawtoday.org/2019/03/power-place-geolocation-tracking-privacy/\" target=\"”_blank”\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">privacy concerns\u003c/a>. And there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> ways to \u003ca href=\"www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/technology/prevent-location-data-sharing.html\" target=\"”_blank’\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">turn off or limit the tracking\u003c/a> — something most of us don’t do. But during the coronavirus pandemic, the details of our daily movements that our phones have been capturing and dutifully feeding into the cloud have given analysts a chance to see to what extent we’re actually locked down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the overall answer is: We’re pretty locked down. Data show we’re traveling far less and staying at home far more. Here's a quick rundown of some of the major analysis services issuing reports on our activity during the pandemic:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>StreetLight Data\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815085\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815085\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-800x479.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-800x479.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-160x96.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-1020x611.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM.png 1790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of an interactive \u003ca href=\"https://www.streetlightdata.com/VMT-monitor-by-county/#emergency-map-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StreetLight\u003c/a> map tracking vehicle miles traveled in every county in the Bay Area and throughout the United States. \u003ccite>(Streetlight.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>StreetLight Data is a San Francisco-based transportation analysis firm that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1946668/data-pinpoints-14-california-communities-with-most-limited-emergency-escape-routes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the news\u003c/a> last year for a report on potential access problems for California communities facing high wildfire risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To report on some of the impacts of COVID-19, StreetLight has partnered with another data firm, Cuebiq, and put together an \u003ca href=\"https://www.streetlightdata.com/VMT-monitor-by-county/#emergency-map-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interactive national map\u003c/a> of how total vehicle miles traveled has changed during the pandemic compared to a January baseline. In the Bay Area, not surprisingly, the total miles we're all traveling is way down — in the 85% to 90% range in San Francisco and between 63% to 67% in Solano County, the jurisdiction with the smallest decrease over the last six weeks. StreetLight's map is relatively easy to use and is comparatively current, with the most recent travel data just two to three days old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The company's analysis shows the number of us staying at home and how far we're traveling from shelter. It even provides a view of how social inequality is playing out in the pandemic by analyzing shelter-at-home trends in higher-income and lower-income areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We mentioned that Cuebiq's interface for this data is rather hard to use. By that, we mean that it takes a bit of patience and practice to learn to navigate the interactive map. We haven't found a way to drag the map to an area of interest; searching for the geographic area you're interested in seems to work best. The same goes for drilling down to the accompanying tables showing stay-at-home trends and week-over-week changes. It takes some work. A nice feature attached to the bottom of the map, showing travel trends over the last several weeks or the timeframe of your choosing, is very hard to read. 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The Unacast data is very fresh, and its graphics include up-to-the-date trend lines on all three indicators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some of Unacast's grades are perplexing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=state&fips=06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scoreboard gives California a D+\u003c/a> for social distancing measures as of April 29 while it gives New York state, the epicenter of the national pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=state&fips=36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a C-\u003c/a>. San Francisco, with 23 COVID-19 deaths, gets \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=county&fips=06075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a C+\u003c/a>, while Manhattan, with twice the population and nearly 100 times as many people succumbing, gets \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=county&fips=36061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a B-\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Orbital Insight\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815191\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 790px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11815191\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png 790w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance-160x107.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orbital Insight map showing difference in travel distances recorded in U.S. counties in early and mid-April. \u003ccite>(Orbital Insight)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Orbital Insight, a Palo Alto-based geospatial analysis firm, has been tracking travel patterns and time spent at home throughout the coronavirus outbreak. The company says its data shows that San Francisco residents have been spending about 80% of their time at home since shelter orders were imposed six-plus weeks ago. That's a dramatic change from the pattern pre-pandemic. The company says it's detecting signs of \"\u003ca href=\"https://orbitalinsight.com/blog/geospatial-data-show-americans-are-getting-quarantine-fatigue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quarantine fatigue\u003c/a>\" with travel distances edging up in many states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Google\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815195\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815195\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-800x467.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-800x467.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-160x93.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-1020x595.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM.png 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of recent Google Mobility Report data for Santa Clara County. \u003ccite>(Google)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Google, which already knows more about you than you know yourself, has been employing users' location data to produce what it's calling \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Mobility Reports\u003c/a> for scores of countries and every state and county in the United States. The data capture activity at transit stations, grocery and drug stores, retail and recreation outlets, parks and workplaces — as well as time spent at home. For \u003ca href=\"https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/2020-04-26_US_California_Mobility_Report_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California and the Bay Area\u003c/a>, the data isn't super up-to-date: As of this writing on April 29, its numbers only run through April 11 (since updated to April 26). 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The company has developed \u003ca href=\"https://www.apple.com/covid19/mobility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mobility trend reports\u003c/a> based on routing requests (i.e., directions) that Apple device users submit through the Maps app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data shows a steep drop here for driving, transit and walking directions. Although all three types of requests are still way down from the baseline levels in January and early February, they're showing a slight uptick in recent days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The U.S. Census count is facing multiple unprecedented challenges this year. There’s the coronavirus pandemic, of course, but also the way social media can amplify misinformation and disinformation about the census.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the first time people have been able to respond to the census online as well as by phone or mail. It’s also the first decennial count that’s happening in an era when a huge number of Americans get their news — and, really, their understanding of reality — online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when somebody popular on Instagram posts mistaken information, things can get out of hand pretty quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"census\" label=\"Related Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Often it starts with a micro-celebrity, newspaper or article or something that may have mentioned it,” said Zack Schwartz, one of the leads of the U.S. Census Bureau’s \u003ca href=\"https://2020census.gov/en/trust-and-safety.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trust and Safety Team\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s people who are well-intentioned just not realizing the information they’re putting out is not accurate,” said Schwartz. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ideas we might normally dismiss out of hand, like how Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/for-the-last-year-youtube-has-been-cracking-down-on-hoaxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Gates cooked up COVID-19\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51735367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that garlic can cure the disease\u003c/a>, can seem more credible during times of crisis or when we’re feeling unsure about information coming from experts and political authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is why social media platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter are plowing ahead with efforts to emphasize real news and de-emphasize fake news surrounding the coronavirus as the pandemic intensifies. Is it working? 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I guess that’s all about inclusivity of billion dollar corporations, not inclusivity of the LGBTQ+ community, whom YouTube continues to be exclusionary of and hostile toward,” he said to KQED in a text message. “Steven Crowder still gets to spread his message of hate, harassment and bigotry to four million followers. Is that what SF Pride wants to include?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spokespeople from Google and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office told KQED that the organizations are pleased to continue participating in SF Pride. Ray Kelly, a sheriff’s spokesperson, said the department welcomes a dialogue to build more trust with the LGBTQ+ community. Indeed, tensions between LGBTQ+ people and law enforcement have persisted for decades: Pride originated with the Compton’s Cafeteria riot in San Francisco and Stonewall riots against police brutality in New York, which took place in the 1960s as a response to systemic police harassment and arrests of gay and transgender people. Today, while relations have somewhat cooled, activists point out that police play an active role in criminalizing homeless people and sex workers, populations that are disproportionately LGBTQ+.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police marching in Pride celebrations has been a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13857994/activists-demand-a-police-free-pride-as-sfpd-ramps-up-its-gay-friendly-image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hot-button issue\u003c/a> within the LGBTQ+ community for years. Sacramento Pride banned uniformed officers from marching in the 2019 celebration, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article231181973.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reversed its decision\u003c/a> at the last minute after the department agreed to create an LGBTQ liaison within its outreach unit and implement other queer- and trans-friendly measures. 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