Author: Gavin Haines / Source: Positive News
Facebook faces fresh controversy this week due to founder Mark Zuckerberg saying that Holocaust denial should not be banned on the platform. A new competition seeks designs for a ‘social network that is actually good for society’
A prominent Silicon Valley investor has launched a competition to find an alternative to Facebook – or, as he puts it, “a social network that is actually good for society”.
Jason Calacanis, an investor in Uber, announced the Openbook Challenge in April. “This is not an idea or business plan competition,” reads the challenge’s website. “We are looking for teams that can actually build a replacement, and we will be judging them based on their ability to execute.”
The competition has now closed and…
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