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Olivia Solon

Olivia Solon is a senior technology reporter for Guardian US in San Francisco

October 2018

  • Paul Frank Industries Kid’s Show - Front Row &amp; Backstage - Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week<br>NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 10: Chloe the Mini Frenchie attends Paul Frank Industries Kid’s Show during Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week at Hudson Mercantile on September 10, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jenny Anderson/WireImage)

    ‘She was becoming a star’: what happens when your Instagram-famous pet dies?

  • At Casa de Paz, Sarah Jackson gives food, shelter, and support to people recently released from a nearby immigrant detention center.

    The zero tolerance project
    'Mi casa es su casa': the American welcoming migrants into her home

  • Sarah Jackson at Casa de Paz on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 in Aurora, CO. Casa de Paz gives food, shelter, and support to people recently released from a nearby immigrant detention center. (Chet Strange for The Guardian)

    The zero tolerance project
    'Mi casa es su casa': la norteamericana que invita migrantes a su casa

  • FILE - Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Has Died At The Age Of 65 SpaceShipOne Is Donated To National Air And Space Museum<br>FILE - OCTOBER 15: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died at the age of 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 05: Paul Allen, founder of SpaceShipOne takes part in a news conference to mark the donation of SpaceShipOne to the National Air and Space Museum October 5, 2005 in Washington, DC. SpaceShipOne was the first privately built and piloted vehicle to reach space and will be on permanent display between Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis and Chuck Yeager’s Bell X-1. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

    Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, dies aged 65

  • The zero tolerance project
    3,121 desperate journeys: exposing a week of chaos under Trump's zero tolerance

  • Google to shut down Google+ after failing to disclose user data leak

  • Facebook faces $1.6bn fine and formal investigation over massive data breach

September 2018

  • Instagram founders Mike Krieger, left, and Kevin Systrom

    Instagram founders quit amid suspected clash with Zuckerberg

  • A report from Data &amp; Society found that YouTube provides a breeding ground for far-right radicalisation.

    YouTube's 'alternative influence network' breeds rightwing radicalisation, report finds

  • Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, speaks on stage for an Apple Inc product launch in Cupertino<br>Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, introduces the new Apple watch at an Apple Inc product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S., September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

    Apple shows off three new iPhones and smartwatch to detect heart problems

  • Jeff Sessions<br>In this July 13, 2018 photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks in Portland, Maine. President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, suggesting the embattled official should have intervened in investigations of two GOP congressmen to help Republicans in the midterms. Trump tweeted Monday that “investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department.” (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

    Jeff Sessions looks into concerns social media firms 'stifle' free speech

August 2018

  • Microsoft<br>FILE - In this April 28, 2015, file photo, a man walks past a Microsoft sign set up for the Microsoft BUILD conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Microsoft says it’s requiring its U.S. suppliers to offer their employees at least 12 weeks paid leave to care for a new child. The company announced the new parental leave policy Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

    Microsoft to require contractors to offer paid parental leave

  • Willard Birts and his GPS monitor

    ‘Digital shackles’: the unexpected cruelty of ankle monitors

  • A hail core sky during thunderstorm pictured on 26 May, 2017 in Cope, Colorado.  PHOTOGRAPH BY Jason Weingart / Barcroft Images

    'Rain dancing 2.0': should humans be using tech to control the weather?

  • US-ENVIRONMENT-FIRE<br>Riverside County firefighters douse embers after flames tore down a hillside in a residential neighborhood during the Holy Fire in Lake Elsinore, California, southeast of Los Angeles, on August 9, 2018. - A man suspected of intentionally starting the Holy Fire on August 6 in the nearby Cleveland National Forest was charged August 9 with multiple felony counts involving arson. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

    Verizon under fire for 'throttling' firefighters' data in California blaze

  • Facebook removes 652 fake accounts and pages meant to influence world politics

  • Facebook's failure in Myanmar is the work of a blundering toddler

    Olivia Solon in San Francisco
  • Facebook struggling to end hate speech in Myanmar, investigation finds

  • Facebook exec: media firms that don't work with us will end up 'in hospice'

  • Does the banning of Alex Jones signal a new era of big tech responsibility?

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