WeWork’s Debut; Disinformation Nation; Chaos in the Canal

Coworking company WeWork has announced it will finally go public via SPAC merger with BowX Acquisition Corp. WeWork CEO Sandeep Mathrani and Bow Capital’s Vivek Ranadive discuss the deal and their bet on an office space resurgence post-pandemic. Twitter, Alphabet, and Facebook CEOs answered lawmakers’ questions about disinformation dissemination and social media accountability in a marathon virtual House hearing on Thursday. Axios media reporter Sara Fischer and tech and press industry veteran Niki Christoff digest the comments from Jack Dorsey, and Sundar Pichai, and Mark Zuckerberg, and consider what legislation may come next. Plus, Warren Buffett’s made a pitch to Texas, the Suez Canal--and the global shipping industry--is near chaos, and Bernie Sanders is pushing Alabama Amazon workers to unionize.

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