UN Slams Facebook Decision on Violent Messages
The UN voiced alarm at Facebook's decision to temporarily ease its policy on violent speech after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, ...
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Chinese Tech Giant Baidu Tests Metaverse Waters With New App
Chinese tech giant Baidu took its first steps into the Metaverse industry with the launch of a virtual reality app, ...
Instagram’s Impact on Children Probed by US States
Instagram's parent-company Meta is being probed by a consortium of US states over allegations that it supplied the photo-sharing platform ...
‘Very… Meta’: Twitter Cracks Up Over Facebook Name Change
Facebook's announcement Thursday that the company would henceforth be called Meta unleashed a torrent of hilarity on Twitter from companies, ...
Facebook Announces 10,000 EU Jobs to Build ‘Metaverse’
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build the "metaverse", a virtual reality version of the ...
Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Trump Ban
Facebook's independent oversight board upheld the platform's ban on former US president Donald Trump while ordering further review of the ...
Tech’s Dominant Power Undermines Our Human Right to Privacy
The concentrated power of Big Tech over the digital world is not just an economic question, but one of human ...
Diverse World, One Internet: How to Regulate Online Extremist Content?
The world essentially shares one internet, making online extremist content an international, cross-border issue. Domestic, uncoordinated measures implemented in reaction ...
US Hits Facebook with Record $5 bn Fine in Privacy Probe
Two commissioners of the five-member FTC dissented in the settlement, saying the penalty was insufficient.
Governments Must Regulate Social Networks: Facebook Executive
"It's not for private companies, however big or small, to come up with those rules. It is for democratic politicians ...
US Lawmakers Weigh ‘Deepfake’ Concerns With First Amendment Rights
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said thinking ahead into the 2020 elections and beyond, “nightmarish scenarios” could be envisioned because ...
Facebook Plans Cryptocurrency Launch Next Year: BBC
Facebook's currency would be "stablecoin," a digital unit pegged to the dollar in contrast to more anarchic means of virtual ...
Facebook to Fund Research on Social Media Impact on Elections
Facebook announced research grants to study the impact of social media on elections, part of an effort to prevent manipulation ...
The Rise of Internet Sovereignty and the End of the World Wide Web?
The notion of internet sovereignty as a uniquely Chinese and Russian approach fails to identify how the same underlying principles ...
Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Democratic Governance
Artificial intelligence poses serious threats to democratic politics, democratic institutions, and our capacity and right to engage freely in democratic ...
Facebook’s Anniversary: Fifteen Years Since User Data Became Commodity
Facebook has recently reached another milestone. It marks fifteen years of not just a tool that has revolutionized communication, but ...
UK Report Labels Facebook ‘Digital Gangsters’ Who Spread Fake News
A scathing British parliamentary report branded Facebook "digital gangsters" who failed to fight the spread of fake news and violated ...
Facebook Paid Users to Track Smartphone Use [Report]
Facebook paid users to track their smartphone activity as part of an effort to glean more data that could help ...
What’s Up With Facebook Data Protection Issues?
Facebook, the world's largest social network, faces a growing backlash over privacy and data protection, with revelations this week about ...
France to Introduce $570 Million Tax on Large Internet, Tech Firms
France will introduce its own tax on large internet and technology companies like Facebook and Amazon from January 1, Finance ...
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