[ad_1] These practices are in line with what you already see in conventional TV, radio and print ads, Google said. The search firm is also taking a tougher stance on truth in advertising than Facebook, if only slightly. It’s clearing up its ad policies to explicitly forbid deepfakes, misleading census claims or any other ads […]
Category: Politics
WhatsApp banned over 400,000 accounts during Brazil’s election
[ad_1] There is evidence of a likely culprit, however. A Guardian data study indicated that the “vast majority” of false info shared on WhatsApp during the election favored far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, with 42 percent of sampled right-wing messages containing false claims versus just 3 percent for the left-wing camp. The eventual winner was also […]
FCC chairman wants public auction to repurpose satellite bands for 5G
[ad_1] An FCC official told the Wall Street Journal that the regulator hoped to bring the C-band auction up for a vote in 2020 and start the auction by the end of that year. Satellite companies, however, might not be so happy. Industry giants like Intelsat and SES haven’t been averse to selling their spectrum, […]
Senate bill would block US companies from storing data in China
[ad_1] The changes could impact companies like Apple and TikTok. Per Chinese law, Apple began storing Chinese users’ iCloud accounts in a Chinese data center last year. Apple says it still controls encryption keys, but Hawley sees this as a national security threat. And like other senators, Hawley fears TikTok’s owner ByteDance could be pressured […]
California is suing Juul for allegedly targeting minors
[ad_1] Becerra said the lawsuit comes after a 21-month investigation into Juul and its marketing and sales practices. In a press event, Becerra noted that the number of high school students vaping in 2019 is 27.5 percent, up from 11.7 percent in 2017. Becerra blames that, in part, on vaping products sold in “child-friendly fruity […]
Commerce Department extends Huawei license for another 90 days
[ad_1] “The Temporary General License extension will allow carriers to continue to service customers in some of the most remote areas of the United States who would otherwise be left in the dark,” explains Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in a press release. This is the third extension granted by the administration. Along with national […]
President Trump will visit Apple’s Mac Pro factory on November 20th
[ad_1] For Apple, though, there’s an extra level of urgency. The next big round of US tariffs on China is poised to take effect on December 15th, and it could easily raise the costs of selling phones, laptops, monitors and other mainstays of Apple’s product lineup. A tour like this might help Apple persuade Trump […]
Iran shuts down nearly all internet access in response to fuel protests
[ad_1] The government hasn’t formally acknowledged the internet shutdown. As in past instances of country-wide internet blackouts, Iran is attempting to control both the protests themselves and the world’s impression of what’s going on. In theory, this reduces the chances of protesters organizing and posing a greater threat to the country’s rulers. At the same […]
States sue to prevent EPA from revoking state emissions powers
[ad_1] California Attorney General Xavier Becerra pointed out that California had received over 100 waivers from the EPA over the past 50 years — this was a sudden about-face from a federal administration that had allegedly “chosen to side with polluters.” Becerra also argued that the waivers had been granted both to reflect its leadership […]
Netflix tweaks ‘Devil Next Door’ documentary after Polish PM complains
[ad_1] .@Netflix, stay true to historical facts! During the time which the “The Devil Next Door” series describes, Poland’s territory was occupied, and it was Nazi Germany who was responsible for the camps. The map shown in the series does not reflect the actual borders at that time. pic.twitter.com/W5i8C9THo3 — Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 […]