[ad_1] The answer to that question is a resounding, “well, it’s complicated.” But before we jump into that legal briar patch, let’s take a quick look at the company that has so effectively managed to raise the president’s ire. If you don’t know what TikTok is, go ask literally anybody under the age of 30. […]
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Twitter adds labels to state-backed media and government accounts
[ad_1] Initially, the labels will only cover officials from the US, UK, Russia, China and France, but Twitter says it plans to expand the feature to more countries in the future. The labels, which have already started showing up, appear in each account’s profile and within every tweet they send. For state-affiliated media, Twitter will […]
Facebook removes Trump post for ‘harmful COVID misinformation’
[ad_1] It marks the first time Facebook has removed one of Trump’s posts under the policy. The company has previously taken down Trump campaign ads for breaking its rules around “organized hate” and misleading information about the US census. The video was also shared on Twitter, where it remains up. On Facebook, the video was […]
Why Trump views TikTok as a threat
[ad_1] Government coffers aside, Trump’s fixation on TikTok may seem bizarre, especially at a time when the United States is in the midst of a deadly pandemic that has killed thousands and cratered the economy. But TikTok’s days as a non-American app have been numbered for a while. It’s not just Trump, either. Even before […]
TikTok bans deepfakes to fight misinformation and election meddling
[ad_1] The deepfake ban is part of a broader set of policy changes meant to fight misinformation and election meddling. The new rules also make the company’s policy barring coordinated inauthentic activities “unambiguous.” TikTok also says it’s expanding its work with outside fact-checkers ahead of the 2020 election, and that it will allow users to […]
Facebook blocks Brazil president’s allies after court order
[ad_1] Facebook has been eager to fight misinformation on its platform, but it’s concerned Brazil might have taken things a step too far. BBC News reports that Facebook has blocked the accounts of a dozen allies of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after the country’s Supreme Court ordered them blocked worldwide in May. The group, which […]
TikTok owner reportedly agrees to sell US stake to avoid ban
[ad_1] There’s no guarantee this would be enough. President Trump said on Air Force One that he would ban TikTok outright and rejected talk of allowing a sell-off. He suggested he would use an executive order or emergency economic powers to block the company. However, he also said this before word of a possible US […]
The recent ad boycott hasn’t slowed down Facebook
[ad_1] During a call with analysts, Mark Zuckerberg said that hate speech and misinformation are only a “small part” of the content on Facebook. “We do not profit from misinformation or hate,” he said. It’s not necessarily a surprise that Facebook would continue to flourish in the face of an advertiser backlash. While large corporations […]
Congress grills Facebook over its acquisitions and feature cloning
[ad_1] Documents from the Hearing on “Online Platforms and Market Power: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google” pic.twitter.com/fF20JB0w9v — House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) July 29, 2020 Zuckerberg expanded on the idea in another email. “We can likely always just buy any competitive startups. But it’ll be a while before we can buy […]
Snap’s first diversity report shows an overwhelmingly white workforce
[ad_1] According to the report released today, Snap is overwhelmingly staffed by white men. Women made up 32.9 percent of Snap’s global workforce in 2019, less than a single point increase from the year before with women making up less than a quarter of Director level employees and only 30 percent of VP-level positions. Despite […]