Parental Control of Meta
Meta is expanding its parental controls on Instagram to let parents set the hours their children can use the platform and directly send a request to their children to implement the controls, and the company will also make the app redirect children who spend too much time on certain content. Meta is adding similar supervision tools to […]
Upgrading Social Media and Content Moderation
Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc. and Twitter will be among the tech companies required to have policies to combat deepfakes and fake accounts or risk heavy fines under an updated European Union code of practice on disinformation, according to an E.U. document seen by Reuters. The European Commission published the updated code in a bid to […]
The Side Effects of Russia’s War
The U.S. government has boosted funding to three companies – nthLink, Psiphon and Lantern – that build virtual private networks in a bid to help Russians access the internet and Western media since the start of its war in Ukraine, according to five people familiar with the situation. Executives at all three companies, as well as the […]
Elon Musk vs. Twitter
Elon Musk reportedly told Twitter Inc. employees at an all-hands virtual meeting that he wants the platform to have 1 billion users, be a bastion of free speech and open source its algorithm, according to a source on the call. Musk also said he intends to focus on making product decisions at Twitter rather than be […]
FTC RECOMMENDS CONGRESS USE ‘GREAT CAUTION’ IN PROMOTING AI TO ADDRESS ONLINE HARM
BY REBECCA KLAR The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommended Congress proceed with caution in promoting artificial intelligence (AI) tools to combat online harm in a report the commissioners voted to publish Thursday. The report concluded that “great caution is needed in either mandating the use of or over relying on these tools even for the important […]
APPLE ACCUSED OF MISLEADING IPHONE CUSTOMERS IN NEW UK LAWSUIT
By Katharine Gemmell Apple Inc. faces a UK lawsuit that could seek hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation for iPhone users after it was accused of misleading customers on a controversial power management tool. Justin Gutmann, a market researcher, has applied to the Competition Appeal Tribunal for approval to bring a collective action on behalf […]
FAA URGES AIRLINES TO ACT AS WIRELESS CARRIERS PLAN 5G SIGNAL BOOST
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday urged the chief executives of major U.S. airlines to move quickly to address risks from a 5G wireless rollout, in a bid to avoid potential disruptions at key airports from next month. Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen said in a […]
AMAZON CALLS COPS, FIRES WORKERS IN ATTEMPTS TO STOP UNIONIZATION NATIONWIDE
By Caroline O’Donovan Matt Litrell, a 22-year-old Amazon employee, was distributing union fliers outside the warehouse where he works this month when the cops showed up. An Amazon manager had called the sheriff’s office in Campbellsville, Ky., that afternoon to report that protesters trying to start a union were trespassing on company property. While the officers […]
THE FIGHT TO HOLD PORNHUB ACCOUNTABLE
By Sheelah Kolhatkar One night in 2017, a fifteen-year-old girl named Rachel received a WhatsApp message from a number she didn’t recognize. Rachel lived with her mother, stepfather, and siblings in a midsize town in the United Kingdom. She had just returned home from a party and was in her bedroom. “I had a really unstable […]