Cruz used Facebook’s recent reversal on a rule to flag posts suggesting Covid-19 was man-made as proof that the company is on “behalf of the government” in a Sunday interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo. “These latest breakthroughs have real consequences because it now is clear that Facebook was operating …
Read More »Facebook bans RT’s digital content project Redfish after posts marking end of Mussolini’s dictatorship and Holocaust Memorial Day
The company’s Facebook account was suspended on Friday after a recent post that criticized fascism. Redfish said Facebook deleted the page on the grounds that its posts commemorating the Holocaust and the defeat of Italian fascism violated its community standards. The post in question featured an upside-down photo of Italy’s dictator …
Read More »Harmful content not ‘fault of faceless machines,’ Facebook VP Nick Clegg says while blaming users for ‘polarizing’ content
The former UK deputy prime minister was seemingly prompted by a recent article in the Atlantic that compared Facebook to “a device built with the sole purpose of destroying all human life,” to pen a lengthy defense of his employer via a Medium blog post. Facebook has been repeatedly criticized …
Read More »Parler says it referred FBI to violent content on more than 50 occasions BEFORE riot, incl, on ‘specific threats’ to the Capitol
The company forwarded posts to the FBI on more than 50 occasions prior to the unrest in Washington, DC, it said in a letter addressed to the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday, rejecting allegations that the site acted as a “far-right instigator” ahead of the riot. “The Company …
Read More »Under threat of ban, Twitter has begun removing content prohibited in Russia – but Moscow says social network is acting too slowly
However, Roskomnadzor believes Twitter’s rate of removal “remains unsatisfactory,” with two-thirds of all demands still being ignored. Two weeks ago, Russia began to throttle Twitter’s speed, adopting the measure after the social network dismissed requests from Moscow to remove the specified content, including child pornography and material advertising the use …
Read More »‘Transforming journalism’: Facebook strikes 3yr pay-per-content deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp in Australia
The agreement stuck on Tuesday brings an end to a weeks-long faceoff between the two parties, which saw Facebook temporarily black out all news content for Australian users after the passage of a law that requires tech firms to pay media outlets a cut for hosting their material. “The agreement …
Read More »Disney labels ‘The Muppet Show’ as ‘offensive content’ in baffling disclaimer
According to a warning from Disney, the show features “stereotypes” and “mistreatment of people or cultures.” “This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now,” the roughly 300 billion-dollar corporate giant declared. “Rather than remove this content, we want …
Read More »Biden’s White House ‘working directly’ with Big Tech to CENSOR content causing ‘vaccine hesitancy’ – Reuters
“Disinformation that causes vaccine hesitancy is going to be a huge obstacle to getting everyone vaccinated and there are no larger players in that than the social media platforms,” a source with direct knowledge about the cooperation told Reuters. According to Reuters, the protest was organized on Facebook through a …
Read More »Pay up, Zuck: Canada allies with Australia in ‘battle’ against Facebook over news content
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said on Thursday that he would begin drafting legislation that could resemble Australia’s bid to make Facebook and other companies pay a licensing fee to feature domestically created content on their platforms. “Canada is at the forefront of this battle… we are really among the …
Read More »Bing there, done that: Microsoft could step in if Google exits Australia over content licensing row, PM Morrison says
Australia is mulling legislation that would require Google and Facebook to pay domestic media outlets for using their content on their platforms, a move that the two tech giants strenuously oppose. Google has claimed that the licensing fees would make their services financially unviable, warning last month that the company …
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