Zuckerberg took to his own platform on Wednesday with a vast 2,800-word post giving a “community update” on its quarterly results and outlining a number of future policy changes. Among them, the CEO said, will be an effort to hide political posts from users’ news feeds, noting the site is …
Read More »Australia lashes out at Big Tech threats, says it’s ‘inevitable’ that Facebook & Google will pay for content
Canberra is finalizing legislation that would require the internet behemoths to obtain licenses to use content created by Australian news outlets. Both companies have warned that they would retaliate over the revenue-sharing scheme, with Google saying last week that it would remove its search engine from Australia, and Facebook declaring …
Read More »Pinterest cracks down on ‘hateful’ pro-Trump content in latest Big Tech purge of US president
The imageboard platform, best known for its cooking recipes and interior design tips, confirmed that it has been limiting hashtags related to pro-Trump topics, such as #StopTheSteal, in an effort to weed out unsavory content. #StopTheSteal, as well as other keywords, became popular among Trump supporters after the US president …
Read More »Careful what you wish for: Pornhub’s unverified content purge hints at looming user-generated content crackdown on social media
The online porn behemoth removed millions of videos last week after payment processors MasterCard and Visa dropped it as a client, declaring that only verified users would be permitted to upload footage going forward. Pornhub hinted in a press release accompanying the move that “platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, …
Read More »Mastercard will cut ties with Pornhub over smut site’s ‘abusive’ content
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley (R) revealed Mastercard’s decision on Thursday, and added that “Visa and every other credit card company should immediately do the same.” Mastercard later confirmed the news, saying in a statement that “our investigation over the past several days has confirmed violations of our standards prohibiting unlawful …
Read More »British Army spies wage ‘information war’ against anti-vaxx content online – report
The British government is expected to greenlight a coronavirus vaccine and begin its distribution next month. In addition to the logistical challenge of getting millions of doses to the public, the government also faces the hurdle of convincing them to take it. According to a recent poll by the British …
Read More »‘Just like posts on Holocaust’: Pakistani PM Khan calls on Facebook to ban all ‘ISLAMOPHOBIC’ content
Praising recent Facebook’s decision to weed out all content that “denies or distorts” the Holocaust, Khan urged the social media platform to implement similar rules in regard to “Islamophobic” posts. “I appreciate your taking the step to rightly ban any posting that criticizes or questions the Holocaust, which was the …
Read More »Pakistan bans TikTok over ‘immoral & indecent’ content
The decision was announced by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday. The watchdog said it had repeatedly urged the platform to moderate inappropriate content, yet TikTok failed to “fully comply”. The tech company has been repeatedly reported to the PTA by “different segments of society” for “immoral/indecent” videos shared …
Read More »In the article, Putin details is much more important than the content
Generally in the appearance of Putin’s article, the details were much more important than the content. For some reason it was released in a mediocre and second-rate American magazine National Interest, which is headed by the co-host of Molotov’s grandson on the First channel Dmitry Simes, a member of the …
Read More »“News” told about the idea to reduce the content of mono-towns due to their compression
The Russian company towns proposed to condense, and thus to reduce their maintenance costs. Write about this “Izvestia”, citing experts who participate in the development of the government of the unified model for spatial optimization of cities with a clear outflow. On the spot resettled houses proposed to create a …
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