TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew: 3 things to know
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified Thursday at a congressional hearing over concerns about user data collected by the popular video-sharing app and potential Chinese spying.
Mar 24, 2023
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Meta says Trump to be allowed back on Facebook, Instagram
Social networking giant Meta announced Tuesday it would soon reinstate former president Donald Trump's accounts on Facebook and Instagram with "new guardrails," two years after he was banned over the 2021 US Capitol insurrection.
Jan 26, 2023
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If Twitter falls, valuable eyewitness accounts and raw data on human behavior will be lost
What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security threats and vulnerabilities, a wildfire watcher who tracks the spread of forest fires, and public health professionals trying ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Wrong, Elon Musk: The big problem with free speech on platforms isn't censorship. It's the algorithms
Imagine there is a public speaking square in your city, much like the ancient Greek agora. Here you can freely share your ideas without censorship.
May 18, 2022
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Will the metaverse protect our privacy, or will it exploit us more than ever?
The metaverse is more than the latest obsession of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. It's a three-dimensional world of virtual and augmented reality that we will be exploring—via our digital avatars—over the next decade.
Dec 23, 2021
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Twitter bans sharing of photos without consent
Twitter launched new rules Tuesday blocking users from sharing private images of other people without their consent, in a tightening of the network's policy just a day after it changed CEOs.
Nov 30, 2021
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Facebook panel overturns 4 content takedowns in first ruling
Facebook's quasi-independent oversight board issued its first rulings on Thursday, overturning four out of five decisions by the social network to take down questionable content.
Jan 28, 2021
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Facebook 'supreme court' begins daunting task on content disputes
Facebook's "supreme court" tasked with deciding on allowing or removing sensitive and harmful content has begun operations, with a backlog of some 20,000 cases already piling up for the expert panel.
Dec 1, 2020
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