with Tonya Riley Tech industry leaders are aggressively criticizing President Trump’s immigration crackdown, warning the move could prevent them from recruiting the most highly-skilled workers from around the world. Many major companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter and top industry groups came out swinging against Trump’s sweeping order to block a broad range of worker visas […]
Social media companies need to do more to police harmful content about eating disorders, say campaigners. Individuals affected by the issue say too often material they come across online is a trigger for conditions such as anorexia or bulimia. Mental health campaigner James Down said there is “lack of transparency” on how content is targeted
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“Racist baby probably a Trump voter,” the headline then says in a subsequent screen. The video then cuts to the original clip of the children hugging, and then cuts to the message “America is not the problem. Fake news is.” The label is the latest flash point in an increasingly contentious debate over tech companies’
Apple’s WebKit team published its tracking prevention policy last week, outlining its stance against technologies designed to track user activity across the web. Falling in line with the company’s pro-privacy position, the WebKit Tracking Prevention Policy outlines the web tracking practices it believes should be limited by default. Webkit, the open-source rendering engine that powers
Suddenly there is a glimmer of hope that the travel industry can get some relief from nearly mandatory fees: paying for ads in Google search and in its hotel and flights shopping services to get visibility. That’s because Google, Facebook, and Amazon could reportedly face tough antitrust enforcement from U.S. regulators, as well as an
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YouTube has launched a new wave of actions to stamp out child exploitation content after advertisers starting pulling dollars from the platform. Source link
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Instagram has announced a new crackdown on users who purchase followers and likes via third-party apps. Source link
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Facebook has announced two new measures to crack down on questionable content as it continues to skirt the lines of editorial censorship. Source link
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While the value of social media and what it provides for society has been brought into question by the latest investigation into foreign meddling in elections, one of the other aspects of social that’s also been put under the spotlight is the legitimacy of what social metrics mean, and the problems with fake followers and
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