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Damian Collins

@damiancollins
35 posts
2024-03-26
.@elonmusk claims to be a free speech champion but the spectacular failure of his lawsuit against @CCDHate shows his motivation was to intimidate & silence criticism. The judgement states Musk's case was about ‘punishing the Defendants for their speech.’ https://x.com/...
2024-03-26 View on X
Reuters

A US judge dismisses X's lawsuit against CCDH, saying the suit had been brought as a means toward “punishing the defendants for their speech”; X plans to appeal

in a win for free speech. https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... Mastodon: Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social : Good.  Musk does not support free speech.  He supports his sp...

2023-09-20
It's excellent news that the Online Safety Bill has now completed all its stages in parliament and will shortly become law. Tech platforms will now have legal duties to identify & remove illegal content, keep children safe & enforce their terms of service https://www.bbc.com/...
2023-09-20 View on X
TechCrunch

The UK's parliament passes the Online Safety Bill, in the works since 2019, paving the way for Royal Assent and the bill becoming law in the coming days

Controversial UK legislation that brings in a new regime of content moderation rules for online platforms and services …

2022-02-17
If @nickclegg is the answer, you know you're in trouble. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
2022-02-17 View on X
Bloomberg

Mark Zuckerberg names Nick Clegg as President of Global Affairs, reporting to Zuckerberg, meaning less involvement in policy for Zuckerberg and Sandberg

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has promoted his top policy executive, Nick Clegg, to an even greater role inside …

2021-10-31
Once again @nickclegg asks the wrong question. It's not whether Facebook is the cause of societies problems or just reflects them. It's that by amplifying hate for profit Facebook is making things much worse. Their failure to confront this is why we need independent regulation. https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-31 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Chris Hughes, Clay Shirky, and others on how to reform social media platforms and limit their harm

including Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Sherry Turkle and Jaron Lanier—discuss how to deal with the problems posed by the biggest social-media sites https://www.wsj.com/....

2021-10-30
Once again @nickclegg asks the wrong question. It's not whether Facebook is the cause of societies problems or just reflects them. It's that by amplifying hate for profit Facebook is making things much worse. Their failure to confront this is why we need independent regulation. https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-30 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Chris Hughes, Clay Shirky, and others on how to reform social media platforms and limit their harm

including Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Sherry Turkle and Jaron Lanier—discuss how to deal with the problems posed by the biggest social-media sites https://www.wsj.com/....

2021-10-11
🆕 #Facebook whistleblower @FrancesHaugen will give evidence to the @UKHouseofLords & @HouseofCommons Joint Committee on the #OnlineSafetyBill on 25 October 📅 @Q66Suzi @dean4watford @MrJohnNicolson @Stephen17262836 @whiterhino1949 @darrenpjones @LordJimKnight @Debbie_abrahams https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-11 View on X
BBC

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will give evidence to the UK Parliament's Online Safety Bill committee on October 25

Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who accuses the technology giant of putting profit ahead of safety, will give evidence to the UK Parliament later this month. Tweets: @on...

2021-09-28
Instagram causes anxiety & depression amongst teen users. There's no effective age verification for under 13s. These are the issues to address but the bottom line is, they only really care about their bottom line. We need independent regulation of big tech https://about.instagram.com/ ...
2021-09-28 View on X
Engadget

Nick Clegg says Facebook will release two internal slide decks central to WSJ's story on Instagram's impact on teens to the public “in the next few days”

Facebook will publish two internal slide decks detailing its research into how Instagram affects teens' mental health sometime “in the next few days.” Source: YouTube .

Instagram causes anxiety & depression amongst teen users. There's no effective age verification for under 13s. These are the issues to address but the bottom line is, they only really care about their bottom line. We need independent regulation of big tech https://about.instagram.com/ ...
2021-09-28 View on X
Instagram

Adam Mosseri says Instagram is pausing work on Instagram Kids, after criticism from parents, experts, regulators, policymakers, and others

Good morning!  This Tuesday, Facebook says Instagram isn't bad for teens … Ben Lyons / Gamereactor UK : Development of Instagram Kids has been paused Barbara Ortutay / NBC Bay Area...

2021-08-05
Facebook is closing down legitimate academic research into targeted advertising on its platform. This shows once again that they are more concerned about protecting their interests than allowing independent scrutiny of how their ad tools are used & abused https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-05 View on X
Wired

Mozilla's analysis says Facebook's justifications for cutting off access to researchers running NYU's Ad Observatory project “simply do not hold water”

The company says privacy concerns forced it to block access for a team of academics.  Whose privacy, exactly? Source: The Mozilla Blog .

2021-07-13
'We don't allow hate speech on @Facebook' it says in its terms of service. Can it explain how many Facebook and @instagram accounts have been deleted since last night for abuse directed at the England footballers, and how it stopped recommendation tools promoting it? @FBoversight https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-13 View on X
New York Times

After England's defeat in Euro 2020, Boris Johnson and others condemn racist abuse of players on social media, with some calling for tougher action by platforms

The social media bigotry, directed at three players who missed penalty kicks in the Euro 2020 final, was condemned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and most everyone else.

2021-04-01
My thoughts on @Facebook ‘favorites’ and @nick_clegg blog today. Rather that ‘two to tango’ it's more accurate to say Facebook is ‘dancing in the dark’ with your data. @FBoversight https://nickclegg.medium.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2021-04-01 View on X
Medium

Nick Clegg defends Facebook, saying it is not in the company's interest, financially or reputationally, to continually push users toward more extreme content

In  —  a recent article for The Atlantic, Adrienne LaFrance compared Facebook to a Doomsday Machine: “a device built with the sole purpose of destroying all human life.”

2021-02-24
Like in Australia, we need to look at whether the UK marketplace for advertising is fair to publishers, through the new Digital Markets Unit in the @CMAgovUK. My comments for @TelegraphTech @JamesLiamCook @MattHField https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ...
2021-02-24 View on X
About Facebook

Facebook defends its stance in Australia, says it invested $600M since 2018 to support the news industry and plans at least $1B more over the next three years

Last week, in a move that will have felt abrupt and dramatic to many, Facebook announced it was stopping the sharing of news on its service in Australia.

Like in Australia, we need to look at whether the UK marketplace for advertising is fair to publishers, through the new Digital Markets Unit in the @CMAgovUK. My comments for @TelegraphTech @JamesLiamCook @MattHField https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ...
2021-02-24 View on X
ABC

Australia says Facebook agreed to reinstate news content in Australia in the coming days after the government promised amendments to its proposed media bill

but what was lost along the way? Micky : Facebook versus Australia: the government hands Facebook a free pass Max Willens / Digiday : Cheat sheet: Facebook brings news back to plat...

You can read my comments here in response to the agreement reached between Facebook and the Australian government on compensation for news publishers https://twitter.com/...
2021-02-24 View on X
ABC

Australia says Facebook agreed to reinstate news content in Australia in the coming days after the government promised amendments to its proposed media bill

but what was lost along the way? Micky : Facebook versus Australia: the government hands Facebook a free pass Max Willens / Digiday : Cheat sheet: Facebook brings news back to plat...

You can read my comments here in response to the agreement reached between Facebook and the Australian government on compensation for news publishers https://twitter.com/...
2021-02-24 View on X
About Facebook

Facebook defends its stance in Australia, says it invested $600M since 2018 to support the news industry and plans at least $1B more over the next three years

Last week, in a move that will have felt abrupt and dramatic to many, Facebook announced it was stopping the sharing of news on its service in Australia.

2021-02-18
The spreaders of hate speech & disinformation can do their worst in Australia, it's the real news Mark Zuckerberg is stopping you from sharing. Facebook is protecting profits at the expense of democracy, so we need to stand up for each other in this fight https://www.smh.com.au/...
2021-02-18 View on X
About Facebook

Ahead of proposed media law, Facebook bans Australians from sharing or viewing news and all users from sharing and viewing news on Australian news Pages

In response to Australia's proposed new Media Bargaining law, Facebook will restrict publishers and people in Australia from sharing …

2020-11-30
This is the right decision from @DCMS. The #Huawei Oversight Board told the @CabinetOfficeUK there are ‘serious & systemic failings in cyber-security in the current Huawei network’ @OliverDowden @MattWarman https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ...
2020-11-30 View on X
Bloomberg

The UK will ban the installation of new Huawei 5G network equipment starting September 2021, after initially announcing a 2027 timeframe in July

- Britain set to impose security law on mobile network operators  — White House pushed allies to exclude Chinese tech giant Huawei

2020-11-28
This is an important step in bringing fairer competition and challenging the abuse of market power from the big tech companies - New UK tech regulator to limit power of Google and Facebook | Technology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
2020-11-28 View on X
CNBC

UK to launch the Digital Markets Unit, a division of CMA, in April to “govern the behavior” of platforms that dominate the market, including Google and Facebook

- The U.K. government said it plans to create a Digital Markets Unit (DMU) to enforce “a new code to govern …

2020-11-27
This is an important step in bringing fairer competition and challenging the abuse of market power from the big tech companies - New UK tech regulator to limit power of Google and Facebook | Technology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
2020-11-27 View on X
CNBC

UK to launch the Digital Markets Unit, a division of CMA, in April to “govern the behavior” of platforms that dominate the market, including Google and Facebook

- The U.K. government said it plans to create a Digital Markets Unit (DMU) to enforce “a new code to govern …

2020-10-15
If true @hmtreasury needs to think again. The system of business rates and taxes already massively favours big tech companies at a time when local high street businesses are closing. They should pay taxes that reflect the value of the business they do here https://www.thetimes.co.uk/...
2020-10-15 View on X
The Times

UK admits that Amazon will not be affected by its new digital services tax but small traders using its online marketplace will be penalized