Facebook shares two annotated internal research docs about Instagram's impact on teen mental health, after being notified of WSJ's plans to publish the docs
accusing the company of putting profits ahead of children's wellbeing and concealing the harms that its apps pose to young people. The hearing came days after Facebook “paused” wor...
Senators grilled Facebook exec Antigone Davis at a hearing about Instagram's impact on teens and were frustrated by her reticence to answer questions directly
Last night, Facebook published two annotated slide decks in an attempt to contextualize the documents that the Wall Street Journal published … Source: Senate Commerce Committee .
Facebook shares two annotated internal research docs about Instagram's impact on teen mental health, after being notified of WSJ's plans to publish the docs
The company shared the PDFs Wednesday night — Facebook has shared the internal research about the impact of Instagram … Source: Facebook and Facebook .
Facebook says their data shows a 50% decline in vaccine hesitancy among US users, refuting Biden's claim that it's “killing people” by allowing COVID-19 misinfo
At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in America, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies.
[Thread] The response to Biden from Facebook's VP of Integrity is a textbook example of bluster and obfuscation
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Amazon says it is seeking the recusal of FTC chair Lina Khan from matters related to the company, citing her history of criticism and antitrust arguments
at least in part—meant to deter people who might enter public service from making public statements criticizing unrepentant monopolists. Do not be deterred. https://twitter.com/......
Amazon says it is seeking the recusal of FTC chair Lina Khan from matters related to the company, citing her history of criticism and antitrust arguments
at least in part—meant to deter people who might enter public service from making public statements criticizing unrepentant monopolists. Do not be deterred. https://twitter.com/......
Reporters could quickly find Biden's Venmo account and the network of his social connections on Venmo, showing why the app's friends lists are a privacy issue
BuzzFeed News found President Joe Biden's Venmo account after less than 10 minutes of looking for it, revealing a network …
Analysis finds that an OpenCV-based facial recognition model used by exam monitoring software Proctorio fails to recognize Black faces more than 50% of the time
it is the SAME faulty, racist tech. And #Proctorio uses tech that fails to detect Black faces 57% of the time, while lying and saying their system is proprietary. #Eproctoring #Inv...
Instagram is working on a version of the service suitable for kids under 13; source: the work will be led by Pavni Diwanji, a VP who joined Facebook in December
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Instagram is working on a version of the service suitable for kids under 13; source: the work will be led by Pavni Diwanji, a VP who joined Facebook in December
Executives at Instagram are planning to build a version of the popular photo-sharing app that can be used by children under the age of 13 …
Facebook's Oversight Board co-chair says if the project is a success, other platforms and tech companies would be “more than welcome” to work with the board
I don't really care about Facebook.” Unc Citap / @unc_citap : Today, @unc_citap submitted our public comment to @OversightBoard on Facebook's indefinite ban of Trump's account. Rea...
A look at the making of Facebook's Oversight Board, its members, Zuckerberg's rationale for its existence, and criticisms of the endeavor
The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon, it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.
An in-depth look at Lifeline, an underused US program to help low-income people pay their phone and internet bills, which has been mismanaged for years
how the federal Lifeline program has failed by @TonyRomm https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : NEW: The U.S. government's primary program to help low-income A...
Police rely heavily on car sensor and infotainment system data, including GPS and call records, to challenge alibis, thanks to looser privacy standards for cars
On June 26, 2017, the lifeless body of Ronald French, a bearded auto mechanic with once-twinkling eyes, was mysteriously found in a cornfield in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
In an internal memo, FTC exec director said the agency will cut costs, freeze hiring, and lower IT spending, even as Congress pushes for action against Big Tech
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Sources: Facebook's 3rd-party content mods were never instructed to enforce its “call to arms policy” from 2019, meant to prevent real-world armed intimidation
but never instructed third-party content moderators to enforce the rule https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Muslim Advocates / @muslimadvocates : For 5 years, we warned Facebook that...
After a 16-month probe, House Democrats say Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, and Apple enjoy “monopoly power” and suggest antitrust changes that could break them up
- After a 16-month investigation into competitive practices at Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google …
Sources: US House report investigating Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook's power has been delayed as Democrats and Republicans are split on the remedies
Good morning! This Wednesday, let's take a deep breath … Karl Bode / Techdirt : Stop Pretending The Trump GOP Genuinely Cares About Monopoly Power Reuters : U.S. House antitrust f...
Three Senate Republicans introduced a new bill aiming to narrow the scope of Section 230, modifying platforms' protections through more restrictive language
Republican Sens. Roger Wicker (Miss.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) introduced legislation Tuesday aimed …