2024-03-12
@neilturkewitz ... The goal should always be in remediating harm to the victims - whatever the harm. #deepfakes can be incredibly distressing! We also have remedial powers to prohibit the continued sharing of-or the threat to share-which is so endemic in #sextortion cases targeting young men 🌏wide
Wired
As Google removes nonconsensual deepfake porn video URLs after complaints, experts urge Google to remove the biggest deepfake sites from search results entirely
Content creators are using copyright laws to get nonconsensual deepfakes removed from the web.
2022-09-10
.@eSafetyOffice pleased to see this readout of the @WhiteHouse Listening Session on Tech Platform Accountability, esp around “prioritizing #SafetybyDesign standards & practices for online platforms, products, and services” & tackling CSEM & online abuse! https://www.whitehouse.gov/...
Protocol
The White House unveils six proposals for tech policy reform aimed at competition, algorithms, and safety on social platforms, and suggests Section 230 changes
for a Good Reason Alfonso Maruccia / TechSpot : White House consults experts, lays down a six-point plan to increase Big Tech accountability GovTech : White House Outlines Guiding ...
2022-09-09
.@eSafetyOffice pleased to see this readout of the @WhiteHouse Listening Session on Tech Platform Accountability, esp around “prioritizing #SafetybyDesign standards & practices for online platforms, products, and services” & tackling CSEM & online abuse! https://www.whitehouse.gov/...
Protocol
The White House unveils six proposals for tech policy reform aimed at competition, algorithms, and safety on social platforms, and suggests Section 230 changes
The White House on Thursday praised “bipartisan interest in Congress in passing legislation to protect privacy” …
2022-05-01
.@ColinCrowell is spot on: “If there are no rules against abuse and harassment, some people are at risk of being bullied into silence, and then you don't get the benefit of their voice, their perspective, their free expression.” https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Inside Twitter, frustrations mount over Elon Musk's moderation plans and his limited knowledge, ahead of the Brazil general elections and the US midterms
Content moderators warn that Elon Musk doesn't appear to understand the issues that he and the company will face if he drops its guardrails around speech.
2022-04-30
.@ColinCrowell is spot on: “If there are no rules against abuse and harassment, some people are at risk of being bullied into silence, and then you don't get the benefit of their voice, their perspective, their free expression.” https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Sources: PayPal Mafia members, Jack Dorsey, and others who disliked Twitter's direction pushed Musk to launch a bid; Musk is dismayed that Trump is still banned
Behind the scenes, fellow billionaires and internet provocateurs bent Tesla CEO's ear; Jack Dorsey's role — Elon Musk unveils the Tesla Model Y in 2019.
.@ColinCrowell is spot on: “If there are no rules against abuse and harassment, some people are at risk of being bullied into silence, and then you don't get the benefit of their voice, their perspective, their free expression.” https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Inside Twitter, frustrations have mounted about Elon Musk's moderation plans, ahead of elections in Brazil and the midterm election in the US
Content moderators warn that Elon Musk doesn't appear to understand the issues that he and the company will face if he drops its guardrails around speech.
2021-12-13
.@eSafetyOffice is proud to have played a small part in this terrifying & deeply distressing story. Our 2019 investigation turned up dark insights which @gabrieldance & @mega2e took much further. We'll continue to fight to protect 🇦🇺s but Big Tech needs 2 step up responsibility! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Investigation: a site providing directions on how to die is linked to at least ~45 suicides, as Google and Bing refuse to remove it absent a legal requirement
2021-12-12
.@eSafetyOffice is proud to have played a small part in this terrifying & deeply distressing story. Our 2019 investigation turned up dark insights which @gabrieldance & @mega2e took much further. We'll continue to fight to protect 🇦🇺s but Big Tech needs 2 step up responsibility! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Investigation: a site providing directions on how to die is linked to at least ~45 suicides, as Google and Bing refuse to remove it absent a legal requirement
It has the trappings of popular social media, a young audience and explicit content on suicide that other sites don't allow.
2021-11-23
Important thread from @elegant_wallaby @stanfordio on @Meta plans to delay #E2EE. The binary stances have to stop-we need to balance a range of fundamental rights. We all understand that encryption is important to security & privacy but not at any cost to survivors & society. 1 https://twitter.com/...
@elegant_wallaby
[Thread] A former Facebook employee says Meta announced an “absurdly accelerated timeline” for e2ee messaging to preempt antitrust action and generate good PR
Please stop with this. Child safety is not FUD, nor disingenuous. Here is what happened with Facebook's haphazard E2EE plan, from someone who was there and familiar with the underl...
2021-05-20
Great to see this commitment from @TwitterSafety in providing useful evidence of efficacy & impact of their safety features. Also commend them for incorporating user input. These are hallmarks of #SafetybyDesign & @eSafetyOffice will continue to surface up good safety practice! https://twitter.com/...
Twitter
Twitter shares the results from an investigation into bias within the image cropping algorithm it used to employ, finding it favored white people and women
In October 2020, we heard feedback from people on Twitter that our image cropping algorithm didn't serve all people equitably.
2021-04-08
.@eSafetyOffice applauds @Twitch 4 taking this proactive step 2 protect its users. There is often a direct relationship between online & offline harms so if acts of murder, terrorism, child sexual exploitation or sexual assault can be reliably proven, this is an important stride! https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Twitch expands its misconduct policy to ban users who harass members of its community, even when that harassment takes place off Twitch
Patreon had this rule years ago and it made a lot of sense for what was largely an intermediary system. https://www.theverge.com/... Emily Dreyfuss / @emilydreyfuss : This is exact...
2021-02-25
Excellent innovation @YouTube! We've got to make content for kids safer yet authentic & give parents more support in helping their kids grow up on line. There has to be a happy medium between the constant hover 🚁 & total free range parenting 🐓! 🙏 for the share @aliciablumross https://twitter.com/...
Variety
YouTube to roll out a “supervised” account option in beta in the coming months in more than 80 countries, aimed at kids that are too old for YouTube Kids
but aren't yet ready for the weird, wide world of unrestricted YouTube https://variety.com/... via @Variety
2021-01-14
Kudos to @tiktok_us @tiktok_uk for these latest innovations & improvements to privacy by default. In so many ways, privacy & safety are inextricably tied & continued tech co. commitments to incorporate #SafetybyDesign, default & development are critical! https://newsroom.tiktok.com/ ...
Engadget
TikTok makes accounts of users aged 13 to 15 private by default, limiting who can comment on the videos and how other users can download or remix their videos
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
2021-01-13
Kudos to @tiktok_us @tiktok_uk for these latest innovations & improvements to privacy by default. In so many ways, privacy & safety are inextricably tied & continued tech co. commitments to incorporate #SafetybyDesign, default & development are critical! https://newsroom.tiktok.com/ ...
Engadget
TikTok makes accounts of users aged 13 to 15 private by default, limiting who can comment on the videos and how other users can download or remix their videos
TikTok is introducing a new set of “enhanced” privacy settings that restricts certain features for younger teens and changes …
2020-12-10
Commercial incentive to move to E2EE? “For Facebook, a company that makes 99% of its revenue from advertising, @WhatsApp presents a chance to diversify its business and protect itself from erosion in enthusiasm for its core social networking apps...WhatsApp is the cash register.” https://twitter.com/...
Federal Trade Commission
FTC, in coalition with 46 state AGs, plus Guam and DC, sues Facebook, alleging Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions were used to stifle competition
Agency challenges Facebook's multi-year course of unlawful conduct — The Federal Trade Commission today sued Facebook …
Commercial incentive to move to E2EE? “For Facebook, a company that makes 99% of its revenue from advertising, @WhatsApp presents a chance to diversify its business and protect itself from erosion in enthusiasm for its core social networking apps...WhatsApp is the cash register.” https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
A look at Facebook's plans to monetize WhatsApp, which makes virtually no money at present, by facilitating business transactions, a shift away from ads
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg :
2020-07-10
An important cross-jurisdictional investigation by @OAICgov & @ICOnews into Clearview's potential misuse of facial recognition & other biometric data launched. Some tech companies under scrutiny are larger than nation-states, so this joint action will be increasingly required! https://twitter.com/...
CNET
UK and Australian data privacy offices say they are opening a joint investigation of Clearview AI
Alfred Ng / CNET :
2020-01-10
Great 2B back @Microsoft for the launch “Project Artemis” a new technical tool aimed at detecting & addressing attempts by predators to groom children for sexual encounters through online platforms. This is the culmination of great work by so many! https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
GeekWire
Microsoft releases “Project Artemis”, a tool that scans online chats for patterns that may indicate a predator is grooming children for sexual abuse
Microsoft released a new tool Thursday that scans online chats for people seeking to sexually exploit children.