Memo: the TikTok US deal is set to close on Jan. 22; terms include retraining the recommendation algorithm on US user data and Oracle overseeing data protection
Revamped ‘TikTok USA’ Expected Next Month Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider : US investors to close deal on 50% ownership of TikTok January 22 Sports Business Journal : TikTok sale becomes official, with...
David Sacks says Trump's AI EO aims to ease companies' compliance burden and that the administration is working with Congress on a common AI oversight standard
Trump warns America can't regulate itself into defeat Bobby Allyn / NPR : Trump tech adviser David Sacks under fire over vast AI investments Samantha Dorisca / AfroTech : A New Executive Order By Pres...
While facial recognition tech remains unregulated at the US federal level, 23 states have passed or expanded laws to restrict mass scraping of biometric data
Bobby Allyn / NPR : LinkedIn: Pete Fussey . Bluesky: @eff.org . Forums: r/technology LinkedIn: Pete Fussey : Interviewed for this NPR story on US State-level initiatives to regulate biometrics in the...
TikTok's service providers are risking billions in fines for keeping the app online, as Trump's assurances that it's safe to support TikTok are legally flimsy
but the ban hasn't gone away Benedict Collins / TechRadar : Providers hosting TikTok could still face penalties despite extension, experts warn Jamaica Gleaner : US bans TikTok - Five essential reads ...
WSJ publishes six internal Facebook documents it used for its report about Instagram's negative impact on teen girls, after Facebook published two of the docs
and genuinely see ways in which they can—do good. I'm really saddened by how readily the company is throwing these researchers under the bus. Jeff Horwitz / @jeffhorwitz : So here is a selection of th...
After researchers raised data privacy concerns, Clubhouse says it is taking steps “to prevent Clubhouse clients from ever transmitting pings to Chinese servers”
what it is and how to get an invite Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1485: what “accept cookies” really means, why surfaces don't spread Covid, a Facebook smartwatch?, and more Jitendra Son...
Filing: CFIUS extends the deadline for ByteDance to divest its US TikTok operations by 15 days until Nov. 27
or maybe forever Whitney Kimball / Gizmodo : Oh My God We're Still Talking About the TikTok Ban Francesca Billington / dot.LA : TikTok Sale Deadline Extended, as Saga Drags on David Shepardson / Reute...
TikTok expands its QAnon bans beyond hashtags, removing all content and accounts that promote videos advancing the conspiracy
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Thousands of Comcast employees stop work in Philadelphia and other cities to protest Trump's immigration executive order
as it would pay an employee for going to the doctor. http://www.philly.com/... Michael McDaniel / @mcdanyel : Massive @comcast walkout today to peacefully protest @realdonaldtrump's immigration ban. #...