Pornhub says it has removed all videos from unverified accounts from its platform; the number of hosted videos dropped from 13.5M to 7.2M
More Than 10 Million Videos — From Its Site Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : Pornhub suspends over 10 million videos to eradicate illegal content Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1451: the trouble...
Facebook makes an initial commitment of $130M to its upcoming Oversight Board and says it will not announce the first members this year as originally expected
But Punts On Launching It Allison Matyus / Digital Trends : Facebook's long-promised Supreme Court for content won't be here for a long time Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Facebook Allocates...
The Trump administration is inserting CDA 230-like protections into international trade deals that shield online platforms from lawsuits related to user content
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun inserting legal protections into recent trade agreements that shield online platforms … Tweets: @satariano , @nickconfessore , @matthewstoller , @cagold...
Inside 18 months of turmoil at Grindr, which some former employees say began with its sale to Chinese company Kunlun Group and elevation of Scott Chen
instances in which users flagged content or interactions that potentially violated the company's terms of service — from Grindr's internal systems.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @mathewrodriguez ...
Imagining the future where regulations of social media platforms didn't end harassment, extremism, or disinformation, and only made the platforms stronger
an industry that will fight to keep 230 to the death. Carrie is on the right side of history. Cory is on the side of Bezos and Zuck. https://twitter.com/... Carrie A. Goldberg / @cagoldberglaw : Proud...
Imagining the future where regulations of social media platforms didn't end harassment, extremism, or disinformation, and only made the platforms stronger
The way we regulated social media platforms didn't end harassment, extremism or disinformation. It only gave them more power and made the problem worse. Tweets: @javierpallero , @dangillmor , @xor , ...
Sources: DOJ began work on a possible Google antitrust investigation after brokering a deal with FTC, which considered and opted not to pursue the case in 2013
on 2nd tour of duty at agency—Delrahim previously represented corporate clients incl. Google during its purchase of DoubleClick in 2007" https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Mark Bergen / @mhbergen : B...