Google's Jigsaw and YouTube to test video ads in Europe to “pre-bunk” anti-refugee sentiment, after a study found such ads raised awareness about misinformation
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Meta and Google's content rules are restrictive for many abortion-rights groups worldwide, while abortion ads on Google aren't permitted in dozens of countries
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Spotify is slowly bringing back political ads on podcasts after pausing them in early 2020, and says it has strengthened its advertiser verification system
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol : Tweets: @issielapowsky and @karynelevy . Thanks: @karynelevy Tweets: @issielapowsky : SCOOP: Spotify is bringing political ads back after suspending them ahead of the 2020...
Biden signs an executive order directing 17 US agencies to modernize services and bring more of them online, including passport photo uploads and taxes
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Behind the scramble to revamp the White House's plans for the Alliance for the Future of the Internet, meant to rally countries behind a vision for an open web
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Apple and Google could help with child safety online by determining a user's age at device setup and sharing it with apps implementing child safety features
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Facebook asks Oversight Board for guidance on what content should get a second review via its cross-check program, which reportedly shields VIPs from its rules
not half measures & empty apologies from Mr. Zuckerberg. The new happy talk strategy won't cut it—concealment has done destructive harm. https://www.wsj.com/... Nick Clegg / @nickclegg : Facebook is a...
UN-backed initiative Tech Against Terrorism adds the Taliban to its list of terrorist organizations and will alert tech companies when Taliban content is posted
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As Congress fails to regulate Big Tech, state and local governments move ahead to pass their own laws on privacy, gig work, anticompetitive conduct, and more
Andrew Rigie said it isn't worth waiting around for tech regulation in Washington. — “New York City is a restaurant capital of the world,” Rigie told Protocol. Tweets: @issielapowsky and @benbrodydc...
Facebook says it has disabled the accounts, apps, Pages, and access to its APIs for researchers running NYU's Ad Observatory Project, citing TOS violations
whose ads are already public and whose data Facebook stores in a public archive. https://www.protocol.com/... Dell Cameron / @dellcam : NEW: Senate Intel Chair @MarkWarner condemns Facebook's decision...