A look at a proposed Massachusetts bill that would let state police use face recognition for image matching, but not face surveillance or emotion recognition
A Massachusetts bill restricting police use could set the standard for how the technology is regulated in America. Mastodon: @aregenberg@mastodon.online . Twitter: @torrhl and @kjaerulv . Forums: r/pr...
A look at a proposed Massachusetts bill letting police use face recognition for image matching but not face surveillance, which could set the standard in the US
A Massachusetts bill restricting police use could set the standard for how the technology is regulated in America. Mastodon: @aregenberg@mastodon.online Mastodon: Alan Regenberg / @aregenberg@mastodon...
Crypto investors are pushing for semi-autonomous economic zones in Central America, at the risk of repeating the region's long history of corporate colonialism
Laurie Clarke / MIT Technology Review :
In a white paper about its plans for AI, WeChat-owner Tencent lists the societal benefits of deepfake technology and urges regulators to be lenient
Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review :
Sources: CFIUS has launched a review of ByteDance's 2017 acquisition of Musical.ly, as TikTok didn't seek clearance from CFIUS during the acquisition
Margaret Sullivan was having fun. Washington Post : U.S. government investigating TikTok over national security concerns Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz : TikTok could be the next social platform plagued wit...
Facebook announces plans to launch Libra, a new cryptocurrency, and Calibra, a newly formed Facebook subsidiary to oversee financial services for Libra
The internet has changed nearly every aspect of our lives … Matt Levine / Bloomberg : Facebook Will Make the Money Now — Also cheating on tests and renting Buffett's house. Kari Paul / The Guardian ...
Facebook says it will ban white nationalist and white separatist content, pointing users to nonprofits, after initially only banning white supremacist content
Today we're announcing a ban on praise … Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : It shouldn't take a tragedy for tech companies to fight hate on their platforms Reuters : Facebook bans white nationalism, w...
Sen. Warren proposes tech regulation, including breaking up big tech and rolling back acquisitions at Amazon, Google, and Facebook, as part of her 2020 bid
Silicon Valley is unimpressed VentureBeat : Elizabeth Warren vows to break up Amazon, Facebook, and Google John Koetsier / Forbes : Why Apple Got Spared As Elizabeth Warren Targets Amazon, Facebook, G...
UK parliament's report on fake news and disinformation says “digital gangster” Facebook deliberately broke laws, calls for antitrust, data abuse investigations
for the UK Shona Ghosh / Business Insider : Facebook was destroyed by British lawmakers for its disastrous year, but new laws should not … Adam Satariano / New York Times : Facebook Targeted in Scathi...
Sources: Zuckerberg plans to add end-to-end encryption to Instagram and Messenger and integrate their messaging infrastructure and WhatsApp's by end of the year
Here's What To Do Reuters : Zuckerberg to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger: NYT Chief Chapree / Lowyat.NET : Facebook Reportedly Working On Cross-Messaging Feature for WhatsApp, In...