TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees globally, including less than 500 in Malaysia, as it shifts focus towards a greater use of AI in content moderation
to Replace Them With AI Katie Scott / Tech.co : AI Moderation Leads to Layoffs at TikTok Sarah Kearns / Hypebeast : TikTok Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Move Towards AI Content Moderation Sebastian Pier / ...
A US court rules TikTok must face a lawsuit over a 10-year-old's death and the “blackout challenge”, saying algorithmic curation isn't protected by Section 230
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/ 21... Daphne Keller / @daphnek.bsky.social : Now the 3rd Circuit is engaging in the absurd pretense that the Court actually decided this issue in Moody v. NetChoice, be...
A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment
making decisions based on evidence, not claims.https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora : Breaking news: the Ninth Circuit just ruled that California Age appropriate Design C...
During oral arguments, SCOTUS justices seemed reluctant to strike down Texas' and Florida's social media laws, but raised concerns about companies' 1A rights
Update Tim Wu / New York Times : Big Tech's Latest Power Grab: the Constitution Washington Post : A roundup of the oral arguments made in the Supreme Court for two cases involving Florida's and Texas'...
Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, TikTok, X, and 11 other companies sign a voluntary accord to fight deepfakes that deliberately trick voters
we need to do more to fight this.https://apnews.com/... Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora : Voluntary promises like the one announced today simply aren't good enough to meet the global challenges facing ...
A US appeals court temporarily blocks a lower July 6 court order sharply limiting US government officials' and agencies' contacts with social media companies
for now. Norman Ornstein / @normornstein : If even the 5th Circuit does this, it shows how reckless and radical the decision was Eric Garland / @ericgarland : BREAKING: FIFTH CIRCUIT STAYS MISSOURI'S ...
Civil rights groups and academics say the ruling limiting the US government contacting tech companies could undermine 2024 election misinformation initiatives
Civil rights groups warn limits on government contacts could be a boon for election lies ahead of ‘the biggest election year the internet age has seen’ LinkedIn: Patrick Warren . Mastodon: @intelwire@...
YouTube stops removing content advancing “false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in the 2020 and other past US Presidential elections”
YouTube didn't provide further examples of what factors or instances it considered when weighing its decision https://www.axios.com/... Wyatt / @wyattausterre1 : Getting ready so they can allow the fl...
Some civil rights groups say they have seen little action from Meta, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube to bolster election policies ahead of the 2022 US midterms
yet big tech companies continue to do little to stop the continued proliferation of election misinformation on their sites. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @globalextremism : @NaomiNixWrites cov...
Meta disbands its Responsible Innovation team set up to address concerns about its products' downsides, but says the company remains committed to the same goals
just a year after company's vice president talked it up Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central : Meta is disbanding the team responsible for making its products more ethical Brendan Sinclair / GamesIndust...