Meta will pause the launch of Meta AI in EU after the Irish DPC asked it to delay training its LLMs using adult EU users' public Facebook and Instagram content
Meta pauses AI models launch in Europe due to Irish request | … @finnmyrstad@eupolicy.social : 💪🙌💥Public pressure works! #meta delays implementing their AI training of users personal data. — @noybeu...
The US FTC seeks public comment on federal online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children
on our location, our health, what we read online, who we know, what we buy. @FTC is seeking comment on whether to issue rules aimed at commercial surveillance & lax data security practices. https://ww...
EU lawmakers pass the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, seeking to regulate US tech giants, but limited resources could hamstring enforcement
Good morning. It's a good day to be an NZ cricketer. Chris Smith / BGR : EU antitrust laws might force Apple to allow third-party app stores on iPhone Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : European Union re...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approves the Open App Markets Act, which would allow app sideloading and let developers use their own in-app payment systems
in the face of millions in Big Tech lobbying and assaults from all the think tanks they pay — would have been unimaginable three years ago. Probably even two years ago. You love to see it. Alex Harman...
Adam Mosseri says Instagram is pausing work on Instagram Kids, after criticism from parents, experts, regulators, policymakers, and others
Good morning! This Tuesday, Facebook says Instagram isn't bad for teens … Ben Lyons / Gamereactor UK : Development of Instagram Kids has been paused Barbara Ortutay / NBC Bay Area : EXPLAINER: Why Fa...
Facebook attacks Apple in full-page newspaper ads, claiming upcoming iOS 14 changes that limit data gathering and targeted ads are bad for small businesses
and they should have the choice to allow that or not.” https://twitter.com/... @fbnewsroom : We're standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere. #SpeakUpForSmall https://about.fb.com/... Ralph...
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 and Google have extended their planned one-week bans on political ads, as Trump and GOP continue their claims of voter fraud
which they're now letting run wild during a critical moment for our democracy. https://twitter.com/... @rmac18 : One internal Facebook saying is, “Nothing at Facebook is someone else's problem.” The c...
UK ICO publishes three-year investigation into Cambridge Analytica, finding no evidence that CA or associate company SCL misused data to influence Brexit vote
and even within the company, staff worried that Nix & Co. were exaggerating CA's “impact and influence.” This jibes with reporting by @nytimes, @BuzzFeed, and others in 2017. Benedict Evans / @benedic...
Facebook says it will limit message forwarding on Messenger to five people or groups at a time to tackle the spread of misinformation
and they need to do more than make small, performative tweaks. https://www.nytimes.com/... Tom Reynolds / @tomhreynolds : @MikeIsaac Here is one of the new labels we are rolling out, per our announcem...