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@aprilaser

@aprilaser
105 posts
2022-04-27
The vast majority of Twitter users are outside the US. The implications of poor content moderation and rules that promote “free speech” over safety in India and Ethiopia where Twitter is quite popular are immense https://www.codastory.com/...
2022-04-27 View on X
Coda Story

A look at the impact that loosened content moderation rules at Twitter could have outside the US, including in India and Ethiopia

Musk's free speech absolutism could stoke conflict in countries like India and Ethiopia  — BY ELLERY BIDDLE 22 APRIL, 2022 - FEATURE

The vast majority of Twitter users are outside the US. The implications of poor content moderation and rules that promote “free speech” over safety in India and Ethiopia where Twitter is quite popular are immense https://www.codastory.com/...
2022-04-27 View on X
Techdirt

Twitter has aggressively defended users' privacy and free speech rights, pushing back on unmasking subpoenas, but it's unclear if this will continue under Musk

and possibly Elon himself — seem to think the Twitter algorithm actually works like this https://twitter.com/... Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : The guy bleating on for years about “can...

2022-04-26
Musk makes Tesla owners sign NDAs to protect against bad publicity
2022-04-26 View on X
CNBC

Twitter agrees to be acquired “by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk” for $54.20 per share in cash; the ~$44B deal requires shareholder and regulatory approval

- Twitter's board accepted billionaire Elon Musk's offer to buy the social media company and take it private, the company confirmed.

2021-11-03
Facebook also told Gizmodo that it's not shutting facial recognition down on Instagram or its other products.. Instagram is currently embroiled in a major class action lawsuit for its use of facial recognition https://gizmodo.com/...
2021-11-03 View on X
New York Times

Meta plans to shut down Facebook's decade-old facial recognition system this month, deleting the face scan data of 1B+ users following legal and regulatory woes

Saying it wants “to find the right balance” with the technology, the social network will delete the face scan data of more than one billion users.

It's worth being clear that Facebook was found to be using facial recognition illegally for years — in violation of a ruling at the FTC https://www.nytimes.com/.... Facebook also spent years fighting biometric state privacy laws using an NRA-like approach https://slate.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-03 View on X
New York Times

Meta plans to shut down Facebook's decade-old facial recognition system this month, deleting the face scan data of 1B+ users following legal and regulatory woes

Saying it wants “to find the right balance” with the technology, the social network will delete the face scan data of more than one billion users.

I wouldn't interpret Facebook saying its shutting down facial recognition as a sign that the company is capable of regulating itself and yielding to the concerns of privacy advocates by any stretch https://about.fb.com/...
2021-11-03 View on X
New York Times

Meta plans to shut down Facebook's decade-old facial recognition system this month, deleting the face scan data of 1B+ users following legal and regulatory woes

Saying it wants “to find the right balance” with the technology, the social network will delete the face scan data of more than one billion users.

2021-10-29
Please stop talking about what Facebook is named. Whatever you want to call it, we have concrete proof that people are being hurt and it's making our political lives divisive and awful. The metaverse stuff is a distraction from the fact that people are getting hurt
2021-10-29 View on X
About Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook the company is now Meta, to better encompass all of its products

We are at the beginning of the next chapter for the internet, and it's the next chapter for our company too.  —  In recent decades, technology has given people the power to connect...

2021-08-21
Facebook just shared new tools to help users in Afghanistan rushing to purge their digital lives for fears that phones or computers could be seized by the Taliban. This comes after human rights workers say Facebook has been too slow to respond https://www.nbcnews.com/...
2021-08-21 View on X
NBC News

Facebook rolls out new security features for people in Afghanistan, including a one-click tool to quickly lock accounts and limit account discoverability

Facebook said Thursday it is rolling out new user controls for people in Afghanistan who are rushing to delete their digital footprints …

2021-08-20
Facebook just shared new tools to help users in Afghanistan rushing to purge their digital lives for fears that phones or computers could be seized by the Taliban. This comes after human rights workers say Facebook has been too slow to respond https://www.nbcnews.com/...
2021-08-20 View on X
NBC News

Facebook rolls out new security features for people in Afghanistan, including a one-click tool to quickly lock accounts and limit account discoverability

Facebook said Thursday it is rolling out new user controls for people in Afghanistan who are rushing to delete their digital footprints …

2021-08-05
Amazon is hesitant to institute stronger Covid protocols so as not to estrange anti-vaxers because of its desperate need for workers https://www.bloomberg.com/... good story
2021-08-05 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at Amazon's dilemma around mandating worker vaccinations, which could alienate the many virus skeptics in its warehouse ranks, amid a tight labor market

2021-07-03
Last year I reported that Google reduced its work on diversity and inclusion for fears of appearing anti-conservative https://www.nbcnews.com/.... Then @CiCiAdams_ and I reported that Google HR directed many who report racism to take a mental health leave https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-03 View on X
Bloomberg

In its diversity report, Google says it is hiring more Black people but rates of attrition are rising, especially among Black women

Nico Grant / Bloomberg :

2021-07-01
It's only reasonable that someone builds a contemporary analysis of antitrust by examining the market effects of the world's most powerful companies. There's a difference between a honed expertise and unfair bias. Amazon may be conflating the two https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-01 View on X
Bloomberg

Amazon says it is seeking the recusal of FTC chair Lina Khan from matters related to the company, citing her history of criticism and antitrust arguments

at least in part—meant to deter people who might enter public service from making public statements criticizing unrepentant monopolists. Do not be deterred. https://twitter.com/......

It's only reasonable that someone builds a contemporary analysis of antitrust by examining the market effects of the world's most powerful companies. There's a difference between expertise and understanding of harms and unfair bias. Amazon appears to be conflating the two https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-01 View on X
Bloomberg

Amazon says it is seeking the recusal of FTC chair Lina Khan from matters related to the company, citing her history of criticism and antitrust arguments

at least in part—meant to deter people who might enter public service from making public statements criticizing unrepentant monopolists. Do not be deterred. https://twitter.com/......

2021-06-30
Digital redlining: Communities that couldn't get mortgages in the 1940s are the same areas without reliable home internet service today https://www.cnet.com/...
2021-06-30 View on X
CNET

Studies have found that certain neighborhoods across the US that were redlined in the past are the same areas without fast home internet service today

2021-03-09
When Google employees complained to human resources about racism or sexism at work, they were advised to seek mental health care or go on a medical leave Sources described how Google HR made them feel like they were the problem. By @CiCiAdams_ and me https://www.nbcnews.com/...
2021-03-09 View on X
NBC News

Current and former Google employees say the company's HR routinely offers mental health counseling and medical leave when staff complain about racism and sexism

2021-03-08
When Google employees complained to human resources about racism or sexism at work, they were advised to seek mental health care or go on a medical leave Sources described how Google HR made them feel like they were the problem. By @CiCiAdams_ and me https://www.nbcnews.com/...
2021-03-08 View on X
NBC News

Current and former Google employees say the company's HR routinely offers mental health counseling and medical leave when staff complain about racism and sexism

and even participate in it.” Oh I feel this in my bones. https://www.nbcnews.com/... Tiffani Ashley Bell / @tiffani : I read this this morning and I had to put it down for a sec wh...

2021-02-28
We dug into where big tech companies, like Google and Microsoft, have been during the tech nightmare of the vaccine rollout. Turnouts they're running the backend of websites, including in states that perpetually crash https://www.nbcnews.com/...
2021-02-28 View on X
NBC News

Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft are having mixed results in building statewide vaccination sign-up websites, due to difficulties in integrating county systems

As the nation takes on one of the largest logistical challenges in history with the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination program … Tweets: @cfarivar , @aprilaser , @digiphile , and ...

2021-01-24
In the FCC's 96-year history, Jessica Rosenworcel is only the second woman chosen to run the agency as acting chair. She's also the first mother picked to run the FCC—a role that has had an impact on her policy priorities. Here's my profile of her: https://www.nbcnews.com/...
2021-01-24 View on X
CNBC

What's in store for Amazon during Biden admin: more unions, labor protection and oversight, antitrust actions, privacy and facial recognition regulations, more

- Amazon has cozied up to the Democratic Party through donations and its top spokesperson has a longstanding relationship with President Joe Biden. Tweets: @mattrosoff Tweets: Matt...

In the FCC's 96-year history, Jessica Rosenworcel is only the second woman chosen to run the agency as acting chair. She's also the first mother picked to run the FCC—a role that has had an impact on her policy priorities. Here's my profile of her: https://www.nbcnews.com/...
2021-01-24 View on X
OneZero

Despite the influx of tech veterans into Biden's administration, the latest appointments and developments show Biden will be tougher on tech than predecessors

Two schools of thought on the new administration  —  For all of Donald Trump's railing against Amazon's “monopoly,” social media …

2021-01-23
In the FCC's 96-year history, Jessica Rosenworcel is only the second woman chosen to run the agency as acting chair. She's also the first mother picked to run the FCC—a role that has had an impact on her policy priorities. Here's my profile of her: https://www.nbcnews.com/...
2021-01-23 View on X
NBC News

Profile of Jessica Rosenworcel, the second woman to lead the FCC as acting chair and a big proponent of net neutrality and expanding broadband access

a role that has had an impact on her policy priorities. Here's my profile of her: https://www.nbcnews.com/... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : NEW: Biden appoints Rebecca Kelly Slaughter as...