Social media addiction trial in LA: Adam Mosseri says social media is not “clinically addictive” and that Meta is careful to test features used by young people
Instagram's chief executive said on Wednesday that social media was not “clinically addictive,” refuting claims …
The US imposes visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints
The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
Australia's ban on under-16 social media users takes effect, as Meta, YouTube, and others remove users; platforms that don't comply risk up to AU$49.5M in fines
Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban
Draft proposal: the EU weighs a pause and simplification of parts of the AI Act, with a decision expected on November 19, amid pressure from Big Tech and the US
Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book — The European Commission is proposing a pause to parts …
Bluesky revises its policies and Community Guidelines to comply with regulations like the EU's DSA, the UK's Online Safety Act, and the US' Take It Down Act
This feature will be interesting to follow: An informal dispute resolution process, where 🦋 will call folks before proceeding to any formal dispute process. — bsky.social/about/b...
State Department cable: Marco Rubio orders diplomats in Europe to lobby against the DSA, arguing it stifles free speech and imposes costs on US tech companies
President Donald Trump's administration has instructed U.S. diplomats in Europe to launch a lobbying campaign to build an opposition …
Meta says it has cut US content removal mistakes by half since its January policy changes, without broadly exposing users to more offensive content than before
Meta says loosening its enforcement policies earlier this year led to fewer erroneous takedowns on Facebook and Instagram …
Some EU organizations weigh moving from AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure over US privacy fears under Trump; two European cloud providers say it is driving interest
Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services amid fears of rising security risks from the US. Bluesky: @hern , @orangesau...
The NIST's new directive to AI Safety Institute partners scrubs mentions of “AI safety” and “AI fairness” and prioritizes “reducing ideological bias” in models
A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”
A Maldita study of nearly 1.2M Community Notes on X published globally in 2024 shows that professional fact-checkers are among the three most cited sources
Notes that cite fact-checkers earn more trust from X users and combat misinformation faster — When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced …
Meta's Joel Kaplan says Meta “won't shy away” from taking up its case with President Trump if the EU uses its rules to unfairly target Meta's digital products
Note Vance referenced content moderation in his speeches. — Europe is their 2nd largest market... … Renee DiResta / @noupside : This is going to be corporation versus country. A...
Sources and docs: Meta has dismantled its system for identifying and limiting viral hoaxes, and told content-ranking teams to stop penalizing misinformation
The company built effective systems to reduce the reach of fake news. Last week, it shut them down — I.
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says it is not “necessarily true” that Bluesky will always be ad-free; ads could be “user intent-driven”, like running in search results
More thoughts on what Bluesky's ultimate business model could look like … Dave Forde / Profectio : Ads ‘Might’ Be Coming to Bluesky, According To CEO Charlesarthur / The Overspill ...
Under the Digital Services Act, online platforms disclose their MAUs in the EU: YouTube has 401M+, Facebook ~255M, Instagram ~250M, TikTok 150M, Twitter 100.9M
Sources: the EU plans to open a San Francisco office to engage with Silicon Valley tech giants under scrutiny from newly adopted EU rules, such as DMA and DSA
Samuel Stolton / Politico : Tweets: @cbjola , @politicoeurope , @claesdevreese , @quinnypig , @michel_ehrlich , and @carnage4life Tweets: @cbjola : Great news @TechambDK, @TFletch...
EU proposes broad disclosures about political ads and banning targeting based on sensitive data, but not microtargeting, and fines of up to 5% of global revenue
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal :
EU proposes broad disclosures about political ads and banning targeting based on sensitive data, but not microtargeting, and fines of up to 5% of global revenue
Proposed measure would ban targeting political ads based on categories such as religious views, sexual orientation