How Trump leveraged Biden's TikTok ban law to help allies gain control of the app, amid fears it could be used to boost pro-Trump content and suppress criticism
The Biden administration argued a forced sale of the app would protect it from political influence. Bluesky: @karissabe , @cravenlovelace , @cjsprigman , @emmalbriant , @zakwilliam...
Current and ex-Meta employees submitted documents and affidavits to Congress alleging that Meta suppressed research on child safety risks in its VR platforms
The company's lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress.
An interview with Nick Clegg about Zuckerberg's “masculine energy”, Silicon Valley's “cloying conformity” and “combination of machismo and self-pity”, and more
When Britain's former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world.
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.”
Sources: an upcoming UK government-commissioned report says the UK should streamline the visa process for AI experts and create special zones for data centers
Anna Gross / Financial Times : X: @emmalbriant and @annasophiegross X: Dr. Emma L. Briant / @emmalbriant : The nightmare to come. Why does Britain have no choice over selling out ...
Court filing: the unsealed list of X Holdings shareholders names nearly 100 entities, such as 8VC, Italy-based UnipolSai, and a fund tied to Sean “Diddy” Combs
A court filing obtained by The Post lists which firms and individuals have a financial stake in the platform.
Gab launched 91 chatbots over the past month, such as AI versions of Hitler and Trump, several of which deny the Holocaust, call climate change a scam, and more
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Sources: Microsoft is in talks to invest $10B in OpenAI at a $29B valuation, taking 75% of OpenAI's profits until the investment is recouped and then owning 49%
Microsoft has been in talks to invest $10 billion into the owner of ChatGPT, the wildly popular app that has thrilled casual users …
Meta unveils Pseudonymized Facebook Identifiers, which combine timestamps and Facebook Identifiers, to make it harder for attackers to scrape unauthorized data
similar to Canary tokens which provide the “canary in the coalmine feature” to alert when there is a problem. The new pFBIDs both protect user privacy BUT ALSO flag advertisers vio...
Meta unveils Pseudonymized Facebook Identifiers, which combine timestamps and Facebook Identifiers, to deter unauthorized data scraping
Takeaways — We changed how we use Facebook Identifiers (FBIDs) after we observed that unauthorized scraping often involves guessing content IDs or using purchased FBIDs.
Sources: Sandberg left Meta feeling burned out and amid an internal probe into her activities, including using corporate resources to plan her wedding
One of the world's most powerful executives became increasingly burned out and disconnected from the mega-business she was instrumental in building.
In a first, Meta withdraws its policy guidance request from the Oversight Board about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, over “ongoing safety and security concerns”
Internal email: complying with a new Russian censorship law, Google ordered its contracted Russian translators to not call Russia's war in Ukraine a “war”
Roskomnadzor says it is blocking Facebook in Russia, citing 26 cases of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources” since October 2020
Russia is being cut off from the rest of the online world … France 24 : Russia blocks Facebook over ‘discrimination’ of state media Brittany Bernstein / National Review : Kremlin B...
Meta pauses all Facebook ads targeting people in Russia and stops letting marketers in Russia run ads globally, after Roskomnadzor blocked Facebook in Russia
- Facebook made yet another move against Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. — The company is halting all ads in the country …
A look at the relationship between Frances Haugen and anti-tech lobbying group Reset, which has guided her EU tour
As soon as Frances Haugen landed in Europe, she was given the VIP treatment. She met senior officials in Paris, Berlin and London. She testified to lawmakers in Brussels. Tweets:...
Nick Clegg says that Facebook will put “more friends, less politics” in News Feed and will “nudge” teens away from toxic Instagram content
Whistleblower Frances Haugen accepts an invitation to brief Facebook's Oversight Board, which she claims Facebook has lied to “repeatedly”
Ivana Saric / Axios : Source: Oversight Board .
Nick Clegg says that Facebook will put “more friends, less politics” in News Feed and will “nudge” teens away from toxic Instagram content
Fighting back after a whistleblower's damning testimony earlier this week before a Congressional committee …
Facebook shares two annotated internal research docs about Instagram's impact on teen mental health, after being notified of WSJ's plans to publish the docs
The company shared the PDFs Wednesday night — Facebook has shared the internal research about the impact of Instagram … Source: Facebook and Facebook .