2024-07-19
A One-Man Telemundo on TikTok - Carlos Espina is among a new kind of social media personalities whom politicians, especially those in the Biden White House, view as modern-day broadcasters. via @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
A profile of Carlos Espina, who has 9.4M TikTok followers, posts in Spanish about immigration and politics, and whom the White House treats as a broadcaster
a one-man news channel for millions of Latinos and a case study in how the White House works with creators on key issues: https://www.nytimes.com/... (w/@kenbensinger!) Anupam Chan...
2024-06-23
How Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Failed Children on Safety - The C.E.O. and his team drove Meta's efforts to capture young users and misled the public about the risks, lawsuits by state attorneys general say. via @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Court filings show how Zuckerberg and other Meta execs played down risks to young users, while rejecting staff pleas to bolster guardrails and hire more staff
In April 2019, David Ginsberg, a Meta executive, emailed his boss, Mark Zuckerberg, with a proposal to research and reduce loneliness …
2024-06-22
How Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Failed Children on Safety - The C.E.O. and his team drove Meta's efforts to capture young users and misled the public about the risks, lawsuits by state attorneys general say. via @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Court filings show how Zuckerberg and other Meta execs played down risks to young users, while rejecting staff pleas to bolster guardrails and hire more staff
2024-06-11
States Take Up A.I. Regulation Amid Federal Standstill - California legislators have made the biggest push to pass new laws to rein in the technology. Colorado passed one protecting consumers. via @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
As US federal lawmakers drag out AI regulation, states make a push with a flurry of bills; TechNet: state lawmakers have proposed ~400 AI laws in recent months
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2024-04-17
Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal - Microsoft plans to invest $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati company with ties to China, as Washington and Beijing maneuver to secure tech influence in the Gulf. via @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Financial Times
Microsoft invests $1.5B in Abu Dhabi-based AI startup G42 for a minority stake, after G42 severed ties with Chinese suppliers; Brad Smith will join G42's board
The Emirati AI Giant That Just Got A $1.5 Billion Investment From Microsoft Chris McKay / Maginative : Microsoft Invests $1.5 Billion in UAE's G42 Matthias Bastian / The Decoder : ...
2024-04-16
Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal - Microsoft plans to invest $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati company with ties to China, as Washington and Beijing maneuver to secure tech influence in the Gulf. via @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Financial Times
Microsoft invests $1.5B in Abu Dhabi-based AI startup G42 for a minority stake, after G42 severed ties with Chinese suppliers; Brad Smith will join G42's board
Agreement is latest move by US tech group to extend its reach into fast-growing sector — Microsoft has agreed to invest $1.5bn …
2023-10-14
How Microsoft Turned the Tide in Its Regulatory Fight Over Activision - The company found a way to placate three of the most powerful regulatory bodies in the world, along with a federal judge in San Francisco. via @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/...
The Verge
A look at Microsoft's deal with Ubisoft, which now gets the cloud gaming rights for Call of Duty and current Activision games outside of the EU for 15 years
Microsoft's giant Activision Blizzard deal is complete, and it means Ubisoft has now obtained cloud streaming rights for Call of Duty …
How Microsoft Turned the Tide in Its Regulatory Fight Over Activision - The company found a way to placate three of the most powerful regulatory bodies in the world, along with a federal judge in San Francisco. via @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
How Microsoft placated EU and UK regulators via private deals with its rivals, won a US union's support, and beat the FTC in court to close the Activision deal
2023-05-14
@elonmusk @mattyglesias Seriously, Elon: did your moral compass fall out of your heart, or did you just sell it to some corrupt foreign government in exchange for car sales? https://electrek.co/...
Forbes
Ahead of Turkey's May 14 presidential election, Twitter restricts access to some content “in response to legal process and to ensure Twitter remains available”
Twitter announced on Friday that it's blocking some content in Turkey ahead of Sunday's presidential election in the country.
2023-05-10
Psychologists issue health advisory for teens and social media - At a time of rising rates of depression and anxiety among teens, the American Psychological Association warns parents parents their children need more protection. when they are online. via ... https://www.npr.org/...
TechCrunch
The American Psychological Association issues an advisory on social media use by adolescents, saying social networks are “not inherently beneficial or harmful”
One of the most prominent mental health organizations in the U.S. is out with a set guidelines designed to protect children …
2023-04-22
Twitter once muzzled Russian and Chinese state propaganda. That's over now - The company used “visibility filtering rules” in order to curtail propaganda and misinformation. Under Elon Musk, those guidelines have been discarded. via NPR https://www.npr.org/...
NPR
Sources: Twitter removed its “visibility filtering rules”, or “shadow bans”, for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian government accounts and state-affiliated media
Dmitry Medvedev, a leading government official and former president of Russia, took to Twitter earlier …
2022-05-09
The Biden administration is capping the cost of internet for low-income Americans Twenty internet providers, including national companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon have committed to the program. via NPR https://www.npr.org/...
Axios
The White House says 20 ISPs, including Verizon, Comcast, and Charter, have agreed to offer $30 per month 100 Mbps internet service to low-income families
The White House said Monday 20 internet service providers have agreed to offer $30 high-speed internet plans to low-income families …