2023-07-11
Amazon is challenging its designation as a “very large online platform” or #VLOP under the EU's new DSA law, which requires Amazon and other VLOPs to moderate hate speech & disinfo from their respective platform. Others VLOPS are likely to followed suit. https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
Amazon files a petition in the EU's General Court challenging the DSA and its “large platform” designation, the first US company to do so, following Zalando
Seattle-based group files legal action against proposed legislation designed to rein in Big Tech
2023-02-14
Google to expand misinformation ‘prebunking’ in Europe. The announcement is timed to catch the attention of attendees at the annual Munich Security Conference, a gathering of international security officials. https://apnews.com/...
Associated Press
Google's Jigsaw plans to test video ads in Germany to “prebunk” misinformation, after promising results with a pilot project in Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia
fighting misinformation before it spreads — has always been at the heart of what we do. Another study confirms that it's effective: https://apnews.com/... @ap : Google's efforts to...
2022-11-29
Twitter & Meta's lost is a boon for others. “increasingly, companies in and outside the tech industry see that abuse as a potentially expensive liability, especially as more work is conducted online and regulators & clients push for stronger guardrails.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Companies are seeking to hire former Twitter misinformation experts, who were laid off or have quit, seeking to avoid liability for false and toxic information
@lisackaplan https://www.nytimes.com/... @graphika_nyc : John Kelly (@apidictionist), Graphika CEO shared his insights for the @nytimes about the growth of disinformation out of th...
2020-09-18
Facebook issues new rules on internal employee communication. Expect 1) more moderation of content 2) the quarantining of social and political issues to a specific part of Workplace. https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
Facebook says it will specify which parts of its internal Workplace are for discussing political issues so staffers don't have to confront such issues at work
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC :