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U.S. Lawmakers Warn Google, Facebook About Vietnam Cyber Law
U.S. lawmakers urged Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. not to comply with a Vietnam cybersecurity law that requires storing domestic users’ …
PrivacyFacebook can never stop fake news, and still be Facebook
The company told reporters last week it would let users vote on the credibility of news stories, but would not delete even the most obviously false ones.<p>In a meeting with a group of journalists in New York City last week, Facebook laid out its strategy for controlling fake news on its platform. The …
Social MediaThe Kylie Jenner GoFundMe is a terrible joke everyone has fallen for
On July 11, <i>Forbes</i> announced that their cover star, Kylie Jenner, is on track to become a self-made billionaire, likely to surpass even Mark Zuckerberg as the youngest to ever exist. As if that wasn’t controversial enough in itself – the ‘self-made’ tag might be considered questionable in the case …
Kylie Jenner'Big Head, Little Body' Is the Perfect Meme for Humiliating Smug People
Everybody has a friend like this guy.<p>The art world has provided us with a beautiful new meme for a world wide web afflicted with a constant state of bigheadedness.<p>Belgian artist Thomas Lerooy’s surreal bronze monument <i>Not enough brains to survive</i> (2009) is popping off on Reddit as a …
MemesA Breakdown of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos’ $151 Billion Net Worth
Just as its biggest-ever Prime Day shopping event was getting underway, Amazon had also hit another milestone moment in the form of its CEO’s …
Fashion IndustryInside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network revealed the disturbing posts that Facebook allows on its site – review
Facebook was scary enough already, with its smug holiday snaps, endless child-based boasting, Candy Crush invitations and clichéd motivational quotes super-imposed on sunsets. It seems an even less hospitable place after <b>Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network</b> (Channel 4)<i>.</i><p>This investigative …
Social MediaProtesters Held Up Signs During Hearing Depicting Zuckerberg, Sandberg As Octopuses
4:29 PM 07/17/2018<p>Several protesters held up signs depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg — both Jews — as octopuses Tuesday …
Conservative ViewCéline Dion is richer than Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, you: Forbes
Quebec singer Céline Dion has placed 46th on Forbes Magazine’s 2018 list of the richest women in the United States.Dion’s fortune is estimated at …
Jeff BezosFacebook's testimony before Congress started with a surprise as three protestors held up posters showing Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg as a two-headed octopus wrapped around the world
Shortly after Facebook's head of global policy Monika Bickert's testimony began at the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on social media content filtering, three protestors held up images behind her.<p>The small posters appeared to depict Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, and Sheryl Sandberg, …
Social MediaTwitter flags 9.9 million posts a week in run-up to fall elections
Twitter, the president's favorite form of electronic communication, is flagging 9.9 million accounts a week for suspicious activity as social media …
Social MediaCongress Live-Streamed Its Hearing on Social-Media Moderation, and the Comments Were Flooded With Racist Trolls
The House Judiciary Committee used YouTube on Tuesday to live-stream its hearing concerning “the content filtering practices of social media giants” …
Social MediaFacebook, boosting artificial-intelligence research, says it’s ‘not going fast enough’
Facebook will dramatically accelerate its research into artificial intelligence, its chief AI scientist said Tuesday, in hopes of ensuring the social network doesn’t fall behind with the technology it will need to contend with Internet rivals and police its gargantuan audience.<p>The world’s biggest …
Artificial IntelligenceFacebook Violent Videos Have Value, Moderator Trainees Told
Facebook lets violent videos remain on the site to enhance the user’s experience and, as one moderator said, because that ultimately leads to more …
Social MediaBreakingviews - Investors bet fake-news swamp is left undrained | Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Investors are betting the fake-news swamp is left undrained. U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday grilled executives from Facebook, YouTube and Twitter about how they filter an ocean of content. Both the politicians’ questions and the company’s answers made any plausible …
InternetJPMorgan Chase invests in artificial intelligence startup Volley
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) has made a strategic investment in Volley.com, a San Francisco-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to help large enterprises automatically generate training content for employees, the companies said on Tuesday.<p>The companies declined to …
Artificial IntelligenceReport: Facebook considering G Suite switch over employee frustration w/ Microsoft services
Google Cloud is making headway in the enterprise market on a variety of fronts from AI-powered developer services to Chromebooks. The company is also trying to increase paid G Suite adoption with Facebook apparently contemplating a switch to Drive, Docs, and other Google productivity …
Google'Washington Post' Launches Twitch TV Channel
As news publishers find new revenue streams, they’re also expanding to new, and in some cases, unexpected platforms. Take the Amazon-owned …
Media IndustryFacebook accused of protecting far-right activists that broke site rules
Facebook allegedly protected the pages of far-right activists from deletion despite their owners engaging in behavior that warranted moderation, a documentary says.<p>Pages are normally deleted if they contain five or more items violating Facebook's code of conduct, but Channel 4's Dispatches series …
InternetIn Reversal, Facebook Mulls Switch to Google Apps
Facebook, which stopped using Google email and productivity applications inside the company a few years ago, is now mulling a switch back to the …
AppsLawmakers Press Facebook and Google on Censoring U.S. Citizens for Vietnamese Government
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers wants the social media giants to account for their actions here on behalf of a foreign government.<p>Facebook is …
PrivacyUndercover Reporter Shows Facebook Moderators Keeping ‘Child Abuse’ Online. Company Responds
2:32 PM 07/17/2018<p>An undercover reporter disguised as an employee for a contractor recently discovered that Facebook doesn’t always filter content …
Conservative ViewFacebook Launches TV News Feed; Fox News Prominently Featured
<i>The Cult of the High Tech Billionaire</i><p>The very rich aren't like the rest of us, but they're a whole lot like each other. That puts people like Rupert …
Liberal ViewInternet Censorship, Part 2: Facebook, And Social Responsibility
<i>This is the second part of a two-part series focusing on internet freedom and internet censorship on a global scale. Click here to read part …
InternetWarren Buffett donates $3.4B to charity
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Monday gifted Berkshire Hathaway stock worth $3.4 billion to five charities as part of a 2006 pledge to donate the bulk of his fortune.<p>Buffett converted more than 11,000 of his Class A shares in Berkshire Hathaway into more than 17 million Class B shares. The …
InvestingWhat fake news really is
Romy Jaster (Berlin) and David Lanius (KIT): What is Fake News? Axel Gelfert (TU Berlin): Fake News: A Definition. Lili Levi (Miami): Real “Fake …
Fake NewsWhy Have Facebook, Inc. Shares Gained 10% in 2018?
The company showed continued growth despite its scandals.<p>What happened<p>Controversy can't keep <b>Facebook</b> (NASDAQ:FB) down. Even as the company dealt with …
Social MediaNick Cannon to Host the 2018 Teen Choice Awards
Artist, comedian, actor and five-time TEEN CHOICE nominee Nick Cannon will host TEEN CHOICE TM 2018. Additionally, content creator, actress and …
Teen Choice AwardsBezos 'will be trillionaire by 2030'
The world's wealthiest people collectively hold a $63.5trn fortune and are on track to exceed $100trn by 2025, according to a new analysis.<p>Meanwhile, …
Business (South Africa)Watch tomorrow's social media congressional hearing right here
Hey, if you were wondering when we were going to get another congressional hearing about social media, you're in luck. On Tuesday, executives for Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will testify before a House Judiciary Committee panel titled "Examining the Content Filtering Practices of Social Media …
Social MediaCZI Goes to Bat for Affordable Housing
Share2<p>Tweet<p>Email<p>Share<p>2 Shares<p>Photo Credit: Nicki Dugan Pogue<p>July 13, 2018; Next City and Mercury News<p>With a $250,000 donation, the Chan Zuckerberg …
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