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Facebook’s VIP ‘Whitelist’ Reveals Two Big Problems
15/09/2021 Comments Off on Facebook’s VIP ‘Whitelist’ Reveals Two Big ProblemsFacebook’s VIP ‘Whitelist’ Reveals Two Big Problems. The company knows its moderation algorithm doesn’t work and doesn’t want to admit it.
Continue reading …Facebook Is Too Secretive. Its Oversight Board Should Change That
14/09/2021 Comments Off on Facebook Is Too Secretive. Its Oversight Board Should Change That
An upcoming report on its work with Facebook would be a good chance for the board to put its foot down on the company’s chronic opacity.
Continue reading …Facebook: some high-profile users ‘allowed to break platform’s rules’
13/09/2021 Comments Off on Facebook: some high-profile users ‘allowed to break platform’s rules’Facebook: some high-profile users ‘allowed to break platform’s rules’ XCheck system ‘whitelists’ well-known users who are given special treatment, says Wall Street Journal report Dan Milmo Global technology editor, Mon 13 Sep 2021 15.50 EDT — Facebook gives high-profile users special treatment, which includes immunity from its rules for some, and allowed Brazilian footballer Neymar […]
Continue reading …Ethiopia starts building local rival to Facebook
23/08/2021 Comments Off on Ethiopia starts building local rival to FacebookEthiopia starts building local rival to Facebook Government wants its own social media platform to replace Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Zoom Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to block the global services, the state communications security agency has said. For the […]
Continue reading …FTC complaint against Facebook seeks to break up company’s monopoly power
19/08/2021 Comments Off on FTC complaint against Facebook seeks to break up company’s monopoly powerUS renews fight with Facebook arguing company holds monopoly The agency also dismissed a request by the tech giant that chair Lina Khan recuse herself from the case Kari Paul in San Francisco, Thu 19 Aug 2021 16.17 EDT — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday refiled its antitrust case against Facebook, arguing the […]
Continue reading …Facebook pushes VR for remote work but practicality, cost and nausea may stand in its way
19/08/2021 Comments Off on Facebook pushes VR for remote work but practicality, cost and nausea may stand in its way
Facebook pushes VR for remote work but practicality, cost and nausea may stand in its way. The company unveiled virtual reality workplace app Horizon Workrooms, a remote collaboration tool for Oculus Quest 2 headsets.
Continue reading …Facebook shut down our research into its role in spreading disinformation | Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy
14/08/2021 Comments Off on Facebook shut down our research into its role in spreading disinformation | Laura Edelson and Damon McCoyFacebook Facebook is obstructing our work on disinformation. Other researchers could be next Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy The company’s hostility to academic scrutiny limits our ability to understand how the platform amplifies political falsehoods Sat 14 Aug 2021 06.00 EDT Last week, Facebook disabled our personal accounts, obstructing the research we lead at New […]
Continue reading …How Facebook Failed to Stem Racist Abuse of England’s Soccer Players
11/08/2021 Comments Off on How Facebook Failed to Stem Racist Abuse of England’s Soccer Players
For more than two years, soccer officials pushed the social network to limit the invective. As a new season begins, the hate continues.
Continue reading …Facebook bans Russian disinformation network that claimed coronavirus vaccines turn people into chimpanzees
10/08/2021 Comments Off on Facebook bans Russian disinformation network that claimed coronavirus vaccines turn people into chimpanzees
The company called the anti-vaccine campaign a “disinformation laundromat,” whose efforts spanned Reddit, Medium and Change.org, as well as Facebook and its sister platform Instagram
Continue reading …Inside the White House-Facebook Rift Over Vaccine Misinformation
10/08/2021 Comments Off on Inside the White House-Facebook Rift Over Vaccine MisinformationFrustrations grew behind the scenes among top leaders on both sides, potentially hurting the government’s efforts to overcome the pandemic.
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill