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Biden administration pressured Meta to censor Covid content: Zuckerberg
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden administration pressured Meta to censor Covid content: Zuckerberg

Deccan Chronicle  

Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee has alleged that the Biden-Harris administration "repeatedly pressurised" Meta's teams to censor posts related to Covid.He further said that the platform had to make some changes, that "with the benefit of hindsight and new information," they won't make today. Like I said to our teams at …

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Meta says not required to pay for Indonesia news content posted voluntarily
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta says not required to pay for Indonesia news content posted voluntarily

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Thursday said it understood it was not required to pay for content of news publishers posted voluntarily by users in Indonesia, following a government regulation seeking a sharing of profits between digital platforms and media firms. Indonesia's president signed a regulation on Monday requiring digital platforms to pay media outlets that provide them with content, …

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Malaysian Government contemplates regulatory framework for Google and Meta’s news content agreements
1 year, 4 months ago

Malaysian Government contemplates regulatory framework for Google and Meta’s news content agreements

The Hindu  

Malaysia said on Tuesday it is considering regulations that will make internet giants Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook parent Meta Platforms compensate news outlets for content sourced from them. Malaysia is in discussions with Google, Meta and other major online platforms over the regulatory framework, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said in a statement after meeting with officials from …

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Threads | A new digital town square
1 year, 6 months ago

Threads | A new digital town square

The Hindu  

From most conceivable perspectives, it does not look like Elon Musk needs help in imploding Twitter. Threads provides a linear interface very similar to Twitter — text updates, links, images and video clips from those you follow along with algorithmically promoted posts, accompanied by the familiar like, comment and repost buttons. Threads joins the Facebook-parent company’s portfolio of massive social …

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Meta To Test Limiting News On Facebook, Instagram In Canada: Report
1 year, 7 months ago

Meta To Test Limiting News On Facebook, Instagram In Canada: Report

ABP News  

Meta Platforms has announced that it will conduct tests on its social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, in Canada, as reported by Reuters. This legislation aims to compel platforms like Meta and Google's parent company, Alphabet, to engage in negotiations for commercial agreements and compensate Canadian news publishers for their content. It is worth noting that Google had previously implemented …

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Meta threatens to yank news content from California over payments bill
1 year, 7 months ago

Meta threatens to yank news content from California over payments bill

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it would remove news content in its home state of California if the state government passed legislation forcing tech companies to pay publishers. The proposed California Journalism Preservation Act would require "online platforms" to pay a "journalism usage fee" to news providers whose work appears on their services, aimed at reversing a decline …

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How hate speech and conspiracies are thriving on Elon Musk’s Twitter
1 year, 8 months ago

How hate speech and conspiracies are thriving on Elon Musk’s Twitter

The Hindu  

Recently, there have been many spelling mistakes in the tweets of Twitter users debating controversial subjects like religion, terrorism, crime, and yes, even Indian history. The word “Ola,” which refers to the Indian ride-hailing service, was used in place of “Allah.” The tweet was posted after CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter. Distortions of hate Some of the …

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Meta rolls out long-sought tools to separate ads from harmful content
1 year, 9 months ago

Meta rolls out long-sought tools to separate ads from harmful content

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc. said on Thursday it is now rolling out a long-promised system for advertisers to determine where their ads are shown, responding to their demands to distance their marketing from controversial posts on Facebook and Instagram. Meta also will provide a report via advertising measurement firm Zefr showing Facebook advertisers the precise content that appeared near their ads …

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Facebook can be sued, rules Kenyan labour court
1 year, 11 months ago

Facebook can be sued, rules Kenyan labour court

The Hindu  

A judge in Kenya has ruled that Facebook's parent company, Meta, can be sued in the East African country. Meta tried to have the case dropped, arguing that Kenyan courts do not have jurisdiction over their operations, but the labour court judge dismissed that in a ruling on February 6. Meta is facing a separate court case in which two …

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Amit Malviya is suing The Wire. Here is what he said
2 years, 2 months ago

Amit Malviya is suing The Wire. Here is what he said

India Today  

BJP leader Amit Malviya in a statement said he will lodge an FIR against news website The Wire over reports that the Saffron Party leader had special privileges to take down Instagram posts. Instead, on the same day, it went on to publish yet another malicious report claiming to have accessed further internal emails of Meta employees, namely those exchanged …

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Meta report suggests nearly 17.5 mn content pieces 'actioned' on Facebook in India during May
2 years, 6 months ago

Meta report suggests nearly 17.5 mn content pieces 'actioned' on Facebook in India during May

Firstpost  

Meta-owned WhatsApp has banned over 19 lakh Indian accounts in May, on the basis of complaints received from users via its grievance channel and through its own mechanism to prevent and detect violations, according to the monthly report New Delhi: Meta-owned Facebook ‘actioned’ about 17.5 million content pieces across 13 violation categories in India during May, according to the latest …

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