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Facebook may be failing to tag a large amount of climate misinformation posted on its site, a study released today indicates. Researchers from the Center for Counter Digital Hate 184 exceptionally popular stories from what it identified to be the top ten publishers of climate change denial content in the world (a list that includes […] Facebook failed to spot climate misinformation from some of its worst denialist offenders | Engadget

Appointing additional Data Protection Commissioners would slow down decision making rather than speed up investigations into the likes of Facebook, Whatsapp and TikTok, Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has told the Irish Independent.

Facebook may be failing to tag a large amount of climate misinformation posted on its site, a study released today indicates. Researchers from the Center for Counter Digital Hate analyzed 184 exceptionally popular stories from what it identified to be the top ten publishers of climate change denial content in the world (a list that includes Russian state media, The Daily Wire, Breitbart and others). It found that roughly half (50.5 percent) of the stories failed to trigger Facebook’s information labels designed to flag coverage on climate change. Stories from such heavily trafficked news outlets should be the easiest targets for fact-checkers, suggesting that much more climate misinformation is evading Facebook’s screening. Last year Facebook (which has since rebranded as Meta) promised to flag climate change coverage in a number of countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Nigeria, South Africa, the UK and the US. Such posts would be marked with an informational label that would direct users to the platform’s “Climate Science Information Center”, which contains information that debunks myths on the climate.

New Delhi, February 23 A Delhi High Court judge on Wednesday recused himself from hearing pleas by internet and social media giants, Facebook, Twitter and Google, challenging an order directing them to remove, block or disable on a global basis links to a video containing defamatory allegations against yoga guru Ramdev. The matter came up for hearing before a Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh. Justice Sanghi, who was heading the Bench, recused from hearing the pleas and said they be listed on March 21 before another Bench of which he is not a member. Facebook, Twitter and Google have challenged the single judge''s October 23, 2019, order directing them and Google''s subsidiary YouTube to forthwith remove, block or disable on a global basis links to the video containing defamatory allegations against Ramdev. The single judge had held that merely "geo-blocking" or disabling access to the defamatory content to viewers from India, as agreed to by the social media platforms, would not be sufficient as users residing here can gain access to it by other means.

DUBLIN : EU-U.S. data transfers by Meta owned Facebook and Instagram could be halted as soon as May but the move would not immediately hit other big tech companies, Ireland''s data privacy regulator said in an interview. Europe''s highest court ruled in 2020 that an EU-U.S. data transfer pact was invalid du

Irish regulator could halt Facebook, Instagram EU-US data flows in May

Next steps for the metaverse: Meta Platforms (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg used a Wednesday event to detail the company''s next focus areas in building out its immersive Internet…

The Liberals are pushing a suite of legislative measures to regulate big digital platforms, including a bill that would address the fact that Facebook and Google earn the lion’s share of revenue from digital advertising in Canada

​​It is claimed Facebook colluded with OnlyFans to disable social accounts of adult entertainers working for rivals, BBC News has learned.

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, today showed off a prototype of an AI system that enables people to generate or import things into a virtual world just by using voice commands. The company sees the tool, which is called “Builder Bot,” as an “exploratory concept” that shows AI’s potential for creating new worlds in the […]

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, today showed off a prototype of an AI system that enables people to generate or import things into a virtual world just by using voice commands. The company sees the tool, which is called “Builder Bot,” as an “exploratory concept” that shows AI’s potential for creating new worlds in the […]

A "Tragedy Of Capitalism"? BLM Faces Growing Questions Over Millions In Donations Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in USA Today on the investigations into the finances and tax status of Black Lives Matters. As these inquiries expand, co-founder Patrisse Cullors is scheduled to speak in favor of defunding school police in Los Angeles . Many, however, are still seeking answers from Cullors’ time at BLM and what happened to millions of donations given by corporations and citizens. Here is the column: The California Department of Justice recently issued a notice to Black Lives Matter not only that it was in violation of state law over the failure to disclose financial records, but also that its leadership could be personally liable for the resulting fines for failing to account for $60 million in donations. Indiana also is questioning the organization, and Amazon has suspended BLM donations due to concerns over the handling and reporting of donations by the group’s leadership.

Few people in recent times have created as much controversy as Donald Trump. A year after his utterances got him banned from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, his new enterprise, Truth Social, has made its debut on Apples App…

The Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder wants ?builder bots? and ?nuanced? assistants in the Metaverse Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gave new insights on his expanding Metaverse plans in a presentation on Wednesday. The livestreamed company event showcased some of the AI advances currently under development. Among Zuckerberg''s ideas are for people to have "conversational assist

The Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder wants “builder bots” and “nuanced” assistants in the Metaverse Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gave new insights on his expanding Metaverse plans in a presentation on Wednesday. The livestreamed company event showcased some of the AI advances currently under development. Among Zuckerberg’s ideas are for people to …