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EU ruling forces social media firms to take down illegal content worldwide

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Facebook has pledged to fight an EU ruling that would compel it to globally remove content deemed to be illegal in certain jurisdictions. The latest ruling from the European Court of Justice has concluded that social media firms such as Facebook can be compelled to globally remove content that violates local laws. Currently, material that […]

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The broken record: Why Barr’s call against end-to-end encryption is nuts

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Enlarge / The US, UK, and Australia want Facebook to hold off on end-to-end encrypting Messenger until they have a way to inject themselves into the conversation. picture alliance / Getty Images Here we go again. US Attorney General William Barr is leading a charge to press Facebook and other Internet services to terminate end-to-end

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US, UK and Australia want Facebook build a back door into messaging apps

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The governments of the U.S., the U.K. and Australia want Facebook Inc. to allow a back door into the company’s messaging apps citing safety concerns, it was revealed Thursday. In an open letter, U.K. home secretary Priti Patel, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan and Australian Minister for Home

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Facebook Can Be Forced To Remove Content Globally, Rules EU Court

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In the Facebook vs Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek case, Europian Union’s highest court has ruled against the Silicon Valley tech giant. Under the ruling, which cannot be appealed, countries can order Facebook to take down all kinds of content (posts, comments, images, videos) on a global scale. #ECJ : #EU law does not preclude a host provider

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Libra Currency Backers Reconsidering Involvement

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The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is reporting that financial backers of Facebook’s cryptocurrency, Libra, are having second thoughts. According to sources familiar with the situation, Visa and Mastercard—both members of the Libra Association created by Facebook to oversee the project—are having doubts about continuing to back the currency amid criticism from various governments. Neither of

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Pope Francis warns against deepfakes and tech ‘barbarism’

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(Reuters) Pope Francis urged Silicon Valley giants on Friday to make sure technological advances such as artificial intelligence do not lead to a new “form of barbarism” where the law of the strongest prevails over the common good. Francis made his comments in an address to participants at a Vatican conference attended by executives from

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Facebook Earned $1.6 Billion From Hate Groups It’s “Trying” To Fight

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If you talk about Facebook, its latest mindset is all about user privacy, fighting fake news and hate speech on its platform. But at the same time, the company can’t stop earning money from the so-called groups that want to promote hate speech via the internet. According to a new report by Sludge, the social

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Smarter Media Buying: Interviews with Experts – YellowHammer

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We are working to assist you with smarter media buying using Interviews with Experts. Here is Part Two in the interviews with Media Buyer Experts. In Part One, (Interview with Userbase), we covered general Media Buying strategies, best practices, and the dangers of fraud. Here in Part Two, we are interviewing Kirsten Samuelson-Roberts, from YellowHammer.

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Digital Trends Live: Amazon Event Coverage, Mario Kart Mobile, and More

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On this episode of Digital Trends Live, hosts Greg Nibler and Dan Gaul discuss the biggest trending stories in tech, including coverage of Amazon’s latest announcements, a new “surround screen,” a mind-reading wristband from Facebook, the arrival Mario Kart mobile, and more. We then speak with Adam Hildreth, founder and chief executive officer of Crisp,

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Ready Player What? Facebook announces a new VR social network

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Facebook revealed at today’s Oculus Connect event that it’s launching its own social VR platform, a very MMO-like virtual world called Horizon. Horizon is an “interconnected world” where VR avatars can meet, hang out, play games, and build their own environments. In the announcement video, it shows legless avatars flying planes, creating art, and playing

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