The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

Trending down: Two black former policy executives at Pinterest revealed a history of racist discrimination at the company. Lawmakers in New York proposed a new law that would prohibit police from using geofence warrants as protests continue to grow. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

Snap has a history of releasing disastrous filters. It also has a history of bragging about how it uses human curators to weed out bad stuff from Discover and other surfaces of its app. So this one hurt. The company investigated what happened and emailed its findings to the team. Sarah Holder / Bloomberg).

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2020

Let’s conclude what turned out to be Free Speech Week on The Interface with a look at a case involving the co-chairman of Facebook’s new Oversight Board, a Zoom recording of his law school class, and the N-word. Here’s Nick Anderson in the Washington Post : Stanford University law professor Michael W. Ahmaud Arbery is our history.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

Riley writes (emphasis hers): Researchers at the global nonprofit group Avaaz found nearly two dozen Facebook pages affiliated with the “boogaloo” movement, a generally anti-government and anti-law enforcement ideology. But they have vastly different reasons for why they think the law must change. percent for YouTube and 76.6

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

Law enforcement officials say the group’s adherents used Facebook to plan the murder of a federal agent. People in Hong Kong are self-censoring in anticipation of Beijing’s new national security laws, which outlaw activities related to “separatism, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference” in Hong Kong. Kim Lyons / The Verge ).

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

The optimist believes that the long arc of history bends toward justice. In a censorship case filed against YouTube by LGBTQ content creators, the US Justice Department is defending Section 230 — the law that protects internet companies from lawsuits. The optimist may have the time and privilege to wait out any civil unrest.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

They’re encouraging people to post disinformation in the groups, find “incriminating” information that they can pass to law enforcement, and find as much personal identifying information as possible. Signal now lets users transfer account data and messaging history to a new iPhone or iPad from their existing iOS device. Things to do.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The idea that this is the first computing platform in the history of computing, where you really feel like you’re there with another person. Now, a deal with TikTok could mean it needs the law, too. If not an “Apple watch on your face,” then what is the exciting potential use for these glasses? Amir Efrati / The Information ).

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Whatever Twitter eventually comes to say about the events of July 15th, 2020, when it suffered the most catastrophic security breach in company history , it must be said that the events were set in motion years ago. The suit alleges that Google violated wiretapping and privacy laws. You can’t say you didn’t see it coming. Governing. ?

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The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

Yesterday’s issue was the most-read in Interface history, and we wanted to make sure you had all the latest developments. It’s been such a newsy week that we’re ending it with two columns — enough to last you the whole weekend. Williams is a dynamo; I hope you’ll enjoy our chat. * * *. Q&A with Facebook’s chief diversity officer.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

Broadly speaking, this practice — masking the true sponsor of an idea to make it appear as though it originates from average citizens — is called astroturfing, and it has a long history. economy and the future of free speech, according to three people familiar with the matter as well as documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

“There are the details,” she wrote, “and there is this: Mark Zuckerberg, alone, gets to set key rules — with significant consequences — for one of the most important elections in recent history. It also goes out to the well-intentioned law enforcement officers who have been victimized by society’s conformity to a lie.”

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

And those posts might get even wider distribution than their ads, if history is any guide. Law enforcement authorities are using a company called Dataminr to help monitor social media related to protests. Stylistically, they’re laws. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. ?? The Hill ).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Facebook and Google are threatening to cut off news services in Australia if lawmakers pass a proposed law that would force both companies to negotiate with media companies and pay them for content that appears on their sites. Facebook said it would block users from sharing news stories on its platforms if the law moves forward.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

At the same time, good publishers surround the president’s words with additional context, history, and rebuttals. Radical Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel would rather promote extreme left riot videos and encourage their users to destroy America than share the positive words of unity, justice, and law and order from our President.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

On Friday afternoon, Facebook made one of its most controversial content moderation decisions in company history. On Monday, they mounted the most significant collective worker action in the company’s 15-year history. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Walkout organizers are developing a list of demands for the company.

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The Verge

JULY 22, 2020

The discussion centered on Microsoft’s history of antitrust regulation, but Smith also brought up his concerns over how Apple runs its App Store. zoomers in march: covid is boomer remover llol boomers in august: school time :) :) :) — law dog, esq. Today in news that could change public perception of the big tech companies.

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

That’s the irony of all this,” said Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford University law professor who studies technology and democracy. It’s really not clear that you can change 230 (which is part of a law, let’s remember) without congressional approval. Read an oral history of YouTube’s early days. “ This wouldn’t just hit Twitter.

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The Verge

JULY 31, 2020

The idea that conservative voices are being censored during a time when they enjoy the broadest audience, and some of the widest support, in human history has become an article of faith for the Republican Party.). We would all benefit, I think, from having greater insight into how social networks choose what to show us in our feeds.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

If your firm can accrete the value of the largest firm in the world in five weeks, and money is power, then isn’t your firm the most powerful private entity in history? Hasn’t your firm reached a level of soft and economic power well beyond the point when the DOJ has historically taken antitrust action?And And this one, about Apple.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

Nothing in the history of Microsoft, Walmart, or Oracle inspires much confidence that any of them is up to replicating that culture. One possibility might be a Glass-Steagall law for tech platforms, which would prohibit them them from running a platform and competing on it at the same time. David McLaughlin / Bloomberg).

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The Verge

MAY 27, 2020

Congress may begin writing letters , and new laws will be proposed, so that such a bad post never again appears on the internet. Law enforcement eventually will? Two new laws in Puerto Rico make it a crime to report information about emergencies that the government considers “fake news.” Trump added. Cristiano Lima / Politico ).

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