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Facebook is shutting down its Face Recognition tagging program

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The move follows a lawsuit that accused Facebook’s tagging tech of violating Illinois’ biometric privacy law, leading to a $650 million settlement in February. US law enforcement agencies (alongside other government divisions) work with Clearview AI and other companies for facial recognition-powered surveillance.

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How real-world violence led Facebook to overturn its most controversial policy

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In 1978, the American Civil Liberties Union famously defended the rights of neo-Nazis to march in Skokie, Illinois , which was home to many Holocaust survivors. But for far too long, they had an unwitting ally in social networks. The ACLU won the case — and lost 30,000 outraged members in the process.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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Governor Schwarzenegger signed the California State Divestment Bill into law, and from there Adam took the campaign nationally. I first worked as an outreach coordinator for the Great Lakes region, which is six states: Illinois, Ohio, and a bunch of others around there. His campaign was successful. It is cool to see that happening.

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TikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators

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Yesterday we talked about the audio-only social network Clubhouse , which found itself at the center of controversy after failing to take action or even make a public comment after users began to experience harassment within the app. Others, such as President Trump’s Muslim ban, took a few tries — but eventually became law.

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Half of all Facebook moderators may develop mental health issues

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In a preliminary settlement filed on Friday in San Mateo Superior Court, the social network agreed to pay damages to American moderators and provide more counseling to them while they work. Reported cases in Illinois: 79,123. Total test results (positive and negative) in Illinois: 442,425. Data from The New York Times.

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Why Twitter labeling Trump?s tweets as ?potentially misleading? is a big step forward

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From time to time a really bad post on a social network gets a lot of attention. Say a head of state falsely accuses a journalist of murder , or suggests that mail-in voting is illegal — those would be pretty bad posts, I think, and most people working inside and outside of the social network could probably agree on that.

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What other social networks can learn from Snapchat’s rebuke of Trump

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Social platforms, for better and for worse, offer only the president’s words. I can’t see a good reason, in most cases, for a big social network to deny the president his right to speak. The publicly posted sentiments have drawn renewed scrutiny to the companies’ close ties to law enforcement. Sidney Fussell / Wired ). ??Trending