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​​Xpeng, Zeekr, and more enter Thailand, eye expansion across Southeast Asia

TechNode

Southeast Asia’s largest car producer and exporter, Thailand has also become a strategic location for Chinese automakers wishing to diversify their operations and reduce geopolitical risks, according to researchers from the Global Policy Institute. million by 2030, making the country a regional manufacturing hub for EVs.

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Facebook’s big QAnon crackdown might have come too late

The Verge

Facebook also took down thousands of accounts, pages and groups as part of what they called a “policy expansion,” seeking to limit violent rhetoric tied to QAnon, political militias and protest groups like antifa. But coded messages are harder to discern, particularly by policy teams that have not invested in unscrambling them.

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Leaving content moderation to volunteers is empowering racists

The Verge

This gap between our content policy and our values has eroded our effectiveness in combating hate and racism on Reddit; I accept full responsibility for this. [.]. Carman writes: Boss-Moms is one of many Facebook groups grappling with inadequate moderation policies as members attempt to discuss Black Lives Matter. The Ratio. ??

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Cynicism suggests that the TikTok deal will go through

The Verge

Facebook tried to crack down on QAnon with new policies targeting extremist content. In July, the company banned more than 7,000 QAnon-linked accounts, but its enforcement policy was murky when it came to elected officials. Facebook’s slow response to the threat of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar is the textbook example.

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Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral

The Verge

Enforcement of those misinformation policies has sometimes lagged behind the companies’ public statements, though. In 2020, this is what successful content policy looks like: you can’t prevent every bad thing from ever being uploaded, but you can identify it quickly and take effective action. Matthew Smith / Time ).

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It’s (still) time to end ‘Trending’ on Twitter

The Verge

Facebook rolled out a series of changes ahead of the election in Myanmar on November 8th. The company invested in proactive detection technology to catch hate speech on the platform, and expanded its misinformation policy to include false news aimed at suppressing the vote. Facebook has about 15,000 third-party moderators, not 30,000.

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