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Ex-Google and Facebook employee says silicon valley’s use of H1B visa is “institutional slavery”
The fact that foreign workers depend on continued employment to avoid deportation means that they will accept working conditions and treatment by managers that US workers, with incomparably greater job options, never would.
Instagram censors artist Yuumei over #FreeHongKong art, calls it “hate speech”
Yuumei believes that this is a direct attack by the Chinese government who have taken advantage of the social network content blocking systems.
YouTube says rule exceptions are made with content from some politicians
YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki spoke at The Atlantic Festival.
Facebook says politicians are exempt from third-party fact-checking program but still fact-checks their posts
The exemption will only apply to “organic content” that has been created by the politician.
Kara Swisher and Sarah Jeong say there is no evidence of social media bias against conservatives
Numerous investigative reports and leaked documents have shown big tech algorithms and employees appearing to suppress conservative content in 2019.
Glawischnig-Piesczek vs. Facebook could determine the future of social media upload filters
Back in 2016, a Facebook post containing an article with a photograph of the Austrian politician was posted alongside comments calling her a “corrupt oaf,” “lousy traitor” and so on.
Amazon, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp join big tech anti-terror coalition for fighting “extremist” content online
The announcement follows warnings from the EFF that innocent users will be hurt the most when attempting to crush “extremist” speech online.
Facebook to acquire CTRL-Labs to create mind-control device input
The social media giant is rumored to be paying up to $1 billion for the company.
Facebook workers accuse leadership of downplaying recent employee suicide over job pressure
Ex employee says HR there is prone to “deflect to mental illness” and cover up any problems.
Snapchat dossier containing Facebook anti-competitive practices to be handed to the FTC
Titled after the antagonist of the famous Harry Potter series, the document is known as the “Project Voldemort.”
EFF warns that frantic push to crush “extremist” speech online will hurt innocent users
Hard questions are being asked about the way content is treated and censored online by some of the world’s most powerful platforms.
Congress drafts bill to create “national commission” for online content removal
The bill calls for a “federal social media task force to coordinate the government’s response to such issues.”