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Major Australian network created a unique news show for Facebook, only get 20 seconds of watch time
The love-hate relationship between Facebook and publishers and broadcasters continues to unfold along what are perhaps all too predictable lines.
Pope Francis warns big tech CEOs that AI could create “an unfortunate regression to a new form of barbarism”
Pope Frances urged an assembly which included Silicon Valley CEOs to find a unifying ethical framework to guide development in the tech sector.
Yandex Zen sets its sights on being a YouTube competitor
The Yandex video service lets bloggers upload videos on Yandex Zen that must be under 15 minutes long, which then get recommended based on established user preferences.
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.
Security firm reportedly spied on Julian Assange in Ecuadorian embassy for the CIA
The security firm was charged with protecting the Ecuadorian embassy in London while Julian Assange was living there.
In an attempt to block a massage parlor, the Kazakhstan government blocked over 93,000 websites
Several of these website blocking attempts make use of a method in which a website is blocked by its IP address, an outdated practice that does more harm than good.
Too many streaming services will turn people to piracy, survey shows
Users are at their breaking point, a report shows.
Media outlets publish anti-regulation propaganda by Google-backed organizations without disclosure
If you’d like to know what a propaganda campaign, carried out by a powerful entity apparently lacking any semblance of disclosure and/or transparency might look like in a democracy – look no further than this spate of recent “opinion pieces” cropping up on US-based media outlets.
Judge calls on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to testify on blocking Twitter users from seeing her tweets
Ocasio-Cortez previously claimed that she only blocked accounts for “ongoing harassment”
Dropbox Paper leaks the email address of anyone who’s ever viewed a document
Dropbox says it’s a feature, not a bug.
Microsoft expresses concern over gag orders when feds are snooping on its users
Microsoft is unhappy with the US government’s decision to prevent the company from disclosing the federal inquiry to the two account holders.