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Democrats want US government to audit 'black box' of AI bias

April 11, 2019

Democrats want US government to audit 'black box' of AI bias

Can the algorithms powering innovation at Silicon Valley's largest companies, like Amazon, Facebook and Google, be audited for bias?

'Unplanned' filmmakers on Twitter banning the movie's account: 'They identified us with a conservative issue'

April 11, 2019

'Unplanned' filmmakers on Twitter banning the movie's account: 'They identified us with a conservative issue'

Directors of the pro-life film “Unplanned” believe Twitter banned the film's account over its conservative message after the social media giant blamed its brief suspension of the movie's account on an error last month.

Sen. Cruz: None of us should be happy left-wing Silicon Valley billionaires silencing conservatives

April 11, 2019

Sen. Cruz: None of us should be happy left-wing Silicon Valley billionaires silencing conservatives

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, spoke to Shannon Bream on “Fox News @ Night” Wednesday about a Senate Judiciary Hearing where he confronted Twitter and Facebook officials about censoring and shadow banning conservatives.

Ted Cruz, Twitter executive spar over alleged censorship, shadowbanning of conservatives

April 10, 2019

Ted Cruz, Twitter executive spar over alleged censorship, shadowbanning of conservatives

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, lambasted a top Twitter exec on Wednesday over alleged censorship of conservative users, with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., accusing Twitter and Facebook of being "anything but transparent."

Penny Nance: Shame on Google for dissolving its AI council over African-American leader Kay Coles James

April 10, 2019

Penny Nance: Shame on Google for dissolving its AI council over African-American leader Kay Coles James

Women across the political perspective applauded recently when Kay Coles James, the first woman and the first African-American to lead the conservative and respected Heritage Foundation, was chosen to join Google’s new external advisory council to in part discuss the ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's constituents slam her over Amazon withdrawal in new poll

April 10, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's constituents slam her over Amazon withdrawal in new poll

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's constituents blasted her handling of Amazon.

Facebook bends to EU pressure on 'misleading' fine print

April 10, 2019

Facebook bends to EU pressure on 'misleading' fine print

Facebook Inc. has bowed to demands from European Union regulators to change what the bloc had called misleading terms of service, the latest example of efforts by governments globally to exercise more control over tech firms.

John Stossel: Zuckerberg’s call for regulations is crony capitalism

April 10, 2019

John Stossel: Zuckerberg’s call for regulations is crony capitalism

Please, regulate me! That was Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s message to Congress recently.

April 9, 2019

YouTube stream for hearing on white nationalism flooded with hateful comments

YouTube on Tuesday pulled the plug on a livestream of a House committee hearing about festering white nationalism — after chats on the video quickly filled up with vile racist and anti-Semitic hate speech.

'Toxic' social media gives extremists platform for violent acts, lets them self-radicalize

April 9, 2019

'Toxic' social media gives extremists platform for violent acts, lets them self-radicalize

Social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube are fertile breeding grounds for white supremacists and white nationalists — enabling acts of real-world violence and fueling bigotry — and Big Tech must do more to stop it.