April 8, 2019 Facebook blasted as 'morally bankrupt liars' by New Zealand privacy chief New Zealand's privacy commissioner slammed Facebook as "morally bankrupt pathological liars" as the fallout from the Christchurch mosque attacks, which were live-streamed and spread virally, continued.
April 7, 2019 Vaccine wars: Social media battle outbreak of bogus claims Like health officials facing outbreaks of disease, internet companies are trying to contain vaccine-related misinformation they have long helped spread. So far, their efforts at quarantine are falling short.
April 5, 2019 Amazon slammed by AI researchers for selling ‘biased’ facial recognition tech to cops CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Facial recognition technology was already seeping into everyday life — from your photos on Facebook to police scans of mugshots — when Joy Buolamwini noticed a serious glitch: Some of the software couldn't detect dark-skinned faces like hers.
April 5, 2019 Child brides as young as 10 years old in Africa advertised, sold on Facebook: report African child brides are being advertised on Facebook, with parents selling their children to pay off debts, a new report claims.
April 5, 2019 Google dissolves AI advisory board amid employee protest The controversy over Google naming a conservative thinker and alleged "anti-trans, anti-LGBT" supporter to a company advisory board has ended with the whole project scrapped.
April 4, 2019 Microsoft investigating overlooked sexual harassment claims, report says Microsoft is investigating claims that its human resources department overlooked sexual harassment claims made by female employees, according to a news report.
April 4, 2019 Zuckerberg 'confident' Facebook won't screw up another election Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed in a TV interview Thursday that he’s “confident” the social media giant has done enough since 2016 to protect next year’s presidential elections from misinformation campaigns.
April 4, 2019 Fake 'good' news? Facebook pays major UK newspaper to publish articles praising the tech giant Facebook, which has been inundated with negative press coverage, has found a new way to take its message directly to the public -- by paying a major British newspaper to run positive stories about it.
April 4, 2019 L. Brent Bozell, Dan Gainor: Facebook's Zuckerberg threatens free speech with his latest Big Tech power move President Ronald Reagan used to tell of the “nine most terrifying words” – “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has found a new way to make the words even scarier. He wants global governments involved in speech and free press, even though his staff pretend otherwise.
April 4, 2019 Facebook asked new users for their email passwords Some new Facebook users have reportedly been asked to hand over their email address passwords as part of the sign-up process.
