January 30, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez slams Amazon for 'bias' in its facial detection technology Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Amazon for what she characterized as "bias" in the tech giant's facial detection technology.
January 30, 2019 Missouri's GOP senator wants to work with Ocasio-Cortez on tackling tech giants Missouri’s new conservative U.S. senator, Josh Hawley, said Tuesday that he’s willing to work with Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on a probe into the power and policies of big technology companies like Google and Facebook.
January 29, 2019 No one elected Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to referee free speech – His company's too big. Here’s how to fix it Facebook should agree to federal consent decrees that require it to follow the policy of viewpoint neutrality – that is, to protect the First Amendment by prohibiting the singling out or freezing of one set of opinions and perspectives.
January 29, 2019 New York lawmaker to Google: Remove conversion therapy app from Play Store A New York lawmaker is demanding that Google remove an app that promotes gay conversion therapy from its Google Play Store.
January 29, 2019 Facebook removes smiling picture of seriously ill girl being fed by a tube A mom was left horrified when Facebook banned a photo of her daughter because she was being fed by a tube.
January 28, 2019 Marine Corps officer asks Google to resume working with Pentagon A decorated Marine Corps infantry officer is pleading with Google to not turn its back on the Department of Defense months after the tech giant decided to end its involvement in Project Maven, a U.S. military AI program.
January 28, 2019 Facebook slams report from Zuckerberg's old Harvard classmate claiming half its users are fake Facebook categorically rejected a new study that claims more than half of its 2.2 billion users are fake.
January 28, 2019 YouTube to stop recommending conspiracy videos (again) YouTube is again claiming it'll tweak its recommendation system to promote fewer conspiracy videos.
January 28, 2019 Worried that Google, Facebook and Amazon don’t respect your privacy? Wait until they do this … In many cases Silicon Valley is envisioning a future that most Americans do not desire and for which we remain woefully unprepared.
January 27, 2019 Researchers say Amazon face-detection technology shows bias Facial-detection technology that Amazon is marketing to law enforcement often misidentifies women, particularly those with darker skin, according to researchers from MIT and the University of Toronto.
