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Malaysia to Take Legal Action Against Meta Over ‘Harmful’ Posts
23Jun By adminNo Comments
Technology

Malaysia to Take Legal Action Against Meta Over ‘Harmful’ Posts

[ad_1] Malaysian authorities said on Friday they will take legal action against Facebook parent company Meta Platforms for failing to remove "undesirable" content on the social media platform.Facebook has recently seen a significant volume of undesirable content relating to race, royalty, religion, defamation, impersonation, online gambling and scam advertisements, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said in a statement. It also said Meta had failed to take sufficient action despite its repeated requests and that legal action was necessary to promote "accountability for cybersecurity" and for "enhancing consumer protection". Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The commission also did not immediately respond to a request for comment on what legal...
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YouTube scraps 2020 US election misinformation policy
4Jun By adminNo Comments
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YouTube scraps 2020 US election misinformation policy

[ad_1] YouTube will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 US presidential election was plagued by "fraud, errors or glitches," the platform said Friday, a decision quickly criticized by anti-misinformation advocates. The announcement by the Google-owned video website is a marked departure from its policy initiated in December 2020, which attempted to curb false claims -- most importantly pushed by then-president Donald Trump -- that his re-election loss to Joe Biden was due to the vote being "stolen." "The ability to openly debate political ideas, even those that are controversial or based on disproven assumptions, is core to a functioning democratic society -- especially in the midst of election season," YouTube said in a blog post. "We will stop removing content that ad...
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Twitter’s launch of DeSantis’ presidential bid underscores platform’s rightward shift under Musk
26May By adminNo Comments
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Twitter’s launch of DeSantis’ presidential bid underscores platform’s rightward shift under Musk

[ad_1] Two years ago, signing a bill intended to punish Twitter and other major social media companies, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted the platforms as "suppressing ideas” during the COVID-19 pandemic and silencing conservative voices.What a turnaround. The new Elon Musk-owned version of Twitter helped DeSantis launch his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday. Though it was marred by technical glitches and skewered by the candidate's critics, the forum nevertheless underscored Twitter's unmistakable shift to the right under Musk, who bought it for $44 billion and took over in October. “The truth was censored repeatedly, and now that Twitter is in the hands of a free speech advocate, that would not be able to happen again on this Twitter platform,” DeSantis said dur...
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Musk says will tweet thoughts regardless of business blowback
17May By adminNo Comments
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Musk says will tweet thoughts regardless of business blowback

[ad_1] Elon Musk on Tuesday said a new Twitter chief executive will let him devote more time to Tesla, but that he will continue to tweet his unfiltered thoughts even if it hurts his businesses."I don't care," the billionaire said during a CNBC interview when asked what he thought of his controversial tweets potentially hurting Tesla shares or making it harder to sell ads on Twitter. "I'll say what I want to say and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it." Named as Musk's successor as Twitter CEO, Linda Yaccarino is a respected media and advertising executive considered a visionary by some."Twitter is very much an advertising business; Linda is obviously incredible at that and she's just a great executive in general," Musk said."Linda will operate a company and I will buil...
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2024 US Presidential Bid: Trump Lauds Rival Republican Candidate, An Indian-American
6May By adminNo Comments
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2024 US Presidential Bid: Trump Lauds Rival Republican Candidate, An Indian-American

[ad_1] Donald Trump has praised his rival Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-AmericanWashington: Former US President Donald Trump has praised Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy for doing well in the recent Republican Primary poll, CBS YouGov.Vivek Ramaswamy has announced his 2024 presidential bid. He is going to constest the Republican presidential primary against Donald Trump and fellow Indian-American candidate Nikki Haley, among others.In a statement, Donald Trump stated he likes Vivek Ramaswamy as he has only nice things to say about him and all the work carried out by the Trump administration."I am pleased to see that Vivek Ramaswamy is doing so well in the most recent Republican Primary Poll, CBS YouGov," Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth...
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Confusion as Elon Musk’s Twitter yanks blue ticks from agencies
23Apr By adminNo Comments
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Confusion as Elon Musk’s Twitter yanks blue ticks from agencies

[ad_1] Twitter has long been a way for people to keep track of tornado watches, train delays, news alerts or the latest crime warnings from their local police department.But when the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification checkmarks this week from accounts that don't pay a monthly fee, it left public agencies and other organizations around the world scrambling to figure out a way to show they're trustworthy and avoid impersonators. High-profile users who lost their blue checks Thursday included Beyonce, Pope Francis, Oprah Winfrey and former President Donald Trump. But checks were also removed from accounts for major transit systems from San Francisco to Paris, national parks like Yosemite, official weather trackers and some elected officials. Twitter had about 300...
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