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Google won’t add fact-checks despite new EU law
Google has told the EU it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking or removing content, despite the requirements of a new EU law, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios … https://www.axios.com/2025/01/16/google-fact-check-eu
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I have the black coffee, but I need some cherry pie
Thank you for the weirdness Mr Lynch.
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“The idea that a bunch of Americans flooding Rednote is exposing the Chinese workforce to the concepts of weekends & unionization is extremely funny to me” | Imgur
This is like Eternal September, but for China: Via: https://imgur.com/gallery/idea-that-bunch-of-americans-flooding-rednote-is-exposing-chinese-workforce-to-concepts-of-weekends-unionization-is-extremely-funny-to-me-AzyQyCI
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A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More | WIRED
Somehow I think this story is going to be overshadowed by TikTok https://www.wired.com/story/biden-executive-order-cybersecurity-ai-and-more/
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Sonos’ $30M app fail is cautionary tale against rushing unnecessary updates | Ars Technica | …salient for those who believe rapid updates by software companies are the proper route towards user safety
The frequency alone should have been a red flag suggesting a flailing organisation: In July, Spence apologized for the maligned redesign and said Sonos would fix the app with *biweekly updates* https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/app-redesign-blowback-will-cost-sonos-up-to-30-million-ceo-says/
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REDnote emergency-hiring English language content-moderation (i.e. censors) due to sudden influx of American TikTok users
Of course we must remember that content moderation is not censorship, no, of course it is not, not at all.
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All porn sites must ‘robustly’ verify UK user ages by July | BBC News
Media and safety campaigns against VPN usage by teenagers will start ASAP and run smack into the US TikTok and age verification failure discussions? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye3qw7gv7o
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1/ US Gov’t censors US-Singaporean TikTok as “National Security Risk” 2/ Users jump to *Chinese*-owned RedNote 3/ Users learn RedNote / China is massively illiberal 4/ …
… 4/ USG learns that IMPLEMENTING CENSORSHIP IS HARD & REQUIRES SERIOUS AND ONGOING COMMITMENT So much popcorn:
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“Biden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S.” | …whilst the world watches
Someone on Bluesky aptly described this as “the dog that caught the app“, as per dogs chasing cars but not knowing what to do if they catch one. Unsurprisingly this is much the same problem that Ofcom in the UK faces: the world doesn’t work how people think it works, the people don’t want what
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THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A/B TESTING, FOLKS!
“Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to do away with Meta’s third-party fact-checking service was presented as a sweeping cultural change across the company—but apparently, it will apply only in the United States.” https://bsky.app/profile/newrepublic.com/post/3lfryyc2z7q26
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