Facebook, Twitter, Google to report monthly on fake news fight, EU says
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesday as they called out Russia and China for their roles in the spread of fake news. The comments by EU foreign policy head Josep Borrell and the European Commission’s Vice President for values […]
Trump move could scrap or weaken law that protects social media companies
Washington DC, USReuters President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, in an extraordinary attempt to regulate social media platforms where he has been criticised. The proposed legislation is part of an executive order Trump signed on Thursday afternoon. […]
US senator says Apple, Google need to show contact tracing will not violate privacy
Washington, DCReuters Smartphone software makers Alphabet’s Google and Apple will have to convince the public that any contact tracing technology to track who has been exposed to the new coronavirus will not lead to a violation of their privacy, Senator Richard Blumenthal said on Wednesday. “Apple and Google have a lot of work to do […]
Google pledges carbon-neutral shipping, recycled plastic for all devices
San Francisco, USReuters Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday announced that it would neutralise carbon emissions from delivering consumer hardware by next year and include recycled plastic in each of its products by 2022. The new commitments step up the competition among tech companies aiming to show consumers and governments that they are curbing the environmental […]
Australia to “lift veil” on Facebook, Google algorithms to protect privacy
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia said it would establish the world’s first dedicated office to police Facebook Inc and Google as part of reforms designed to rein in the US technology giants, potentially setting a precedent for global lawmakers. The move tightens the regulatory screws on the online platforms, which have governments from the United States to […]
MAPPING: “THEY TOOK AWAY OUR IDENTITY” – GOOGLE MAPS PUZZLES RESIDENTS WITH NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD NAMES
UMBERTO BACCHI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
New Australia law threatens social media firms with fines, jail over violent content
CanberraReuters Australia will fine social media companies up to 10 per cent of their annual global turnover and imprison executives for up to three years if violent content is not removed “expeditiously” under a new law passed by the country’s parliament on Thursday. The new law is in response to a lone gunman attack on […]
Google, Apple face calls to pull Saudi app allowing men to monitor wives
Thomson Reuters Foundation A Saudi Arabian government app that allows men in the country to monitor and control their female relatives’ travel at the click of a button should be removed from Google and Apple’s online stores, a US politician and activists said on Wednesday. Human rights campaigners argued the tech giants are enabling abuses […]
KNOW IT ALL: GOOGLE
Ubiquitous web giant Google this month knocks up 20 years of existence, so we thought it a good time to take a look at some salient facts and milestones in the company’s history. DAVID ADAMS reports…
Why some Christians in the US don’t trust their devices
RNS “Who is Jesus?” Some Christians aren’t happy with the answers they’ve gotten to the question from their smart speakers, including Amazon’s Alexa and the Google Assistant on Google Home devices. David Sams, the CEO of KeepTheFaith Radio Networks – who describes himself on his website as a “21st century media chameleon” – is just […]