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Two former Facebook workers' testimony to House lawmakers on Wednesday revealed that a major barrier to any new crackdown by Congress on big tech is the divergent views of Democrats and Republicans on censorship.
Two former Facebook workers' testimony to House lawmakers on Wednesday revealed that a major barrier to any new crackdown by Congress on big tech is the divergent views of Democrats and Republicans on censorship.
4564 1 Transition: The recent actions by intermediaries like WhatsApp demonstrate the urgent need for amending the information technology Act. Reuters Pavan Duggal Cyber Law Expert The recent controversy triggered by WhatsApp’s move to unilaterally amend its privacy policy appears to have acted as a catalyst to shake Indian citizens out of complacency. Though deferred for now, Whats- App will be implementing, unilaterally, amendments to its privacy policy which would mean sharing of sensitive personal data of individuals, not just to Facebook and Facebook group of companies, but also vario...
Senate sends defense bill to Trump's desk with veto-proof majority • 7 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images The Senate sent a $740.5 billion defense bill to President Donald Trump's desk with a veto-proof majority Friday afternoon, but the fight over the bill may just be getting started. Both the House and the Senate have signed off on the proposal which, among other things, gives military servicemembers a 3% raise, increases hazard pay and provides military funding to address COVID-19. But Friday's vote sets the stage for a collision be...
Uploaded. so they can't track it fast enough to make sure that they can get it down. and we know that isis puts videos up all the time that way. so this is an incredibly steep challenge for these social media companies, but they've got to do it. and i think this lawsuit will hopefully spur them into further action. we have to find a way to prevent this. >> i'm sounding like this leftist alarmist here. >> it's not bad. you'll really like it. >> i worry how far it goes though. >> here's the issue. we're talking about regulation, and we've talked about that a lot here, but there's a section 230 o...