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Meta to adjust AI policies on content after board said they were "incoherent"

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Meta will adjust its policies on manipulated and A.I.-generated content to begin to label ahead of the fall elections, after an independent body overseeing the company’s content moderation found that previous policies were “incoherent and confusing,” and said they should be “reconsidered.” The changes stem from the Meta Oversight Board’s recomendations earlier this year issued […]

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Meta’s Political Conundrum: Censorship or Content Moderation?

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With 2024 being an election year for both the United Kingdom and the United States, political parties understand that half the proverbial battle is won or lost on social media. As the push toward getting voters to the polls inches closer, political parties take their debates from the podium to various social media platforms. The

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EU probes U.S. tech giants over compliance with new digital law

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London — European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, said it was investigating the companies for “non-compliance” with the Digital Markets Act. The Digital Markets

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Opinion: Why TikTok Deserves to be Banned

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Image courtesy of Dado Ruvic/Reuters TikTok is having its “crocodile tears” moment. TikTok is showing insincere concern and “sorrow” as a response to the criticism and challenges it currently faces, especially regarding the issues of content moderation, data privacy, and the platform’s impact on youth and political discourse. This article pertains to the ethics of

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Meta Oversight Board says manipulated video of Biden can stay on Facebook

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A highly edited video of President Biden on Facebook will remain on the platform after an independent body that oversees Meta’s content moderation determined that the post does not violate the company’s policies, but the panel also criticized the company’s manipulated media policy as “incoherent and confusing.” The video, posted in May 2023, was edited

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Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to parents of victims of online exploitation

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Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, apologized to families who said their children were harmed by social media use during a heated hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.  The apology came as Zuckerberg, whose firm owns social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, answered questions at a U.S. Senate Judiciary hearing on the impact of

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