Facebook labels users as ‘hate agents’ based on ‘signals’ & off-platform interactions – report

Sun 16 June 2019: Facebook tracks users’ behavior on- and off-platform, hunting for “signals” that they could be a “hate agent,” and even talking to a “designated hate entity” can get a user banned, according to a policy document seen by Breitbart. Users who appear at events alongside or even interview “designated hate entities” risk […]

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Facebook to unveil new versions of Portal video chat devices this autumn

We 12 June 2019: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Reuters) – Facebook Inc plans to release new versions of its Portal video chatting devices this autumn, the company’s vice president of AR/VR, Andrew Bosworth, said during an interview at the Code Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. “We have a lot more that we’re going to unveil later in this […]

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WhatsApp pledges to SUE users over off-platform misbehavior

Tue 11 June 2019: WhatsApp is threatening users who violate its rules with lawsuits, even if the only evidence of “rule-breaking” exists outside of the Facebook-owned messaging app and the only judge is an AI.“WhatsApp will take legal action against those we determine are engaged in or assisting others in abuse… even if that determination […]

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World’s most popular smartphone brands, Q1 2019: Huawei well clear of Apple

Thu 06 June 2019: The Chinese company marched on but there could be problems ahead Huawei continued to close the gap on world leader Samsung in terms of global smartphone market share in the first quarter of 2019, new data shows. Research company Gartner said that although global sales of smartphones declined 2.7 per cent […]

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Play the game, save the planet: Conservationists target video gamers

Thu 06 June 2019: NAIROBI (Reuters) – Chilli, a gibbon native to Borneo, will soon be jumping from tree to tree in parks from New York to Nairobi as a character in a new augmented reality video game that aims to promote conservation of endangered species. Internet of Elephants, a Kenya-based software company, has developed […]

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