Tag: Facebook

New collaboration steps up fight against disinformation

Stuart Mitchell

A new industry collaboration to tackle dangerous misinformation was announced by the BBC and partners today. Major news and tech organisations will work together to protect their audiences and users from disinformation, particularly around moments of jeopardy, including elections. Earlier this summer the BBC convened a Trusted News Summit, bringing together senior figures from major global technology firms and publishing. Recent events such as the Indian elections have highlighted the dangers of disinformation and the risks it poses to democracy, and have underlined the importance of working together around shared…

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Love Has No Labels Celebrates Fourth Anniversary with Original Two-Part Facebook Documentary Series in Partnership with Great Big Story Featuring Stories of Unity in the Wake of Crisis

Stuart Mitchell

In celebration of the fourth anniversary of Love Has No Labels, the Ad Council joined Facebook and Great Big Story on the 12 February to premiere the first installment of an original Facebook Anthology showcasing real people from different backgrounds coming together during moments of crisis. The docuseries arrives on the heels of the campaign’s first-ever short film, “Rising,” which challenges viewers to consider why it takes a disaster to bring us together. Hosted by award-winning online personality and filmmaker Jay Shetty, the two-episode docuseries was produced by Great Big Story’s brand…

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Facebook and the Technical University of Munich Announce New Independent TUM Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence

Stuart Mitchell

Facebook has announced a new partnership with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to support the creation of an independent AI ethics research center. The Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence, which is supported by an initial funding grant from Facebook of $7.5 million over five years, will help advance the growing field of ethical research on new technology and will explore fundamental issues affecting the use and impact of AI. Artificial intelligence offers an immense opportunity to benefit people and communities around the world. But as AI technology increasingly…

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Digital Marketing Group Twinmark Media Enterprises in the Philippines banned from Facebook

Stuart Mitchell

Facebook have started the New Year by banning a Phillipines based digital marketing group which has been using underhanded means to create networks to spam millions, I include their post below to get a real view on the unethical actions of Twinmark Media Enterprises. By Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Cybersecurity Policy Today we banned a digital marketing group in the Philippines — Twinmark Media Enterprises and all its subsidiaries — from Facebook. This organization has repeatedly violated our misrepresentation and spam policies — including through coordinated inauthentic behavior, the use of…

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ACLU and Workers Take On Facebook for Gender Discrimination in Job Ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ACLU, Outten & Golden LLP, and the Communications Workers of America filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Facebook and 10 other employers for unlawfully discriminating on the basis of gender by targeting their job ads on Facebook to male Facebook users only, excluding all women and non-binary users from receiving the ads. The charges were filed on behalf of three female workers, CWA and the hundreds of thousands of female workers CWA represents, and a class of millions of women allegedly denied information on job opportunities…

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