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TikTok posted information titled: “Advancing our approach to user safety”. The post informs users that TikTok will begin introducing technology to automatically remove content that violates their Community Standards. As of today, TikTok will bring these systems to the US and Canada as the company works to advance the safety of their community. Over the next few weeks, we’ll begin
President Biden signed an executive order titled: “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy” today. In short, it calls for a whole-of-government effort to use the antitrust laws, including the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act. He called these “a first line of defense against the monopolization of the American economy”. Among the
Steve Wozniak supports the right to repair movement and comments that Apple would not be where it is today without that very ability in the early days of Apple's existence. You and I know that there has been a lot of water under the bridge since then and companies really do not want to make their gear repairable. Become an
A group of 36 states and Washington, D.C., sued Google on Wednesday in an antitrust case challenging Google’s control over its Android app store, Politico reported. The suit was filed in California federal court and led by Utah, North Carolina, Tennessee, New York, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa and Nebraska. According to Politico, the suit is the latest challenge to the search
In addition to my writing for Geek News Central, I record the occasional product review video to accompany some of the articles. Over the years, I've been improving my equipment - tripod, boom arm, lavalier mic, cage - and now it was time to improve my lighting. After some market research and a friend's recommendation, I decide to buy a
Twitter has lots its liability protection against user-generated content in India, TechCrunch reported. This happened after India’s government passed a law that required social media companies (such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Netflix) to acknowledge takedown requests of unlawful, misinformation, and violent content within 24 hours and deliver a complete redressal in 15 days. In a court filing on Monday,
The U.S. Pentagon has canceled the JEDI cloud contract that it awarded to Microsoft in 2019, CNBC reported. JEDI stands for Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure. The Pentagon stated in a press release that “due to evolving requirements, increased cloud conversancy and industry advances, the JEDI Cloud contract no longer meets its needs.” As you may recall, Microsoft and Amazon were