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Twitter Appointed a Grievance Officer in India

Twitter Appointed a Grievance Officer in India

Twitter has appointed a resident grievance officer in India days after Twitter lost the liability protections on user-generated content in the South Asian nation over non-compliance with India’s IT rules, TechCrunch reported. Previously, India’s IT Minister made a statement that…

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TikTok Technology will Automate Removal of Videos

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…

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Biden Order Cracks Down on Anticompetitive Practices in Big Tech

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…

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Podcast

Woz Supports Right to Repair #1538

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…

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Lume Cube Panel Mini Review

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…

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Twitter

Twitter Lost Liability Protections in India

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,…

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