Instagram’s unwillingness to do what is right is a clarion call for regulation: The FDA must assert its codified right to regulate the algorithm powering the drug of Instagram.
The network effect is anti-competitive
Social networks and online marketplace providers have become digital dictators with complete control over their territories.
Leaked documents reveal the special rules Facebook uses for 5.8M VIPs
“These people can violate our standards without any consequences.”
Instagram is building a ‘Favorites’ feature so you don’t miss important posts
Instagram confirmed it’s developing a new feature called “Favorites,” which would allow users to select certain accounts whose posts they would like to see higher in their feed. A similar feature already exists on Facebook where it gives users a bit more control over the News Feed algorithm. On Facebook, users can select up to […]
Facebook Admits It Sent Misinformation Researchers Flawed Data
“Facebook provided a data set to a consortium of social scientists last year that had serious errors,” reports the Washington Post, “affecting the findings in an unknown number of academic papers, the company acknowledged Friday.”
The company used a r…
WhatsApp will finally let users encrypt their chat backups in the cloud
WhatsApp said on Friday it will give its two billion users the option to encrypt their chat backups to the cloud, taking a significant step to put a lid on one of the tricky ways private communication between individuals on the app can be compromised. The Facebook-owned service has end-to-end encrypted chats between users for […]
FacebookやAccentureにも下請け搾取はある
Facebookは暴力的なコンテンツに対する監視を行ってきた。そのコンテンツモデレーション業務は10社以上の下請けに出されていた。Facebookはそうした業務への対応のため、1万5000人と年間5億ドル相当の契約を結んでいる。最大のパートナーはアクセンチュアで、同社は1万5000人のうちの3分の1以上を雇用しているとされる。アクセンチュアはこの業務への見返りとして、Facebookから一人当たり時給50ドルを受けとっているが、アクセンチュアに雇用されているそれぞれのモデレーターが実際に受けとるのは…
Ray-Ban Stories: These are Facebook’s first mass-market smart glasses
Don’t get too excited if you’re hoping for augmented reality glasses, though.
Investors are doubling down on Southeast Asia’s digital economy
Southeast Asian tech companies are drawing the attention of investors around the world. In 2020, startups in the region raised over $8.2 billion, about four times more than they did in 2015.
Epic Games to shut down Houseparty in October, including the video chat ‘Fortnite Mode’ feature
Houseparty, the social video chat app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games for a reported $35 million back in 2019, is shutting down. The company says Houseparty will be discontinued in October when the app will stop functioning for its existing users; it will be pulled from the app stores today, however. Related to this […]