インド政府の意向に従う巨大テック企業と、「民主的な価値観」との深まる溝

民主主義の危機が指摘されるインドにおいて、報道の自由を支える生命線となりうるソーシャルメディアへの圧力が強まっている。こうしたなかツイッターに代表される米国の巨大テック企業は、インド政府の意向に沿うかたちで投稿の削除やアカウントの停止を繰り返すなど、情報の統制に“加担”している。西側諸国における民主的な価値観との溝は深まるばかりだ。
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One-time TikTok rival Byte relaunches as Clash, an app for video creators and their top fans

When the Trump administration announced it would ban TikTok in the U.S., a number of alternative short-form video apps began to flourish, as users hedged their bets on a potential TikTok exit. Among these was Byte, an app co-created by Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann, which topped 1.3 million downloads in its first week alone. But […]

Avengers Adds Paid Experience Boosts, Pissing Off Everybody

Last week Marvel’s Avengers was added to Xbox Game Pass, quickly becoming one of the most played games on the console. Perhaps capitalizing on this forward momentum, this week Avengers adds paid timed experience point boosters to its cash shop, somethi…

民衆のブラック・ツイッター史 第1部：Coming Together (2008–12年)

日本におけるツイッター史があるように、米国の黒人には「ブラック・ツイッター」があった。「#UknowUrBlackWhen（あなたが黒人だとわかるのはいつ）」から「#BlackLivesMatter（黒人の命も大切だ）」まで、ゆるやかなオンラインネットワークが、いかにして巨大なポップカルチャーとなり、社会正義の原動力となり、未来を見通すレンズとなったのかを追う民衆史。第1部はその黎明期から変革前夜まで。
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Tech giants’ slowing progress on hate speech removals underscores need for law, says EC

Tech giants have gotten worse at removing illegal hate speech from their platforms under a voluntary arrangement in the European Union, according to the Commission’s latest assessment. The sixth evaluation report of the EU’s Code of Conduct on removing illegal hate speech found what the bloc’s executive calls a “mixed picture”, with platforms reviewing 81% […]

Twitter invests in avatar startup Facemoji

Avatar startups have come and gone over the past few years, but the future that many of the entrepreneurs behind them originally imagined has proven more or less accurate. Apple is increasingly interested in avatar representations through Memoji, Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to be a metaverse company and platforms like Roblox, where users enter a […]