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| 08.02.2025 | The Future of Human-Robot Interaction: Meta's Bold Leap Forward | In a world where technology and humanity intertwine, Meta is stepping into the spotlight. The company recently unveiled PARTNR, a groundbreaking program aimed at exploring human-robot interaction (HRI). This initiative is not just a leap; i... |
| 08.02.2025 | Meta's Language Initiative: Bridging Gaps in AI and Inclusivity | In a world increasingly defined by digital communication, language remains a powerful barrier. Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, is stepping up to dismantle this barrier. In partnership with UNESCO, Meta has launched a new pr... |
| 07.02.2025 | Meta* запускает программу по сбору языковых данных для развития AI | Meta запускает новую программу в партнёрстве с ЮНЕСКО по сбору речевых записей и расшифровок, которые, по словам компании, помогут в разработке общедоступного AI в будущем.
Партнерская программа языковых технологий ищет участников, которые ... |
| 18.07.2023 | ProVeg Incubator Seeks Cultivated Octopus – “It’s What the World Needs Now” | Horror has been felt around the world since the announcement of the world’s first commercial octopus farm, based in the Canary Islands, which is set to slaughter around a million of the highly intelligent creatures yearly to create 3,000 to... |
| 12.05.2023 | Abstartups e Sebrae Nacional encerram convênio; programas em conjunto continuarão a acontecer | Na última semana, a Associação Brasileira de Startups anunciou a demissão de 18 colaboradores, cerca de 30% de seus funcionários. O layoff, que aparentemente pegou diversas pessoas de surpresa, se tornou foco em grupos de discussões do ecos... |
| 27.03.2023 | Ecossistemas de startups do país se unem para denunciar assédio contra empreendedores e empreendedoras | “Em um determinado momento, atender o telefone se tornou um gatilho para crises de ansiedade, aguardando os gritos que poderiam vir por pequenos erros ou simplesmente pelo que era chamado: maneira de falar! Esse tratamento ocorreu em divers... |
| 08.10.2021 | Google and YouTube say they will cut off climate-change deniers from being able to monetize their content and display ads | Google plans to intervene in content that promotes lies about climate change.
YouTube previously banned all anti-vaccine content, despite historically avoiding content moderation.
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| 08.10.2021 | Google, YouTube will cut off climate-change deniers from being able to monetise content, display ads | Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
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Google plans to intervene in content that promotes lies about climate change.
YouTube previously banned all anti-vaccine content, despite historically avoiding content moderation.
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| 24.09.2021 | Doctors Without Borders saves lives every day. Some insiders say it is also a racist workplace where nonwhite workers get worse pay, less security, and inferior medical care. | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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One day, when Ali N'Simbo was a boy, the radio he was listening to went dead. He looked up to see missiles flying in his directi... |
| 17.09.2021 | Libya’s interim government must end civil society crackdown | In 2011, Libyans took to the streets to overthrow the regime of Muammar Gaddafi after 42 years of dictatorship. Amid the upheaval, diverse communities organised to demand greater rights, justice and equality. For the first time, a more demo... |
| 11.08.2021 | Scotland could pursue a money-laundering investigation into Trump’s golf courses, a judge ruled after lawyers cited the Trump Organization criminal cases in New York | Donald Trump in Scotland. Getty
Scottish lawmakers and campaigners have pushed for a probe into how Trump funded his golf resorts.
The Scottish government rejected the inquiry, known as an unexplained wealth order, in February.
But on Wedne... |
| 14.04.2021 | A top Facebook exec told a whistleblower her concerns about widespread state-sponsored disinformation meant she had 'job security' | Facebook let dictators generate fake support despite employees' warnings, The Guardian reported.
Whistleblower Sophie Zhang repeatedly raised concerns to integrity chief Guy Rosen and other execs.
But Rosen said the amount of disinformation... |
| 13.04.2021 | A top Facebook exec told a whistleblower her concerns about widespread state-sponsored disinformation meant she had ‘job security’ | In this April 11, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses while testifying before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File
Facebook let dictators generate fake support des... |
| 26.03.2021 | Mark Zuckerberg claimed the reason Facebook keeps showing up in Capitol riot lawsuits is because it's really helpful to police | Facebook was cited in more legal docs about the Capitol riots than any other social-media platform.
Mark Zuckerberg told Congress it's because Facebook has been cooperating with law enforcement.
On Thursday, he also downplayed Facebook's ro... |
| 23.03.2021 | Facebook Acted Too Late to Tackle Misinformation on 2020 Election, Report Finds | Facebook could have prevented billions of views on pages that shared misinformation related to the 2020 U.S. election, according to a new report released Tuesday, which slams the platform for “creating the conditions that swept America down... |
| 16.03.2021 | Spanish-Language Misinformation Is Rampant on Facebook, Advocates Say | Facebook is letting misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines and election fraud run rampant through posts in Spanish, a group of advocacy organizations and lawmakers said.
"Facebook continues to fail to effectively moderate Spanish-lang... |
| 15.03.2021 | Facebook announced a new plan to help users make COVID-19 vaccine appointments | Facebook partnered with Boston Children's Hospital to help users find nearby COVID-19 vaccine sites.
The tech firm will also label all COVID-19 vaccine posts with World Health Organization information.
"The data shows the vaccines are ... |
| 15.03.2021 | Facebook found a vast amount of its anti-vaxx content comes from a hard core of only 111 accounts | People are seen at a protest against masks, vaccines, and vaccine passports outside the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on March 13, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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| 15.03.2021 | Facebook found that a vast amount of its anti-vaxx content comes from a hard core of only 111 accounts | People are seen at a protest against masks, vaccines, and vaccine passports outside the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on March 13, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images
Facebook in a report obtained... |
| 09.03.2021 | Facebook is finally cracking down hard on anti-vaccine content. It is facing an uphill battle. | After years of allowing anti-vaccine groups and pages to rack up followers on its social network, Facebook announced last month that it wants to lead the world’s largest Covid-19 inoculation information campaign and encourage its users to g... |
| 17.12.2020 | How Biden Can Take the High Road on Misinformation | In his last weeks in office, President Trump has dug in his heels on the annual defense spending bill, promising to veto the legislation over Congress’s refusal to rescind legal protections for internet platforms. As absurd as Trump’s insis... |
| 03.12.2020 | Facebook will remove misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines | Facebook announced it will begin to remove misinformation about coronavirus vaccines as the U.S. and the rest of the Western world gets ready for their massive rollout.
In a blog post published on Thursday, the social media giant said it wi... |
| 26.09.2020 | As Facebook prepares to outsource tough content decisions to its new 'Supreme Court,' experts warn it still operates within a dictatorship and can't legislate a better government | Facebook is launching its "oversight board" in October, a pseudo-independent group that can review — and overrule — the company's decisions on difficult content moderation cases.
The Oversight Board has been described as a "S... |
| 12.09.2020 | Facebook wants to know how it's shaping the 2020 elections — researchers say it's looking too late and in the wrong places | Facebook said it will pay thousands of users to participate in an independent study of how its social media products influence the 2020 US elections.
The company wants to know "whether and how" social media changes people's votes,... |
| 21.08.2020 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus compares Facebook to Putin and Fox News as top source of election misinformation as the company tests new COVID-19 lie-detector | Facebook is planning to launch an early-warning system to alert moderators to potential misinformation about the coronavirus before it racks up millions of views, The Verge's Casey Newton reported Thursday.
Facebook didn't offer specifics, ... |
| 20.08.2020 | Health misinformation on Facebook viewed nearly 3.8B times in last year | Originally Published by:
Temperature checks for coronavirus detection useful, but limited Massachusetts mandates flu vaccine for all students Asymptomatic kids may be more contagious than severely ill adults
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| 19.08.2020 | 84% of medical misinformation on Facebook is never tagged with a warning, and is viewed billions of times, report says | 84% of medical misinformation posts on Facebook were left up with no warning label, despite the platform's policy to counter bogus claims, an investigation found.
Non-profit organization Avaaz said 16% of the posts it examined that had been... |
| 19.08.2020 | On Facebook, health-misinformation 'superspreaders' rack up billions of views: report | By Elizabeth Culliford
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(Reuters) - Misleading health content has racked up ... |
| 19.08.2020 | Avaaz: Facebook’s algorithm drove 3.8 billion views of health misinformation | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Despite Facebook’s efforts to combat fake news an... |
| 19.08.2020 | Avaaz: Facebook’s algorithm drove 3.8 billion views of health misinformation | Despite Facebook’s efforts to combat fake news and propaganda, the social network has enabled 3.8 billion views of health misinformation in the past year, according to a new report from Avaaz. The global citizens’ movement that monitors ele... |
| 19.08.2020 | On Facebook, health-misinformation 'superspreaders' rack up billions of views: Report | Article content
Misleading health content has racked up an estimated 3.8 billion views on Facebook Inc over the past year, peaking during the COVID-19 pandemic, advocacy group Avaaz said in a new report on Wednesday. |
| 21.05.2020 | Facebook leverages AI to improve kids’ safety in Messenger | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In an attempt to beat back a rise in scams and other unwanted interactions during the coronavirus pandemic, Facebook today unveiled an ... |
| 05.05.2020 | 73% dos brasileiros acreditam em notícias falsas sobre COVID-19 | “Os brasileiros acreditam mais em notícias falsas que os italianos e os estadunidenses”. É a essa conclusão que a Avaaz chegou ao realizar uma pesquisa sobre fake news relacionadas ao coronavírus. O levantamento aponta que, no Brasil, sete ... |
| 17.04.2020 | Facebook will now warn users who "like" fake coronavirus news | Fake coronavirus news is rampant across social media, and now Facebook is taking more aggressive action to try to limit it. The tech giant will soon let users know if they interact with misinformation related to the pandemic on the site.
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| 16.04.2020 | Facebook to alert users exposed to coronavirus misinformation | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Following an investigation that revealed gaps in ... |
| 16.04.2020 | Facebook to alert users exposed to coronavirus misinformation | Following an investigation that revealed gaps in Facebook’s efforts to fight coronavirus misinformation, the social networking company announced it would retroactively send alerts to any users who had interacted with content subsequently la... |
| 06.11.2019 | Avaaz: Facebook will see a ‘tidal wave’ of fake news ahead of the 2020 elections | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Facebook has already powered 158 million views of... |
| 06.11.2019 | 2020 Voters Are Already Being Inundated by Fake News on Facebook | A year out from the 2020 presidential election, a flood of fake news is already consuming Facebook, with U.S. voters hit with a “tsunami of disinformation” in the last three months. But unlike in 2016, this fake news is not coming from Russ... |
| 06.11.2019 | Avaaz: Facebook will see a ‘tidal wave’ of fake news ahead of the 2020 elections | Facebook has already powered 158 million views of fake U.S. political news in 2019 and is poised to see an explosion of disinformation next year that would dwarf the 2016 elections, according to a new study.
Avaaz, a global citizens’ moveme... |
| 28.10.2019 | Facebook is failing to prevent another human rights tragedy playing out on its platform, report warns | A report by campaign group Avaaz examining how Facebook’s platform is being used to spread hate speech in the Assam region of North East India suggests the company is once again failing to prevent its platform from being turned into a weapo... |
| 20.07.2019 | #WeCareDoYou Protest Passes 100,000 Mark; Now Arsenal Fans Are Pushing For 200,000 | Forward Eddie Nketiah of Arsenal (L) is tackled by Niklas Sule of Bayern Munich during their ... [+] International Champions Cup game at the Dignity Health Stadium in Carson, California on July 17, 2019. - Arsenal went on to win 2-1. (Photo... |
| 27.05.2019 | Facebook still can’t control the far-right political propaganda monster it built | News about Facebook in the week leading up to the European Union Parliamentary elections reinforced the image of a company unable to control a platform that has been hijacked by right-wing extremists.
In the U.S., pundits, politicians, and ... |
| 27.05.2019 | Facebook still can’t control the far-right political propaganda monster it built | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
News about Facebook in the week leading up to the... |
| 22.05.2019 | Facebook found hosting masses of far right EU disinformation networks | A multi-month hunt for political disinformation spreading on Facebook in Europe suggests there are concerted efforts to use the platform to spread bogus far right propaganda to millions of voters ahead of a key EU vote which kicks off tomor... |
| 01.05.2019 | Lessons from Jacinda Ardern – a strong voice and vision in action | Lessons from Jacinda Ardern – a strong voice and vision in action
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Sarah Reakes, Managing Director at KISS, writes:I’ve been lucky enough to live in New Zealand, and I’ve followed and admired Jacinda Ardern since she became Prime ... |
| 12.03.2019 | Avaaz: Facebook is a festering hive of fake news about France’s Yellow Vests | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
For all the company’s talk of weeding out toxic content and clamping down on information warfare, Facebook has generated more than 105 ... |
| 22.12.2018 | YouTube’s Copyright Protection System is a Total Mess, Can it Be Fixed? | YouTube’s copyright enforcement is a growing source of frustration, with many creators complaining about overbroad takedown efforts.
The protests have become more vocal in recent months, even though the issues themselves are far from new.
W... |
| 19.10.2018 | Avaaz promete US$ 100 mil para quem provar fraude eleitoral no Brasil | A Avaaz é mais conhecida como uma plataforma de abaixo-assinados que também recebe doações. Agora, a empresa está promovendo o #EleiçõesLeaks, um prêmio de US$ 100 mil para quem fornecer provas concretas de fraude eleitoral no Brasil, que p... |
| 15.06.2018 | Environmental NGOs WildAid & Sea Shepherd Campaign Starbucks To Push Maxim’s On Shark Fin Ban | 70
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A recent undercover investigation by environmental nonprofit organization, WildAid, has led to the discovery of shark fin sales by local food & beverage titan, Maxim’s Caterers Limited, who had pledged in 2016 t... |
| 19.03.2018 | Французские власти оштрафовали владельца пекарни, который слишком много работал | Фото: iStock
Владельца небольшой пекарни во Франции Седрика Вайвра оштрафовали на €3000 ($3600) за работу без выходных. Об этом пишет The Washington Post.
Вайвр работал семь дней в неделю летом, когда спрос на выпечку был особенно высоким. ... |
| 05.04.2016 | 3D Scanning the European Refugee Crisis | Can virtual reality help the refugee crisis? Many journalists think so. And so does design collective Embassy for the Displaced, a network of architects, filmmakers, 3D scanning experts, fashion designers, and programmers working to documen... |
| 17.11.2015 | Man in Joker Mask Vows to Kill 'One Arab a Week' Across Quebec | Montreal police are investigating a chilling video in which a man wearing a Joker mask threatens to kill "one Arab a week."
"As of next week, there will be murders all across Quebec," he says in a Quebecois-sounding acce... |
| 13.01.2014 | Pirate Bay Founder Gets Access to His Books After Public Outcry | Following a failed appeal to the Supreme Court in Sweden, Gottfrid Svartholm was extradited to Denmark last November, where he stands accused of hacking into the mainframe computers of IT company CSC.
On his arrival the Pirate Bay founder w... |
| 08.01.2014 | 50,000 Call to Free Pirate Bay Founder as Court Extends Custody | Following a failed appeal to the Supreme Court in Sweden, Gottfrid Svartholm was extradited to Denmark last November.
The Pirate Bay founder stands accused of hacking into the mainframe computers of IT company CSC. In an earlier case in Swe... |
| 17.12.2013 | FishLove campaign meant well, but missed the boat | Here at SeafoodSource, we’ve written a number of commentaries in the past extolling the need for an advertising campaign that would bring the fragmented, often struggling seafood industry its due attention from the mainstream world.
However... |
| - | Vanessa Nakate takes an African voice to Cop26 | Even limiting global temperature rises to 1.5°C would not be safe for many communities in Africa, Ugandan climate campaigner Vanessa Nakate told a rally of 100,000 fellow activists in Glasgow on 6 November.
“1.2C is already hell for us. It’... |
| - | Facebook убрал «псевдонауку» из категорий таргетинга рекламы из-за дезинформации о COVID-19 | Фото: secure.avaaz.org
Facebook решил избавиться от категории таргетинга «псевдонаука» для рекламодателей. Она существовала вплоть до этой недели и позволяла авторам размещать рекламу с дезинформацией. Между тем сама соцсеть неоднократно за... |
| - | Greta Thunberg and other climate activists discuss the energy transition at Davos | [The stream is slated to start at 5:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]
Alongside IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol, activist Greta Thunberg is taking part in the CNBC-moderated panel with yo... |
| - | Why are Tanzania’s Maasai being forced off their ancestral land? | On Monday, February 28 at 19:30GMT:
Tanzania has renewed efforts to evict thousands of indigenous people from their ancestral land in a move that the government claims will help bolster the country’s tourism industry.
The land in question i... |
| - | Greta Thunberg says Davos elite are prioritizing greed and short-term profits over people and the planet | Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday accused the political and business elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, of prioritizing self-interest and short-term profits.
Thunberg said it was “absurd” that the wor... |
