Monthly Archives: March 2021

Google, Facebook CEOs testifying before Congress on Section 230 on Thursday

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) The CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter will tell Congress about their war on misinformation Thursday, and two of the three will defend Section 230 protections in different ways..Credit: WikiMedia CommonsFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will all face Congress on Thursday to discuss misinformation about their platforms and the …

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Facebook guidelines explicitly allow calls for death of public figures

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) Facebook’s anti-harassment policies are much more lenient for public figures, even allowing uses to call for celebrity deaths in most cases, leaked moderation guidelines show.Credit: Brett JordanThe Guardian has obtained a trove of Facebook bullying and moderation guidelines, and they show that there are major differences between how the social media platform handles harassment of public and private individuals….

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Apple tightens partner security rules, forbids facial recognition of its employees

By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) New rules for manufacturers working with Apple reportedly include severe limits on biometric scans of Apple staff on premises, yet encourages greater use of security cameras for factory workers.Facial scanning in use at a factory. (Source: The Information)A new report says that Apple has updated its guidelines for factory security that must be followed by its partners in the supply chain. The new conditions include a a ban on facial or fingerprint scanning of Apple staff, though not of the suppliers’ own employees….

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Firefox 87 introduces new SmartBlock tracker blocking mechanism

By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Beyond bug fixes, Mozilla’s latest update to the Firefox browser is designed to fix websites broken by tracker blocking.Firefox 87 launched on Tuesday, and with it brought a new feature that Mozilla is calling “SmartBlock,” which will activate when operating in Private Browsing and Strict Tracking Protection Modes.For many websites, when third-party trackers are disabled, crucial parts of the page break. This includes everything from images not appearing, features not working, forms not submitting, or entire pages failing to load….

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