Rights group says Facebook and Instagram routinely engage in ‘six key patterns of undue censorship’ of content supporting Palestine Meta has engaged in a “systemic and global” censorship of pro-Palestinian content since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war on 7 October, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW). In a scathing 51-page …
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From ‘dense’ training and tests to going live, answering for ‘idles’ – and some of the types of videos received TikTok says it has more than 40,000 professionals dedicated to keeping the platform safe. Moderators work alongside automated moderation systems, reviewing content in more than 70 languages. Earlier this year, TikTok invited journalists to its …
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Just below billionaires’ charity is an endless well of self-preservation. Their desperate planning for the End betrays everything they spout about equality and progress The rich can’t buy their way out of death, but they can certainly postpone it for a while. All of the pure food and expensive healthcare and personal trainers that money …
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In this week’s newsletter: Voice actors and expert analysis bring juicy celebrity legal affairs to life in Courtroom Drama. Plus: five of the best myth-busting podcasts • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here June: Voice of a Silent TwinBBC Sounds, all episodes from Boxing DayFor the first time, June Gibbons …
Thousands of users reported being unable to access social media platform for about 45 minutes on Thursday The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has been restored after a global outage on Thursday. The problem reportedly began after 5am UK time and its cause is not yet known. Continue reading… Thousands of users …
Exclusive: Privacy campaigners say clause in new criminal justice bill will put all UK drivers on ‘permanent police lineup’ The police will be able to run facial recognition searches on a database containing images of Britain’s 50 million driving licence holders under a law change being quietly introduced by the government. Should the police wish …
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Surveillance systems incorrectly and without customer consent marked shoppers as ‘persons of interest’, an FTC settlement says Rite Aid used facial recognition systems to identify shoppers that were previously deemed “likely to engage” in shoplifting without customer consent and misidentified people – particularly women and Black, Latino or Asian people – on “numerous” occasions, according …
Images might have helped AI systems produce realistic sexual imagery of fake children; the database was taken down in response Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence (AI) image generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to new research published on Wednesday. The operators of some of the largest and most-used …
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There has been a remarkable intersection between video games and musical performance this year, from villains lending vocals to their own theme tunes to interactive songs Toward the end of Baldur’s Gate 3, widely considered the most outstanding video game released this year, you can literally go to hell. If you do, you’ll have a …
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In this week’s newsletter: While it was an incredible year for players, it was a tough year for anyone making games • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The time has come: our list of the 20 best games of 2023 is now live. I can’t remember a year with …
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