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NYU report criticizes Facebook for outsourcing content moderation, arguing it is a “grossly inadequate” way of dealing with a core task of social platforms — In a scathing examination of Facebook's content moderation strategy, a new study identifies the company's decision …
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Financial Times, NYU Stern Center, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Fbcontentmods, NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, Politico, Washington Post, Washington Post, Axios, Digital Trends, Slashdot, and The Guardian
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it's working on a revamped verification system with publicly documented guidelines and an option to request verification from within the app — Twitter is developing a new in-app system for requesting verification, according to a recent finding from reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, which Twitter has since confirmed.
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As the coronavirus speeds up efforts to expand voting from home either through mail-in ballots or online voting, an analysis of the associated security risks — Fear of the coronavirus is speeding up efforts to allow voting from home, but some of them pose security risks and may make it easier …
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Some VR startups detail the negative impact of the pandemic, which has decimated in-person VR centers and arcades, leading to furloughs, layoffs, and pivots — The COVID-19 crisis hit most tech companies hard, but it buried Sandbox VR. “We went from a relatively healthy business,” CEO Steve Zhao said, “to zero revenue.”| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Lemonade, which offers an AI-driven insurance service, files its S-1, showing a net loss of $108.5M in 2019, up from $52.9M YoY, and revenue of $67.3M in 2019 — Another unprofitable company has filed to go public. — Lemonade, which operates an AI-driven insurance platform … | Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Sony reschedules its PS5 event for June 11, set to demo upcoming games, and its PlayStation division pledges $1M to causes supporting black communities — Sony will show off new games for its PlayStation 5, launching in the fall. The event had been delayed to allow more focus on George Floyd protests.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Study of kids aged 4 to 15 in the US, UK, and Spain finds they spent an average of 85 min/day on YouTube and 80 min/day on TikTok from February 2019-April 2020 — A new study on kids' app usage and habits indicates a major threat to YouTube's dominance, as kids now split …
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| Seth Schiesel / New York Times: |
As the pandemic suspends live sports, gamblers turn to betting on e-sports; some bookmakers say e-sports betting has risen 40x — Computer-vs.-computer games of FIFA livestream to gamblers on Twitch. Fantasy contests carry League of Legends lineups. In the coronavirus age, video games have grown into a darling for casinos.| Isobel Asher Hamilton / Business Insider: |
Google Assistant and Apple's Siri now respond to a range of questions regarding Black Lives Matter, including context for “all lives matter” queries — - Tech companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon have programmed their voice assistants to give responses to questions on the Black Lives Matter movement.| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
Twitch has had a “sudden influx of DMCA takedown requests for clips” from 2017 to 2019, as creators bemoan the three strike rule and lack of bulk deletion tools — There has been a flurry of takedown requests in the last few days — Over the last few days …
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
ConsenSys launches an automated service to track the regulatory compliance of the 280K+ tokens issued on Ethereum — - ConsenSys know-your-customer product will focus on DeFi — Automated system will track 280,000 tokens issued on Ethereum — ConsenSys Inc., which is seeking … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
RiskSense report analyzing the top 54 open source projects finds security vulnerabilities doubled from 421 bugs in 2018 to 968 in 2019 — Jenkins and MySQL vulnerabilities have had the most weaponized vulnerabilities in the past five years. — A study that analyzed the top 54 open source projects found …
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