Tuesday, January 14

Tag: hate speech

Meta eliminates variety programs, declaring DEI has actually ended up being “too charged”

Meta eliminates variety programs, declaring DEI has actually ended up being “too charged”

Technology
Meta has actually supposedly ended variety, equity, and addition (DEI) programs that affected personnel hiring and training, along with supplier choices, reliable right away. According to an internal memo seen by Axios and validated by Ars, Meta's vice president of personnels, Janelle Gale, informed Meta staff members that the shift was because of "legal and policy landscape surrounding variety, equity, and addition efforts in the United States is altering." It's another relocation by Meta that some deem part of the business's bigger effort to line up with the inbound Trump administration's politics. In December, Donald Trump guaranteed to punish DEI efforts at business and on college schools, The Guardian reported. Previously today, Meta cut its fact-checking program, which was presented ...
UK Considers Toughening up the Online Safety Act after Misinformation Triggers Violent Protests

UK Considers Toughening up the Online Safety Act after Misinformation Triggers Violent Protests

Technology
A 17-year-old young boy assaulted and eliminated 3 kids in a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the UK. Social media users incorrectly determined him as an immigrant who left to the UK in a boat, resulting in violent anti-immigration riots. As an outcome, the federal government has actually chosen to review the Online Safety Act, strengthen it up, and get it carried out as quickly as possible to suppress the spread of false information online. After a series of posts on X consisting of false information stimulated riots all throughout the nation, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour federal government has actually chosen to condition web security policies, i.e., the Online Safety Act. What Caused the UK Riots? Before we discuss the laws and the proposed modifications to it, l...