The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Social sites more often give users the ability to add alt text or captions to their content, and more people are learning to use them. You assume every game has remappable keybinds — it’s 2021, they should,” he says, “but you’d be surprised.”. Streaming platforms are slowly adding audio descriptions to more movies and shows.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

These moves, part of a broader push by the company, are significant because with nearly 3 billion users, Facebook is one of the most influential social media networks in the world. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network. All Open Sourced content is editorially independent and produced by our journalists.

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Vox

JULY 3, 2023

In contrast, AI covers a vast field ranging from social media algorithms to national security to advanced medical diagnostics. The former is best exemplified by the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons , which entered into force in 2021 and effectively banned nuclear weapons under international law.

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Vox

MAY 5, 2021

Facebook’s oversight board ruled that the social media service can keep Trump off its platforms for the next six months, but that the service itself must make a final decision. For now, that means Trump is still barred from the social media platform, but that Facebook must soon decide if it will allow him to return.

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Vox

MARCH 25, 2021

Peter Welch asked if they’d be open to a new federal agency focused on social media platforms. At a House Energy and Commerce committee hearing on social media, extremism, and misinformation on Thursday, Rep. & - social media has perpetuated misinformation loops. Peter Welch (@PeterWelch) March 25, 2021.

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Vox

JANUARY 7, 2021

The largely unmoderated and right-wing social network was also involved in the planning of the insurrection , leading some to worry that Parler is a new hotbed of misinformation and extremist activity. If Parler is looking to become a real competitor to the social media giants it criticizes, the company still has a very long way to go.

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Vox

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But over the coming weeks and months, she’ll be far from the only person showing up in social media feeds getting inoculated. At the dawn of the pandemic, celebrities and influencers flooded our feeds with content urging us to take preventive measures, like hand-washing, social distancing, and mask-wearing. Kennedy Jr.,

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