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India sets stricter rules for social media giants

The Verge

India has announced new regulations for social networks and other web services in the country, particularly “significant social media” companies with large user bases, like Facebook and Twitter. Significant social media intermediaries” face additional responsibilities.

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TikTok owner ByteDance grabs another 66K square-feet of office space in Seattle area

GeekWire

Under traditional office occupancy guidelines, the 66,000-square-foot space expansion could accommodate more than 300 additional employees. The China-based social media company has more than 100 job openings in the Seattle area, which is home to e-commerce giant Amazon and others. TikTok has come under scrutiny from U.S.

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Next Moves in the Battle Over Domestic Drones

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The ABC News 7 story goes on to claim, likely as a result of FAA misinformation , that “the [voluntary model aircraft guidelines] specifically exclude the flying of model aircraft for business purposes.” Nor does it mean that those voluntary guidelines are suddenly enforceable regulations.

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Facebook?s revamped news section launches in the US with a focus on local sources

The Verge

The team is transparent about the following guidelines and will make curatorial choices independently, not at the direction of Facebook, publishers or advertisers,” the FAQ explains. They will apply the same guidelines and criteria to our coverage about Facebook as we would to any other company or industry.”.

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Facebook isn’t telling the whole story about its mental health research

The Verge

The company is attempting to minimize its own research Ever since The Wall Street Journal published internal Facebook research that found Instagram harmed the well-being of teenage girls, the company’s defense has been to minimize and dismiss its own findings — saying documents were only relevant for internal product development.

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Reviewing the debate on balancing privacy and health in a pandemic

Trends in the Living Networks

The Wall Street Journal writes To Track Virus, Governments Weigh Surveillance Tools That Push Privacy Limits , in among other insights revealing that Clearview AI, which has built a massive database for facial recognition of mainly US residents, is discussing allowing the government to identify individuals for coronavirus tracking.

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How Citizen sparked a $30,000 manhunt for the wrong guy

Vox

We want to keep people safe,” Prince Mapp, Citizen’s head of community and culture, told the Atlantic Journal-Constitution last October. “We It’s essentially a social network based around virtual voyeurism of everything from fiery car wrecks to gunshots to the foibles of animal neighbors. We’re a safety app.

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