San Francisco, Dec 6 (Ians) Meta on Tuesday warned to ban news in the US if the government passes a journalism bill that will require the social network to pay publishers for using their content.
Andy Stone, Meta’s head of policy communications, said on Twitter that if the Congress passes an “ill-considered journalism bill” as part of national security legislation, “we will be forced to consider removing news from our platform altogether rather than submit to the government-mandated negotiations that unfairly disregard any value we provide to news outlets through increased traffic and subscriptions”.
Introduced last year, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (Jcpa), once passed, will allow news publishers to negotiate with Facebook and Google over the use of their content.
The US Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act in September, but it still has to pass through the full Senate.
Stone said that the...
Andy Stone, Meta’s head of policy communications, said on Twitter that if the Congress passes an “ill-considered journalism bill” as part of national security legislation, “we will be forced to consider removing news from our platform altogether rather than submit to the government-mandated negotiations that unfairly disregard any value we provide to news outlets through increased traffic and subscriptions”.
Introduced last year, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (Jcpa), once passed, will allow news publishers to negotiate with Facebook and Google over the use of their content.
The US Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act in September, but it still has to pass through the full Senate.
Stone said that the...
- 12/6/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has fired or disciplined dozens of employees and contractors — including Meta security guards — following an internal probe that revealed they were improperly accessing users’ accounts for reasons including bribery.
The Wall Street Journal reports that, for years, the employees and contractors wrongly used Facebook’s internal mechanism for helping password-forgetting users reclaim their accounts — called, appropriately, “Oops” — for profit, either by charging users to re-access their account or taking over the account and selling it back to its rightful owner.
“Individuals selling fraudulent services are always targeting online platforms,...
The Wall Street Journal reports that, for years, the employees and contractors wrongly used Facebook’s internal mechanism for helping password-forgetting users reclaim their accounts — called, appropriately, “Oops” — for profit, either by charging users to re-access their account or taking over the account and selling it back to its rightful owner.
“Individuals selling fraudulent services are always targeting online platforms,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Copyright claims against Mariah Carey for her hit song “All I Want For Christmas is You” have been dropped.
Carey and co-songwriter Walter Afansieff were originally sued in June this year after they were accused of copying the song from country singer Andy Stone.
Stone claimed he co-wrote a song of the same name five years earlier for his band Vince Vance & the Valiants in 1989.
While the song is sonically different, Stone claims he never gave permission for the name to be used.
Carey was originally being sued for 20m (£16m), according to legal documents filed at the US district court in the eastern district of Louisiana.
However, the case has now been dropped by Stone – but he is legally allowed to refile.
In the original case file, it was claimed that Carey had earned “undeserved” profit from the song title.
The documents, obtained by the Pa news agency, state...
Carey and co-songwriter Walter Afansieff were originally sued in June this year after they were accused of copying the song from country singer Andy Stone.
Stone claimed he co-wrote a song of the same name five years earlier for his band Vince Vance & the Valiants in 1989.
While the song is sonically different, Stone claims he never gave permission for the name to be used.
Carey was originally being sued for 20m (£16m), according to legal documents filed at the US district court in the eastern district of Louisiana.
However, the case has now been dropped by Stone – but he is legally allowed to refile.
In the original case file, it was claimed that Carey had earned “undeserved” profit from the song title.
The documents, obtained by the Pa news agency, state...
- 11/4/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
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Instagram said a technical “bug” was causing content to be placed behind “sensitivity screens” after the Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the company was hiding posts mentioning abortion from public view.
Earlier on Tuesday, the AP identified nearly a dozen posts on Instagram that included information about abortion — not photos of abortions — that were covered by Instagram with the warning, “This photo may contain graphic or violent content.”
“We’re hearing that people around the world are seeing our ‘sensitivity screens’ on many different types of content when they shouldn’t be. We’re looking into this bug and working on a fix now,” the Instagram communications team tweeted.
On Monday, days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Vice also found that Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — was removing posts from users who were offering to mail...
Instagram said a technical “bug” was causing content to be placed behind “sensitivity screens” after the Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the company was hiding posts mentioning abortion from public view.
Earlier on Tuesday, the AP identified nearly a dozen posts on Instagram that included information about abortion — not photos of abortions — that were covered by Instagram with the warning, “This photo may contain graphic or violent content.”
“We’re hearing that people around the world are seeing our ‘sensitivity screens’ on many different types of content when they shouldn’t be. We’re looking into this bug and working on a fix now,” the Instagram communications team tweeted.
On Monday, days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Vice also found that Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — was removing posts from users who were offering to mail...
- 6/28/2022
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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