Tag: Social Media

Facebook reviews ‘race-blind’ hate speech policy

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ NEW YORK: Facebook has decided to revise its hate speech algorithms to prioritise blocking slurs against blacks, Muslims and others that have historically faced discrimination, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. The change is set to alter the social network’s “so-called race-blind” system that has removed anti-white comments and excised innocuous comments by people of colour, the Post said. The reform is at an early stage and aims to target speech deemed “the worst of the worst”, including slurs against blacks, Muslims, people of more than one race, the LGBTQ community…

Solomon Islands Government Prepares To Ban Facebook

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ The Solomon Islands government is attempting to limit ‘abusive language’ therefore they are preparing to ban Facebook. Critics argue that it is an attempt to curtail criticism of the government. If the ban is implemented, Solomon Islands will join China, Iran and North Korea in outlawing Facebook. Other countries including the island nation of Nauru have temporarily blocked it. Solomon’s Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, brought the ban to cabinet on Monday. It’s not yet clear as to when the proposed ban will be implemented and for how long the…

Facebook, Instagram ban QAnon conspiracy-linked accounts ahead of US election

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COURTEYS BY: https://www.dawn.com/ Facebook on Tuesday announced a ban on all accounts linked to the QAnon conspiracy group, as the social network tries to clamp down on misinformation ahead of the heated US presidential election. The move against QAnon at Facebook and its image-sharing platform Instagram comes as the online giant tries to avoid being used to deceive or confuse voters, as was the case during the 2016 election that put US President Donald Trump in the White House. “We will remove any Facebook pages, groups and Instagram accounts representing…

Turkey Passes Law To Regulate Social Media Content

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Turkey on Wednesday passed a controversial new law regulating social media to comply with any demands by the government to block or remove content. Under the new law by Turkey, social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter have to ensure they have local representatives in Turkey and to comply with court orders over the removal of certain content or face heavy fines. The legislation targets social networks with more than a million unique visits every day and says servers with Turkish users’ data must be stored…

Cheater David Beador’s GF Lesley Cook Shames Walmart Employee And Proudly Posts The Video On Social Media

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David Beador’s girlfriend Lesley Cook probably won’t be going back to Walmart any time soon. Cook went shopping at a local Walmart in Irvine California when she got into a major argument with staff members, who were simply checking her purchased items at the door. Anyone who has shopped at Walmart knows that it is standard procedure for employees to check customer carts as they leave the store. The policy is meant to deter theft and is supposed to be a random thing. Real Housewives@RHOGossip David Beador’s Girlfriend Lesley Looks…