Todd Spangler / Variety: YouTube updates guidelines, easing restrictions on simulated violence in gaming content as long as violent or gory imagery is not the sole focus of a video …
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Alex Hern / The Guardian: Facebook updated fact checking guidelines in August to include ads, but some fact checkers say they learned about the change only from Zuckerberg’s testimony — …
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Otillia Steadman / BuzzFeed News: Sex workers say Instagram keeps taking down accounts, giving confusing guidelines and explanations; Facebook blames moderators’ interpretation of guidelines — Sex workers and Instagram tried …
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Jack Nicas / New York Times: Apple removes app from the App Store that tracked Hong Kong police and protests after pressure from China says it “violates our guidelines and …
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Alex Hern / The Guardian: Leaked TikTok content moderation guidelines reveal how it censors videos mentioning Tiananmen Square, Tibetan independence, or Falun Gong — Leak spells out how social media …
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Alex Hern / The Guardian: Internal documents reveal Apple’s guidelines for rewriting Siri’s responses to “sensitive topics” such as feminism and the #MeToo movement — Leaked papers show project to …
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Annie Palmer / CNBC: Google releases new community guidelines for employees, placing new restrictions on talking about politics on internal mailing lists and forums — KEY POINTS — Google on …
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Will Oremus / OneZero: YouTube’s guidelines may not discriminate against LGBTQ creators, but their vagueness and ad-friendly conservatism leads to discriminatory enforcement — A new lawsuit highlights a basic injustice …
Read MoreThe Block: G20 members announce support for global money-laundering watchdog FATF’s amended crypto guidelines, which require crypto exchanges to share customer data — The Group of Twenty (G20), an international …
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Makena Kelly / The Verge: Following criticism, Twitter rolls out a notice for tweets from political figures, verified users, and accounts with 100K+ followers that break its guidelines — The …
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