Google rests its case in French dispute over online content
France's antitrust authority confirmed that Alphabet subsidiary Google has pledged to settle a national copyright issue.
According to the antitrust authority, Google decided not to fight a $528 million punishment paid last year. The ruling puts an end to the authority's probe into Google, which ... Read more
EU wants big tech to address deepfakes or face consequences
According to an EU document obtained by Reuters, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other tech giants will have to combat deepfakes and fake accounts or face heavy fines under a revised European Union code of practice.
As part of its war on false news, the European Commission will release a revised ... Read more
A second probe into Google’s ad practices launched by Britain
A second probe into Google's Advertising practices was launched by British Competition Regulators on Thursday, indicating that the tech giant may be favoring its own services by distorting competition.
The competition and market authority (CMA) recent probe follows up on the investigation into F... Read more
Meta gifts its Jest JavaScript test framework to OpenJS Foundation
The popular Jest JavaScript test framework will now flourish as a community-led project.
Meta is transferring its open source JavaScript testing framework, Jest, to the OpenJS Foundation. Jest is one of Meta's top open source projects. It has become the "most used" tool for testing JavaScript pr... Read more
Facebook’s eCommerce initiative struggles
Meta Platforms, Facebook's parent company, isn't making as much headway on eCommerce as staff expected when the pandemic hit, according to The Wall Street Journal. Several retailers aren't thrilled about it.
Retailers have expressed their dissatisfaction with the service, claiming that it lacks... Read more
Meta intends to monetize Metaverse, and creators aren’t happy
The Metaverse will likely be monetized; something creators do not like.
Meta (previously called Facebook) recently announced its initial plans to enable content creators or digital creators to monetize Horizon Worlds – a potential Metaverse platform. Meta’s planned market share for various c... Read more
Facebook slapped with $18.6 million fine for 2018 breaches of the GDPR in the EU
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Facebook's parent company, Meta, €17 million ($18.6 million) for a series of past data breaches.
The security flaws in question, which appear to have impacted up to 30 million Facebook users, trace back many years and were reported to the Ir... Read more
Irish regulator may stop Facebook, Instagram Trans-Atlantic data flows this May
In an interview, Ireland's data privacy authority indicated that EU-US data transfers by Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram might be blocked as soon as May. Still, the decision would not immediately affect other large tech companies.
Due to fears that U.S. government monitoring may not respect E.... Read more
Meta is working on a real-time translator for every language in the world
Meta is developing a universal translation machine. The organization promises a solution for the entire world population, including speakers of rare languages that current AI translators don't support.
According to Meta, existing AI translators support 80 percent of all global languages. Rare la... Read more
Meta receives a new draft decision on its EU-U.S. data transfers
"This is not a final decision," a spokesperson for the tech giant was quick to comment.
Facebook has received a “revised” preliminary decision from its lead EU privacy regulator this week. The decision could have implications for its ability to continue to export user data to the US. This i... Read more