Bits & Bytes: Meta oversight board seeks public comment on hate speech moderation

Facebook and WhatsApp father Goal has invited public comments about posting immigration-related content that may be harmful to immigrants and shared two cases that Facebook moderators decided to keep on the platform.

The board plans to evaluate whether Meta’s decision to only protect refugees, migrants, immigrants and asylum seekers from the most severe attacks on its social media platforms under its hate speech policy is appropriate.

The board is funded by the social media giant but operates independently. After collecting public comments, it can issue non-binding policy recommendations to Meta.

Trump says Apple CEO Cook called him concerned about EU sanctionsAmerican presidential candidate donald trump He said he received a call from the CEO of Apple Tim Cook over concerns about financial sanctions that the European Union has imposed on the iPhone maker.

European regulators have launched a series of investigations into big tech companies in recent years, aiming to limit their power and ensure a level playing field for smaller rivals.

Last month, Apple lost a lengthy court battle with the European Union, resulting in Apple being forced to pay €13 billion ($14.08 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, as part of a further crackdown. wide.

Earlier this year, the company was hit with a $2 billion EU antitrust fine for thwarting competition from music streaming rivals through restrictions on its App Store.biden administration eases restrictions on space-related exports to alliesThe Biden administration has eased export restrictions placed on U.S. commercial space companies to ship certain satellite and spacecraft-related items to allies and partners.

The changes are intended to make it easier for the growing U.S. commercial space industry to expand its sales while protecting national security and foreign policy interests.

“As the diversity of commercial activity in space grows, these rules will reduce the burden on American industry to continue to innovate and lead in the space sector,” Don Graves, deputy secretary of the Department of Commerce, said in a statement.

Britain to publish online safety demands for platforms in December

Britain’s media regulator ofcom said on Thursday it would detail what action it expected from social media companies to take control of illegal content on their platforms in December, saying it expected swift action or they would face consequences.

Ofcom, responsible for implementing the government’s online safety bill, said platforms would have three months to complete their own risk assessments of illegal harms after publishing their demands.

Ofcom said that Meta, the owner of instagram and Facebook and Snapchat, which have introduced changes to help prevent strangers from contacting children.

Britain’s new online safety regime, which became law last year, requires social media companies to address the causes of harm, particularly to children, by making their services safer.