socialinformationprocessing
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Trudeau Says Meta and Google Are ‘Bullying’ Canada
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Meta and Google are stalling the country’s Online News Act by using “bullying tactics.” The companies argue that the bill, which would require the big tech companies to pay news publishers for content posted to their websites, is unsustainable for their bottom line.
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Wikipedia Worries Its Volunteer Editors Could Be Liable to Lawsuits Without Section 230
Where does Wikipedia, the world’s most-visited repository of information on the internet, stand without guaranteed digital liability protections? It’s a question weighing heavy on the people who make up the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organisation that administers the site containing 58 million articles in multiple languages and sees more than 16 billion visits total each…
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Try and Spot the Differences in Wikipedia’s First New Look in 11 Years
On Wednesday, the Wikimedia Foundation finally showed off the changes it made to the desktop version of its open online encyclopaedia, an update that’s been over a decade coming and close three years in development.
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Meta’s Oversight Board Says Moderators Wrongfully Removed Post Comparing Russian Army to Nazis
Meta’s Oversight Board overrode the tech giant’s decision to delete a Facebook post earlier this year that compared Russian soldiers to Nazis.