Facebook has switched off some child abuse detection tools in Europe following new rules set by the EU. The company has insisted it had no choice because the new privacy directive has banned automatic scanning of private measures. The change only applies to its messaging services rather than content uploaded to Facebook, and as noted by BBC, there is no change in the UK, where measures remain "consistent with applicable laws". In a blog post, Facebook said: "The European Commission and child safety experts have said that the directive does not provide a legal basis for these tools... "The safe...
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Facebook is disabling a number of Messenger and Instagram features for users in Europe. The social networking platform is taking steps to make sure the services comply with a change in privacy rules, as messaging apps will full under EU regulations from Monday In response to this, Facebook has turned off a number of interactive options until it is certain it can re-add the extra features. As well as group chat polls, Messenger users will also have noticed that nicknames have been deactivated, while Instagram in Europe no longer supports the sharing of augmented-reality face filters in DMs. How...
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Facebook is disabling a number of Messenger and Instagram features for users in Europe. The social networking platform is taking steps to make sure the services comply with a change in privacy rules, as messaging apps will full under EU regulations from Monday In response to this, Facebook has turned off a number of interactive options until it is certain it can re-add the extra features. As well as group chat polls, Messenger users will also have noticed that nicknames have been deactivated, while Instagram in Europe no longer supports the sharing of augmented-reality face filters in DMs. How...
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Facebook is facing legal action from US regulators and more than 45 state prosecutors. The social networking platform has been accused of taking illegal actions to buy up rival firms and in the process, reduce its competition. However, Facebook general counsel Jennifer Newstead has pointed out that the deals in question were all previously approved by regulators in the US. She said: "The government now wants a do-over, sending a chilling warning to American business that no sale is ever final." Newstead insisted that the company would do everything it could to defend its interests and its repu...
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Facebook and Twitter will warn users if people make premature claims about the US election.The social networking sites are working to battle misinformation on election day on Tuesday (03.11.20), with new labels created to direct users to authoritative sources of information.Twitter's labels - which will appear in blue with an exclamation mark - will feature different messages, with one reading: "Official sources called this election differently."Another says: "Official sources may not have called the race when this was tweeted."In a tweet explaining their stance, Twitter commented: "We may lab...
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Mark Zuckerberg has said the upcoming presidential will be "a test" for Facebook.The social media network's CEO says the firm will find out if it has done enough to help stop the spread of misinformation and to uphold "election integrity" surrounding the election on November 3.As per Bloomberg, Zuckerberg said: "Next week will certainly be a test for Facebook."Election integrity is and will be an ongoing challenge."The billionaire has warned that he fears there will be "civil unrest" during and after the election.
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Pakistan's Prime Minister has written a letter to Facebook calling for a ban on Islamophobic content on the sitePakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to ban all Islamophobic content on the site.The South Asia country's leader has penned a letter to highlight the "growing Islamophobia" being spread across social media.And following the CEO's announcement earlier this month, that Facebook will ban all Holocaust denial content, Khan wants the same rules to apply to hateful content aimed at Islam.In the letter, the Pakistani government wrote: "I would ask you to...
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Facebook is launching its own hosting serviceThe social media network looks set to compete with the likes of Wix and GoDaddy with their own Facebook Hosting Services, which they plan to rollout in the "coming months".Facebook said in a blog post: “Businesses have varying technology needs and want choice in the companies they work with to host and manage customer communications, particularly with remote work increasing.“Which is why over the coming months, we plan to expand our partnerships with business solution providers we've worked with over the last two years. We will also provide a new op...
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Facebook Dating has launched in the UK and Europe.Having already launched in the US in September and expanded to South America and Asia, more singletons around the globe can now match with their friends on Facebook and Instagram.The in-app online dating experience comes with a "secret crush" feature which means you can potentially match with people on your Friends List.As soon as a match is made, users will be able to message each other.Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Facebook Dating also comes with a video call option to go on a virtual date.
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The social media network's software is capable of translating 100 languages without using English first.The system, M2M-100, was tested using 7.5 billion sentence pairs from 100 different languages.Facebook processes around 20 billion translations every day on the news feed and they hope their new AI model will improve content going forward.Facebook's AI Research Assistant Angela Fan said in a blog post: "This milestone is a culmination of years of Facebook AI's foundational work in machine translation."When translating, say, Chinese to French, most English-centric multilingual models train on...
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