Senate Dems Tell Facebook, Google CEOs to Fulfill Pledges to End Spread of Climate Disinformation

"As the climate crisis worsens, it is essential that Facebook and Google make good on their commitments to combat climate disinformation on their platforms."

Professional Troll Matthew Garrett Spreads Libel, Defamation and Slander About the Free Software Community to Entertain Microsoft and Friends

After months of parking in our IRC channels to provoke and troll people (and try to collect 'dirt' from responses) the professional troll Matthew Garrett has been for many years shows his true colours again

Corporate Troll Matthew “GAFAM” Garrett Complains About Computer Devices Called “Master/Slave” While Using Slave Labor

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YouTube Copyright Transparency Report: Overblocking is real - Kluwer Copyright Blog

For anyone interested in the discussions about automated content filtering, Christmas came early this week: On Monday YouTube published the first edition of its Copyright Transparency Report. The report that covers copyright enforcement actions on...

Gone: Google Toolbar (2000-2021)

For both better and worse, the internet landscape moves fast. Shortening attention spans and memories all over the world. But every once in a while, we get a reminder of what once was. [Ron Amadeo]…

Open Source Stories: Opening the Loop: Autonomy, Access, and Insulin

When the type 1 diabetes community needed better tools to tame the disease, it used open source to build them. See how in the latest Open Source Stories film.

UEFA DMCA Blitz Has Kept A Traditional TV Station Delisted In Google For Months

There are two ways to go about using the DMCA as a content provider in order to keep copyright infringement at bay: the right and good way, or the bad and lazy way. The right and good way is to use DMCA takedown requests sparingly, to be very...

YouTube’s New Copyright Transparency Report Leaves a Lot Out

YouTube recently released a transparency report on the status of copyright claims for the first half of 2021. It says it will release these numbers biannually from now on. We applaud this move towards transparency, since it gives researchers a...

Google’s Manifest V3 Still Hurts Privacy, Security, and Innovation

It's been over two years since our initial response to Google's Manifest V3 proposal. Manifest V3 is the latest set of changes to the Chrome browser’s rules for browser extensions. Each extensions manifest version update introduces...

Facebook, Google Should Be Held Accountable for Scam Ads: UK Lawmakers

Britain has proposed a landmark online safety law to punish abuses such as child pornography, racism, and violence against women.

Google, WHO partner to help developers build secure digital health solutions | Technology

The collaboration aims to empower Android developers, including in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), as they build digital health tools for healthcare workers everywhere.

Ex-Googler's Ethical AI Startup Models More Inclusive Approach

Backed by big foundations, ethical AI startup DAIR promises a focus on AI directed by and in service of the many rather than controlled just by a few giant tech

Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening

Manifest V3, Google Chrome’s soon-to-be definitive basket of changes to the world of web browser extensions, has been framed by its authors as “a step in the direction of privacy, security, and performance.” But we think these changes are a raw...