Fact checking. Google launches new tools
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2025 4:30 am
Facebook is once again at the center of controversy. The platform has acknowledged a malfunction in its AI that failed to detect the violent scenes of the terrorist attack in Christchurch. The social network has therefore decided to review its live-streaming conditions . Why is Facebook better at managing nudity than terrorism ? Facebook has also acknowledged that it was unable to properly store our passwords . 20,000 employees had access to the passwords written in full for hundreds of millions of users for years!
Proof that Facebook hasn't really changed since the nepal mobile database Cambridge Analytica scandal, which it knew about well before it said. More data, Facebook announced this week changes to its ad targeting. after years of criticism, the platform is reducing advertisers' ability to target users based on their race, gender, age, disability . A new commitment has been made. Meanwhile, Instagram is taking advantage of Amazon's only weakness , discovery shopping, and is offering purchases without leaving the app .
Wikipedia goes on strike for 1 day against the European Copyright Directive . Let's imagine for a second that YouTube does the same with its 400 hours of videos uploaded per minute...
3 FIGURES
2.3 billion – that’s the number of “bad ads” Google removed in 2018
1.5 billion euros – this is the amount of the new European fine against Google for abusive advertising practices.
Proof that Facebook hasn't really changed since the nepal mobile database Cambridge Analytica scandal, which it knew about well before it said. More data, Facebook announced this week changes to its ad targeting. after years of criticism, the platform is reducing advertisers' ability to target users based on their race, gender, age, disability . A new commitment has been made. Meanwhile, Instagram is taking advantage of Amazon's only weakness , discovery shopping, and is offering purchases without leaving the app .
Wikipedia goes on strike for 1 day against the European Copyright Directive . Let's imagine for a second that YouTube does the same with its 400 hours of videos uploaded per minute...
3 FIGURES
2.3 billion – that’s the number of “bad ads” Google removed in 2018
1.5 billion euros – this is the amount of the new European fine against Google for abusive advertising practices.