October 2021

YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat defended their impact on children and how they protect children online

YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat defended their impact on children and how they protect children online

In their debut testimony to U.S. senators, video-sharing app TikTok and photo-sharing network Snapchat argued that their platforms are designed to safeguard users from the mental health and safety hazards associated with social media. YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat, three social media sites with a large number of young users, tried to persuade wary US senators […]

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Facebook will pay up to $14.25 million to settle employment discrimination allegations

Facebook will pay up to $14.25 million to settle employment discrimination allegations in the United States.

Prosecutors said that Facebook failed to make more than 2,600 positions available to Americans and other U.S. employees as easily as they were to foreigners following a two-year federal inquiry. Facebook will pay up to $14 million to settle claims it favoured foreign workers. Facebook has agreed to pay up to $14.25 million to resolve

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Facebook fined almost £50 million by Britain for breaching order in Giphy deal

Facebook fined almost £50 million by Britain for breaching order in Giphy deal

Facebook has been fined £50.5 million by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for violating an order issued during the CMA’s inquiry into Facebook’s purchase of Giphy The UK’s competition regulator penalised Facebook 50.5 million pounds ($69.6 million) for breaking an order issued during its inquiry into the social media giant’s acquisition of GIF site

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Amazon has introduced a household/home monitoring robot based on Alexa; meet Astro, the home robot

Amazon has introduced a household/home monitoring robot based on Alexa; meet Astro, the home robot

In September 2021, Amazon launched a new home robot known as Astro. According to Charlie Tritschler, Vice President of Products at Amazon, during a team meeting with his colleagues, they were asked a big question on how consumer electronics and Artificial intelligence (AI) would be more helpful in future homes which led to a thought-provoking

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