Category: label

Facebook finally delivers on its promise to label ‘state-controlled’ media

Post author By Randall
Post date June 4, 2020
Categories In 2020 elections, ads, editorial independence, Facebook, gear, label, labels, Media, News, outlets, state-controlled, Tech

[ad_1] Facebook also plans to label ads from state-controlled media outlets. In the US, Facebook will block such ads altogether “out of an “abundance of caution” — even though it admits they rarely appear. That’s part of an attempt to protect elections in 2020 from foreign influence, Facebook says. Facebook claims it worked with more […]

Twitter bans deepfakes that are ‘likely to cause harm’

Post author By Randall
Post date February 4, 2020
Categories In deepfake, gear, Internet, label, misinformation, Mobile, public safety, rules, Security, Tech, tweets, Twitter

[ad_1] When determining if the media has been deceptively altered, Twitter will consider factors like whether a real person has been fabricated. It may flag content if visual or auditory info (like dubbing) has been added or removed. It will also judge the context and whether the deepfake is likely to impact public safety or […]

Chrome may shame slow-loading sites with ‘speed badging’

Post author By Randall
Post date November 11, 2019
Categories In badge, badging, browser, chrome, chrome developer summit, chromedevelopersummit, chromium, gear, Google, Internet, label, speed, Tech, website

[ad_1] One of the key focuses of the Chrome Developer Summit this year is speeding up the web, and that includes offering developers tools to help their sites and web apps load quicker. Labeling sluggish sites might prompt developers to take advantage of such tools. The idea is to flag when sites are designed in […]