July 11, 2020 Trump administration announces 25 percent tariff on $1.3B in French handbags, cosmetics, other goods The White House on Saturday announced a 25 percent tariff on $1.3 billion worth of French merchandise, including cosmetics and handbags, after a digital service tax was levied against U.S. tech giants.
July 8, 2020 Big companies that are boycotting Facebook advertise on Russia’s equivalent of social network, report says The companies boycotting Facebook in an effort to fight hate speech have been advertising for years on VK.com, “a Russian social media platform that bans gay-rights groups and is known as a haven for white supremacists,” the Washington Free Beacon said in a report this week.
July 6, 2020 Gun-related online businesses bemoan growing Big Tech's suppression of the Second Amendment After Karl Kasarda's YouTube channel InRange TV was wiped without warning in early 2018, the firearm enthusiast said he had little option but to turn to posting clips and reviews on a platform of a different kind: PornHub.
July 2, 2020 Black workers hit Facebook with class action complaint alleging discrimination and bias A group of black workers filed a class action charge against Facebook, alleging that the company discriminates against African-American workers in hiring, promotions, evaluations and pay.
July 2, 2020 MIT pulls massive AI dataset over racist, misogynistic content MIT permanently took down its 80 Million Tiny Images dataset—a popular image database used to train machine learning systems to identify people and objects in an environment—because it used a range of racist, misogynistic, and other offensive terms to label photos.
July 1, 2020 Amid Facebook boycott over hate speech, ads for 530 brands set to disappear from platform Advertisements for 530 brands -- including Unilever, Adidas, White Castle, Starbucks and Coca-Cola -- are set to disappear from Facebook starting today as the Stop Hate for Profit boycott campaign gets going.
June 29, 2020 YouTube bans David Duke, Richard Spencer, more for hate speech YouTube has banned several prominent white supremacist channels, including those belonging to David Duke and Richard Spencer.
June 29, 2020 Reddit bans ‘TheDonald’ and almost 2,000 other subreddits in hate speech crackdown Reddit is banning r/The_Donald along with almost 2,000 other online communities after updating its content policy to crack down harder on hate speech, the company announced on Monday.
June 25, 2020 Hawley blasts big tech for 'censoring' Christian worship leader Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley called out Instagram Wednesday night for censoring videos of a Christian activist participating in peaceful prayer gatherings at protest sites around the country.
June 24, 2020 Boston bans police from using facial recognition technology Boston has banned police from using facial recognition technology, becoming the second-largest U.S. community to do so.