Twitter’s Abuse Outsourcing and Other Social Media Updates Today
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Twitter Hiring
Experts to Counter Abuse
Abuse on social networks is not a new thing. Technology
brings with it power to do more bad than good. This is the reason people use
social networks for purposes other than, well, socializing.
To counter this, Twitter is going to hire experts and
organizations from all parts of the country. The company also asks users to
help fight bad behavior on the microblogging platform with the launch of this
coalition on Safer Internet Day.
"With hundreds of millions of Tweets sent per day, the
volume of content on Twitter is massive, which makes it extraordinarily complex
to strike the right balance between fighting abuse and speaking truth to power.
It requires a multi-layered approach where each of our 320 million users has a
part to play, as do the community of experts working for safety and free
expression,” says Patricia Cartes, Head of Global Policy Outreach for Twitter.
“We are taking a global and inclusive approach so that we
can hear a diversity of voices. We are thrilled to work with these
organizations to ensure that we are enabling everyone, everywhere to express
themselves with confidence on Twitter,” Cartes adds.
The experts and organizations to join the initiative will
work together to shape the company’s future products and policies in a bid to
cut down on abuse and increase user growth & engagement. The company has
named the coalition ‘Twitter Trust and Safely Council’, and will have more than
40 entities of experts, researchers, organizations and safety experts from 13
different regions.
Some prominent names include EU Kids Online, Anti-Bullying
Pro, Family Online Safety Institute, National Domestic Violence Hotline, Cyber
Civil Rights Initiative, Center for Democracy and Technology, and the
Anti-Defamation League.
France Asks Facebook
to Stop Tracking Users and Sending Data to the U.S.
Apparently, Facebook is breaching privacy laws in the eyes
of the European Union. The French Data Protection Authority, CNIL, has told
Facebook to stop user activity tracking without consent, and to stop
transferring certain types of personal data to the United States.
CNIL asserts that Facebook doesn’t warn users before placing
a cookie in their browser to track their activity, even when visiting a
Facebook page without signing up for an account. They also stated that Facebook
collects personal information like political, religious and sexual preference
information. In Europe, all websites are required to state that a cookie will
be placed in the browser to track user activity.
Facebook is given a period of 3 months to make the changes
in accordance with the notice, or be fined heavily.
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