Spotify Planning to Test Full-Length Music Videos in App

Spotify Planning to Test Full-Length Music Videos in App

Spotify Technology is considering adding full-length music videos to its app, which could help the streaming service better compete with Alphabet‘s YouTube and ByteDance‘s TikTok. The service has already begun talking to partners about the product, according to people familiar with the plan who asked not to be identified because…

Meta, Google Advised in Vietnam to Use AI to Detect Toxic Content on Social Media: Report

Meta, Google Advised in Vietnam to Use AI to Detect Toxic Content on Social Media: Report

Vietnam has told cross-border social platforms to use artificial intelligence (AI) models that can detect and remove “toxic” content automatically, the latest requirement in its stringent regime for social media firms, state media reported on Friday. Vietnam has repeatedly asked companies like Meta‘s Facebook, Google‘s YouTube and TikTok to coordinate…

Google Launches New AI-Backed Ad Features That Auto Locates Best Ad Placements, More

Google Launches New AI-Backed Ad Features That Auto Locates Best Ad Placements, More

Alphabet‘s Google said on Wednesday it is launching two new artificial intelligence-powered features for advertisers that will automatically find the best ad placements for brands across the tech company’s services. AI has dominated the tech industry in recent months as Google and other companies have developed novel chatbots that can…

Twitter Exits Voluntary EU Disinformation Code but Obligations Remain, EU Commissioner Says

Twitter Exits Voluntary EU Disinformation Code but Obligations Remain, EU Commissioner Says

Twitter has decided to leave the EU’s disinformation code, a voluntary pact that groups together the major social platforms, but “its obligations remain,” EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted Saturday. Launched in 2018, the EU’s code of practice on disinformation counts nearly three dozen signatories including the giants in the…

After ChatGPT, Italy’s Regulator Plans to Review Other Artificial Intelligence Platforms

After ChatGPT, Italy’s Regulator Plans to Review Other Artificial Intelligence Platforms

Italy’s data protection authority Garante plans to review other artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a top official said, as it ramps up scrutiny of the powerful technology after temporarily banning ChatGPT in March. Garante is among the most proactive of the 31 national data protection authorities which oversee…

WhatsApp Faces Penalty in Russia on Accusations of Failing to Delete Banned Content: Report

WhatsApp Faces Penalty in Russia on Accusations of Failing to Delete Banned Content: Report

Messenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of RUB 4 million (nearly Rs. 41 lakh) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing a Moscow court. Although WhatsApp’s parent company Meta Platforms was last year banned in Russia as an “extremist”…

FTC Says Meta Misled Parents on Child Protection Measures, Proposes Ban on Profiting From Minors’ Data

FTC Says Meta Misled Parents on Child Protection Measures, Proposes Ban on Profiting From Minors’ Data

The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Meta’s Facebook of misleading parents about protections for children and proposed tightening an existing agreement on privacy to include a ban on making money from minors’ data. Specifically, the FTC said Facebook misled parents about how much control they had over who their…

I do body modifications — I refused to pierce a 2-week-old baby
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I do body modifications — I refused to pierce a 2-week-old baby

The controversy surrounding piercing baby’s ears was reignited with a recent TikTok clip. UK-based Adhum Price, who works as a cosmetic body piercer in Birmingham, posted the video earlier this month, recreating an exchange he had with a father, who asked him to pierce his daughter’s ears, according to the…

TikTok to Get Banned in France for Use on Smartphones of Civil Servants

TikTok to Get Banned in France for Use on Smartphones of Civil Servants

France will ban the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of civil servants, Civil Service Minister Stanislas Guerini said on his Twitter account. “In order to guarantee the cybersecurity of our administrations and civil servants, the government has decided to ban recreational applications such as TikTok…