Showing posts with label Mark Zuckerberg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mark Zuckerberg. Show all posts
Mark Zuckerberg is putting a "dangerous precedent" by means of permitting a submit by means of Donald Trump to continue to be on Facebook, a team of civil rights leaders has warned.

Their assertion observed a video name with the social media giant's founder.

The US president's post, about the vast protests following the loss of life of George Floyd, used to be hidden by way of Twitter final week for "glorifying violence".

Facebook workforce also voiced their anger at their employer, with some staging a "virtual walkout".

In the post, the president wrote he would "send in the National Guard", and warned that "when the looting starts, the taking pictures starts".

Mr Trump shared the identical message on Twitter, the place it used to be hidden at the back of a warning label, prompting an escalating row between Twitter and the White House.

Mr Zuckerberg had in the past defended his selection to go away the identical submit up on Facebook, announcing he disagreed with Mr Trump's phrases however that human beings "should be capable to see this for themselves".

After assembly Mr Zuckerberg, three civil rights leaders spoke back that he was once wrong.
"We are disenchanted and started up via Mark's incomprehensible explanations for permitting the Trump posts to continue to be up," they stated in a joint statement.

"He did no longer show grasp of historical or current voter suppression and he refuses to renowned how Facebook is facilitating Trump's name for violence towards protesters.

"Mark is putting a very unsafe precedent for different voices who would say comparable detrimental matters on Facebook."

Mr Zuckerberg defended his judgement to Facebook body of workers in a digital question-and-answer session on Tuesday, in accordance to the New York Times.

It said the chief govt had stated he had made a "tough decision" however the social network's free speech standards intended that "the proper action" used to be to depart President Trump's publish up.

The newspaper added, however, that some personnel had claimed he used to be appearing out of concern of what Republicans would possibly do if Facebook acted otherwise.
Facebook these days printed the first 20 participants of its Oversight Board, an impartial physique that can pass by judgement on Facebook‘s policies, aid in content material moderation, and hear appeals on current decisions. In theory, it’s a committee that can assist Facebook navigate hard selections of what’s ok to have on the platform, and can overrule even CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Let’s see what they virtually do in practice.

In case you don’t bear in mind — due to the fact it’s been over a yr due to the fact that Zuckerberg first stated the diagram — the thinking in the back of this team is that it’ll be capable to overrule Facebook‘s higher administration in coverage choices and content material moderation. There will be forty individuals in total, from a range of distinctive backgrounds, none of whom have any connection to Facebook itself. It’ll additionally be funded by way of an impartial $130 million trust. The board will hear instances in five-person panels and make closing rulings, announcing on its website online that “Facebook have to put in force our decisions, until implementation should violate the law.”
Zuckerberg stated in 2018 that the unbiased board would “be centered solely on our community,” adding: “The reason of this physique would be to uphold the precept of giving human beings a voice whilst additionally recognizing the truth of maintaining human beings safe.”
In an op-ed for the New York Times, the 4 co-chairs of the board specify that they won’t always be managing each and every attraction or coverage choice to do with Facebook:

We will center of attention on figuring out instances that have a real-world impact, are essential for public discourse and increase questions about modern Facebook policies. Cases that take a look at the line between satire and hate speech, the unfold of picture content material after tragic events, and whether or not manipulated content material posted by way of public figures must be handled in a different way from different content material are simply some of these that may additionally come earlier than the board.

They additionally notice that they comprehend they won’t be in a position to repair each hassle with Facebook, and that some of their selections won’t please everyone. But, whilst they don’t say it in so many words, one may want to infer they don’t suppose Facebook should be tons worse off for their assist than it is now.

The human beings who’ve as a result a long way been chosen to be on the board have a plethora of tiers and skills that make them perfect for judging subtle social situations. They consist of the former Prime Minister of Denmark, Nobel Peace Prize and Pulitzer recipients, contributors of worldwide advocacy groups, and more than one regulation professors. You can study the full listing here. And maintain in mind, this isn’t even doing the individuals full justice. If there had been any physique of human beings who may want to conceivably assist Facebook navigate touchy issues, this would be them.

The query is: can they?

A Facebook Supreme Court sounds like some thing humorous at first blush, due to the fact there are instances it’s tough to reconcile one’s personal, frivolous use of the platform from the tool of mass deception and misinformation it’s continuously proven itself to be. But it’s that very frivolousness that potential most of us don’t query the gravity of what we see on it. We snort at pals and household contributors who share blatantly pretend information except absolutely realizing what a large trouble they (and, through association, we) are a section of.

The thought of an unbiased committee assisting Facebook and its customers parent out what the proper issue is in instances that contain attainable danger, censorship, and the free speech of hundreds of thousands of humans is a great deal greater attractive than the choice — that being Facebook carrying on as it has done. That’s now not served any of us nicely so far. So there’s a hazard this ought to be one of the first-class measures any social media provider has taken for the suitable of the world.

The Facebook Oversight Board is a exceptional measure, however I’m in desire of ready to see how it works in practice. These forty humans have a helluva job beforehand of them — it’s now not a job for which you’d see me signing up. But I’d like to see what variety of a job they do earlier than I bypass any judgment myself. As Alan Rusbridger, one of the members, stated in a column explaining his desire to be a part of the board, “Will it work? Let’s see. There is, in my view, no excuse for now not trying.”

According to the Board’s website, it’ll commence its work immediately, and will begin listening to instances “in the coming months.”
Welcoming the Oversight Board on Facebook 
During a income name on Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasised the value of Facebook’s mission with Reliance Jio and additionally how it may assist collect comparable merchandise all over the world.

Facebook’s present day funding of $5.7 billion that can be over Rs 43,000 crore in Jio systems can help the social-media large in assembling comparable merchandise for extraordinary markets throughout the world, based totally on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, statistics bureau IANS reported.
“Surely all the technological know-how and merchandise which we are constructing to empower that (Jio) challenge will be matters which we desire to do all round the world. So we are very enthusiastic about working collectively to push this imaginative and prescient beforehand and then extending it somewhere over the coming months and years,” Zuckerberg knowledgeable the analysts throughout a income forecast.
Zuckerberg stated that Jio had had the Jio Mart eyesight for a little while. “There are limitless small organizations and shops throughout India, and they desire to try and assist get them to one community you’ll have the capability to talk thru WhatsApp and operate repayments on line thru WhatsApp,” Zuckerberg said.

 Last week Facebook spent 9.99 share in an fairness stake in Reliance Jio, getting its largest shareholder. Facebook plans to appeal to the Jio Mart of Reliance WhatsApp for its program.
The job has been piloted by means of it in sure Mumbai areas of Thane, Navi Mumbai, and Kalyan.
December JioMart used to be launched via jio and additionally the 
funding of WhatsApp; it ought to attain four hundred million consumers.
JioMart has given 88500 08000 that is to be inserted to vicinity orders to a WhatsApp amount. A URL is as a result despatched by way of jioMart. The connection then directs the patron to a page. The shoppers can get get right of entry to After this is completed.
Zuckerberg said that Facebook needs to merge applications such as Facebook, Instagram Messenger’s household. This will useful resource little corporations to have a presence on the plans. Through this integration, the small companies”can speak and after that steadily can do matters which might also assist them pressure trades,” 
Zuckerberg said.
“We started rolling out matters such as catalogs in WhatsApp, we are working on responsibilities to be in a function to entire trades, and we have rolled out a new marketing format, click on to messaging advertisements, the place in fact tiny businesses and special agencies are discovering their message threads with men and women function higher for using salary than their websites or different presences; they buy classified ads internal Facebook or even Instagram and ship human beings via conversation threads,” Zuckerberg elaborated.
 

Facebook nowadays introduced that it investing ₹43,574 crores ($5.67 billion) into India’s largest carrier, Reliance Jio, to pick out up 9.99% stake in the company. It’s the social network’s largest funding in the united states until date.

Last month, Financial Times mentioned that the social networking massive used to be in talks with Jio to make an investment. However, the deal was once postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

For the first mission via the partnership, each groups will take part in packages that assist small businesses, farmers, and, save proprietors attain greater clients thru digital services.
In addition, WhatsApp has entered a industrial partnership with JioMart, the cell community provider’s ecommerce platform. The thought is to join small businesses, such as shops in residential areas (commonly referred to as ‘kirana’ stores) on JioMart to clients the usage of WhatsApp for hyperlocal deliveries.

In a submit on Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that this partnership can assist extra than 60 million small companies in In India grow:
India is domestic to the greatest communities on Facebook and WhatsApp, and a lot of gifted entrepreneurs. The u . s . is in the center of a most important digital transformation and agencies like Jio have performed a huge section in getting heaps of hundreds of thousands of Indian humans and small corporations online.
This is specifically necessary proper now, due to the fact small agencies are the core of each and every economic system and they want our support. India has greater than 60 million small companies and tens of millions of human beings be counted on them for jobs. With communities round the world in lockdown, many of these entrepreneurs want digital equipment they can count number on to locate and talk with clients and develop their businesses. This is some thing we can assist with — and that’s why we’re partnering with Jio to assist humans and corporations in India create new opportunities.   

In 2016, multi-billionaire Mukesh Ambani commenced Jio to take on complacent incumbents like Airtel and Vodafone, and paved the way for less expensive information fees in the country. Now, it’s the largest provider in the united states with extra than 388 million subscribers.

In a statement, Ambani stated this partnership will be instrumental in the country’s financial healing put up coronavirus pandemic:

The synergy between Jio and Facebook will assist recognise Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s ‘Digital India’ Mission with its two bold dreams — ‘Ease of Living’ and ‘Ease of Doing Business’ – for each and every single class of Indian humans except exception. In the post-Corona era, I am assured of India’s monetary healing and resurgence in the shortest duration of time. The partnership will actually make an necessary contribution to this transformation.

As we stated final month, Facebook will seem to leverage Reliance Jio’s attain amongst semi-urban and rural customers throughout the country. Meanwhile, Reliance will financial institution on the social network’s technical information to construct merchandise and services. Plus, Ambani’s political attain and lobbying prowess may want to assist Facebook in executing initiatives easily.

This is Facebook’s 2nd try at getting into the Indian enterprise sphere. In 2015, the business enterprise added its Free Basics software to India through partnering with nearby carriers to provide get right of entry to to pick out web sites for free. The go would have allowed Facebook to probably form the web utilization habits of these coming on line for the first time thru its service.

However, it confronted gorgeous backlash from privacy advocates, as the application violated the necessary policies of internet neutrality by way of giving preferential cure to websites vetted with the aid of Facebook. Free Basics was once ultimately banned in India in 2016.
While the center of attention of the partnership appears to be on small corporations as of now, we would possibly see extra consumer-facing initiatives in the future. A file from the Economic Times posted ultimate week stated that each organizations are already working on a WeChat-like super-app that together with messaging, ecommerce, and payments.

It’s essential to notice that Jio affords repayments via JioMoney, and messaging via JioChat. However, it doesn’t have an app encompassing all of them at the moment.
On Friday, Facebook announced that it would further attempt to limit coronavirus-related chaos on its platform by banning commerce listings and advertisements for medical face masks.
“We’re monitoring COVID19 closely and will make necessary updates to our policies if we see people trying to exploit this public health emergency,” Facebook Director of Product Management Rob Leathern said in an update on Twitter. “We’ll start rolling out this change in the days ahead.”
“We are temporarily banning advertisements and commerce listings that sell medical face masks,” a Facebook spokesperson told TNT. “Our teams are monitoring the COVID19 situation closely and will make necessary updates to our policies if we see people trying to exploit this public health emergency.”
Facebook will also limit any ads for medical products that imply a limited supply or create a sense of urgency among potential buyers, as well as ads that make guarantees for COVID-19 “cures” or prevention. Along with those changes, in the next few days Facebook will begin blocking coronavirus-themed groups and pages from its algorithmic recommendations.
As fears of a novel coronavirus epidemic swell worldwide, online platforms have scrambled to stop price gouging and health misinformation. Amazon is working to eradicate “high priced offers” on products like hand sanitizer and face masks from its marketplace, while Ebay has banned all listings for N95 and N100 face masks, hand sanitizer and alcohol wipes. The online auction site will also reject any listings exploiting terms like “COVID-19” and “coronavirus.”
On Wednesday, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) wrote an open letter to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos expressing concern over “continued reports of price gouging and a lack of transparency” on the site.
“No one should be allowed to reap a windfall from fear and human suffering,” Markey wrote, adding that online retailers have a “particular responsibility” to protect consumers in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak.
Earlier this week, Facebook announced that coronavirus-related searches on its platform would be greeted with an automatic pop-up featuring information from the World Health Organization and local health authorities.
“Given the developing situation, we’re working with national ministries of health and organizations like the WHO, CDC and UNICEF to help them get out timely, accurate information on the coronavirus,” Mark Zuckerberg wrote in an update on his company’s efforts. “We’re giving the WHO as many free ads as they need for their coronavirus response along with other in-kind support.”
The company is also focused on curtailing potentially life-threatening coronavirus misinformation, removing ads, conspiracy theories and treatment claims with no scientific basis. Facebook’s decision to disable ads for face masks comes at a time when health authorities are urging well people to forgo buying the masks, both because they are not necessary for healthy individuals to wear and because demand for the masks is constricting their supply for the medical workers who need them most.