Facebook’s Oversight Board Should Monitor the Whole Industry, Says Leading Member
By: Sifted May 24, 2021 Facebook’s oversight board is a “model of future regulation” that could expand its remit to include other large social media businesses around the world, according to one of its leading members. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the former prime minister of Denmark, said that the board — which has just hit the headlines […]
Florida, in a First, Will Fine Social Media Companies That Bar Candidates
By: New York Times May 26, 2021 WASHINGTON — Florida on Monday became the first state to regulate how companies like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter moderate speech online, by imposing fines on social media companies that permanently bar political candidates in the state. The law, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, is a direct response to […]
Crisp Insights into Digital Age ESG Developments – May 20, 2021
Amazon’s Ring is The Largest Civilian Surveillance Network The US Has Ever Seen “Ring is effectively building the largest corporate-owned, civilian-installed surveil-lance network that the US has ever seen”. Moreover “Because Ring cameras are owned by civilians, law enforcement are given a backdoor entry into private video recordings of people in residential and public […]