Frances Haugen, the former Facebook engineer who leaked internal documents, has started a nonprofit. Beyond the Screen will help find ways that big tech is not meeting its “legal and ethical obligations to society”. The group will work with groups like Common Sense Media and Project Liberty. Frances Haugen, a former Facebook engineer who leaked … Read more
The European Union on Friday homed in on new regulation to require Big Tech to cast off dangerous online content, the bloc’s trendy flow to rein within the world’s online giants. The Digital Services Act (DSA) — the second part of a massive project to modify tech organizations — objectives to make certain tougher consequences … Read more
LISBON: Whistleblower Frances Haugen issued a stinging rebuke of Facebook’s “Meta” rebrand on Monday, accusing the company of yet again prioritising expansion over people’s safety. The former Facebook engineer, who leaked a trove of internal documents that have sparked weeks of criticism of the social media giant, also called on its chairman and CEO Mark … Read more
Whatsapp, the messaging application has upgraded its payment tool recently. The payment feature will now ask for documents and verify the sender’s identity before the payments are successful. In order to access payments through the Whatsapp beta version, users will now provide legal documents first. The company has not made an official announcement as yet; … Read more
