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Google's new transparency rules |
A day before the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) goes into effect, Google unveiled new transparency measures. |
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Laurie Richardson, Google's vice president of trust and safety, said in a company blog post Thursday that Google plans to increase transparency about advertising on its platforms in preparation for the new rules. "We will be expanding the Ads Transparency Center, a global searchable repository of advertisers across all our platforms, to meet specific DSA provisions and providing additional information on targeting for ads served in the European Union," Richardson said. Google also intends to increase data access for researchers, make information about its content moderation policies more easily accessible, and expand the scope of transparency reports that detail how the company handles content moderation, she said. The DSA goes into effect for 19 large online platforms and search engines — including Google Search, Google Play, Google Maps, Google Shopping and Google subsidiary YouTube — that reach at least 45 million users a month. Other massive platforms — like Amazon, the Apple App Store, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, TikTok, the platform formerly known as Twitter, and Wikipedia — will also be subject to the new rules starting Friday. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of CNN, says it has plans to launch a new 24-hour streaming news service just more than a year after shuttering CNN+. “CNN Max,” will feature a full seven-day schedule of news programming when it launches in September and will draw on some of the network’s top talent — including Jake Tapper, Jim Acosta and Anderson Cooper, according to the company. The new venture … |
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| T-Mobile plans to lay off close to 5,000 employees, about 7 percent of its workforce, by the end of September, the company's president and CEO said in an email to employees Thursday. The layoffs will primarily affect corporate, back-office and technology roles, while retail and other customer-facing roles "will not be impacted," Mike Sievert, T-Mobile's president and CEO, said in the email disclosed in a Securities and Exchange … |
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Thursday against SpaceX, Elon Musk's space company, alleging the company discriminated against refugees and asylees during the hiring process. The DOJ claimed SpaceX "routinely" discouraged refugees and those granted asylum from applying for jobs and often would refuse to hire or consider them for positions, specifically because of their citizenship status, from at least September … |
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Some schools and educators are embracing the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT despite concerns about cheating in an effort to prepare students for a world where it is more common, The New York Times reported. |
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YouTube tests humming search feature | YouTube is testing a feature that would allow users to search for songs by humming a tune, Mashable reported. |
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Amazon to use AI for football on PRime |
Amazon will be using artificial intelligence features for Thursday Night Football streamed on its Prime platform, TheVerge reported. |
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Uber raises minimum age for most California drivers to 25, saying insurance costs are too high |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Thursday under rules the company said are necessary because of the rising costs of commercial auto insurance in the state. The new rule applies only to drivers signing up to transport passengers … |
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Thursday he was "embarrassed and disgusted" that most of the GOP presidential candidates said during Wednesday’s … Read more |
| Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was likely killed in the plane that crashed Wednesday about 100 miles from Moscow, the Pentagon said Thursday. … Read more |
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