Google has launched a new AI program called Perspective to detect “abusive” comments online in an effort to crack down on hate speech. Publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Economist are testing the new software as a way of policing comments sections, according to the Financial Times…
Former Obama Campaign Manager Fined $90,000 for Unethical Lobbying for Uber…
David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign manager, was fined $90,000 by the Chicago Board of Ethics in a 5-0 vote for improperly lobbying Mayor Rahm Emanuel on behalf of Uber Technologies. The San Francisco resident was fined $1,000 a day for the 90 days he used personal email accounts without being a registered lobbyist to […]
Trump Threatens to Cancel Federal Funds…
The Night Berkeley Betrayed the Free Speech Movement…
On Wednesday night, fires blazed across the University of California, Berkeley campus, the site of the student Free Speech Movement of the 1960s, as protesters violently derailed the finale of MILO’s college lecture tour. In 1964, Berkeley student Mario Savio addressed his peers in a speech about the importance of the free and open discussion […]
Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Clinton Email Lawsuits…
Microsoft Will Be First Company to Reach $1 Trillion Dollar Valuation…
In an article for Equities, Michael Markowski said Microsoft will beat other competitors to the landmark valuation as a result of its recent acquisition of LinkedIn, which he predicts will grow exponentially in the coming years as more people turn to the site to build their professional profile…
John Podesta Email Hack Was Due to Typo from Aide…
Former Disney IT Workers’ File Lawsuit Based on Discrimination in Favor of Foreign Workers…
Former IT workers at Disney have filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that American workers are being discriminated against in favour of hiring H-1B visa workers from overseas…
Reddit CEO Announces Crackdown On Reddit’s Trump-Supporting Subreddit…
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman made an announcement on the site today stating that Reddit is, “taking a more aggressive stance against toxic users and poorly behaving communities” — by which he meant r/The_Donald, the site’s hub for Trump-supporting users…
Reddit’s Pro-Trump Community Calls on CEO Steve Huffman to Resign Following Edit Scandal…
Reddit user UnimatrixZeroOne made an announcement in the subreddit today explaining why they leaked the Slack chat logs featuring conversations between Reddit admins and moderators. “I leaked the chat logs because of my anger at /u/spez for editing someone else’s comment. If he did this”…
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