Étiquette : united kingdom (Page 1 of 2)

2 décembre 2020 /

“The UK launch in January will build on the success Facebook News has seen in the US, where we’ve found more than 95% of the traffic Facebook News delivers to publishers is new audiences that have not interacted with those news outlets in the past. Facebook is committed to supporting news organisations as they adapt to the changing digital world, and we are delighted to have so many partners working with us at this early stage. We’re in active negotiations to bring Facebook News to France and Germany as well, and we will continue to work with publishers in countries where market conditions and regulatory environments invite this kind of investment and innovation.”

Source : Stepping Up Our Investment in News in the UK – About Facebook

12 août 2020 /

Vaguely menacing camera atop an outdoor metal post.

“Privacy advocates in the UK are claiming victory as an appeals court ruled today that police use of facial recognition technology in that country has « fundamental deficiencies » and violates several laws.South Wales Police began using automated facial recognition technology on a trial basis in 2017, deploying a system called AFR Locate overtly at several dozen major events such as soccer matches. Police matched the scans against watchlists of known individuals to identify persons who were wanted by the police, had open warrants against them, or were in some other way persons of interest.”

Source : Police use of facial recognition violates human rights, UK court rules | Ars Technica

11 décembre 2018 /

Robert Hannigan

“This isn’t a kind of fluffy charity providing free services. It’s is a very hard-headed international business and these big tech companies are essentially the world’s biggest global advertisers, that’s where they make their billions. […] these big companies, particularly where there are monopolies, can’t frankly reform themselves. It will have to come from outside.”

Source : Facebook could threaten democracy, says former GCHQ boss – BBC News

30 octobre 2018 /

Nick Clegg

“L’ancien vice-premier ministre va devoir faire oublier ses diatribes contre la façon dont Facebook esquive l’impôt, et sa critique des prétentions des réseaux sociaux à changer le monde en bien. « Je ne suis pas spécialement ébloui par Facebook, écrivait-il en 2016 dans l’Evening Standard. Je trouve un peu agaçante la culture messianique californienne de Facebook où tout le monde est ami. » Aujourd’hui, alors que Facebook est accusé d’avoir influencé les élections américaines et le référendum sur le Brexit, Nick Clegg affirme son désir de s’attaquer aux immenses défis des réseaux sociaux que sont notamment « le contrôle sur les données personnelles, l’intégrité de notre processus démocratique, les tensions entre l’Internet mondial et les institutions nationales, l’équilibre entre la libre expression et les contenus illégaux ». Après avoir codirigé un pays, le voilà engagé pour « construire des ponts entre la politique et la technologie afin que cette dernière puisse se mettre au service du progrès et de l’opt”

Source : Nick Clegg, du service de Sa Majesté à celui de Facebook

3 octobre 2018 /

“On its face, Amazon’s decision to raise wages is unequivocally a good thing, with the power to positively impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of workers who were paid low wages even as their employer amassed enormous wealth. The pay increase also demonstrates the effectiveness of the Fight for $15 movement, a grassroots push formed in 2012 to increase pay and form unions in the retail and fast food industries.”

Source : Why Amazon Really Raised Its Minimum Wage to $15 | WIRED

8 mars 2018 /

«Collins welcomed the cooperation, but noted that Facebook has still not provided all the information it promised. “I look forward to them sharing with us, amongst other information: the exact number of accounts that they have suspended; how they are resourcing their fight against bots; their methodology of how they identify fake accounts; and how they determine what country those accounts come from».

Source : Facebook finds no substantial evidence of Russian meddling in EU referendum | Technology | The Guardian

15 mars 2017 /

« Ingesting data, predicting trends, and suggesting solutions is almost perfectly suited to DeepMind’s neural network expertise. While the National Grid is surely aware of some potential optimisations, a more rigorous investigation by a DeepMind AI may uncover solutions that the grid’s human operators have never considered. One thing’s for certain: a system as large as the UK grid has millions of inefficiencies ».

Source : DeepMind in talks with National Grid to reduce UK energy use by 10% | Ars Technica UK

27 novembre 2016 /

Web users in the UK will be banned from accessing websites portraying a range of non-conventional sexual acts, under a little discussed clause to a government bill currently going through parliament. The proposal, part of the digital economy bill, would force internet service providers to block sites hosting content that would not be certified for commercial DVD sale by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

Source : UK to censor online videos of ‘non-conventional’ sex acts | Technology | The Guardian

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