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  Tech giant Meta is gearing up for the upcoming US Elections phase as well as crucial voting polls all set to take center around the globe very soon. The company  just mentioned  how the goal was to provide a greater number of data to the masses for the sake of academics and to ensure people stayed well aware of what was taking place in their surroundings. As days go by, this would be designed to ensure voters remain well aware of what’s taking place in terms of remaining aware of happening in the world of politics so they can be more informed and make better decisions along the way. Remember, Meta has already been criticized multiple times for enabling misinformation to spread across its apps for a while now, and it seems to peak, each time the elections take place. The goal is to ensure the best understanding of any political shifts arising as we speak because things keep on fluctuating and people need to be aware of what’s taking place. After this new initiative was r...

  It’s quite common for firms to make amendments to privacy policies as well as their terms of service agreements without going public about the news. But the  FTC has vowed to take serious action  against those who opt to breach the law, adding how such actions will no longer be tolerated for obvious reasons. Calling the matter deceptive and unfair, they feel the amendments are against the law and that’s especially true as it gives companies access to user data that can be exploited as per the FTC's latest argument. The FTC added how all those competing in the industry must notify the regulatory body and avoid the practice, to begin with as they risk breaking the law, as revealed in their latest blog post. The FTC also mentioned how the number of incidents entailing the collection of user data from the web for the sake of training AI algorithms continues to peak as we speak and that’s alarming for obvious reasons. So many organizations are now resorting to the likes of u...

  Meta is  changing  the way Instagram and Threads show political content. The company wants to avoid making Threads like Twitter, where political debates can get very heated. Now, Instagram and Threads won't "proactively" show users political posts. This is similar to what Meta already does on Facebook. It has cut down on political content in different places like the News Feed and video suggestions. Image: Digital Information World Meta plans to bring these changes to Instagram and Threads as the 2024 U.S. elections get closer. This means less political content in Instagram Reels and the Explore section, as well as in the main feed of both Instagram and Threads. Threads is trying to be different from Twitter, avoiding news and political debates. Even though Threads delayed adding a trends feature, Meta doesn't want to push news content there. Meta's new rules affect how Instagram suggests posts to users. But, if someone follows an account that shares political c...

  A new and alarming study has taken center stage and it has proven how AI lobbying has attained record-breaking figures. The surge in AI lobbying that arose in 2023 was so massive that figures depicted a whopping 185% rise from stats seen in 2022. The change is huge and in the past, we saw close to 158 different firms participating and now, it’s nearly 450 different companies that are a part of the activity which has experts talking. The news comes to us thanks to federal lobbying findings that were analyzed by the likes of  OpenSecrets in collaboration with CNBC . The huge rise in AI lobbying arrives at a time when there are more calls for regulating AI and now, we’re watching President Biden’s admin start codifying such regulations. Remember, firms that started lobbying during the start of 2023 wished to have a word on how regulation would impact the businesses entailing the likes of TikTok and Tesla. Others that were a part of the list included Spotify, Shopify, Pinterest,...