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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban

βœ‡Ars Technica
By: Ashley Belanger
16 May 2024 at 17:43
Screenshot from the documentary <em>Who Is Bobby Kennedy?</em>

Enlarge / Screenshot from the documentary Who Is Bobby Kennedy? (credit: whoisbobbykennedy.com)

In a lawsuit that seems determined to ignore that Section 230 exists, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sued Meta for allegedly shadowbanning his million-dollar documentary, Who Is Bobby Kennedy? and preventing his supporters from advocating for his presidential campaign.

According to Kennedy, Meta is colluding with the Biden administration to sway the 2024 presidential election by suppressing Kennedy's documentary and making it harder to support Kennedy's candidacy. This allegedly has caused "substantial donation losses," while also violating the free speech rights of Kennedy, his supporters, and his film's production company, AV24.

Meta had initially restricted the documentary on Facebook and Instagram but later fixed the issue after discovering that the film was mistakenly flagged by the platforms' automated spam filters.

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TikTok Broke the Tech Law Logjam. Can That Success Be Repeated?

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Cecilia Kang
25 April 2024 at 08:57
For years, federal lawmakers have tried to pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. The TikTok law was their first success.

Β© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Experts on tech legislation say that the unique speed of the passage of the TikTok legislation is highly unlikely to be repeated.

Meta Says It Plans to Spend Billions More on A.I.

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Mike Isaac
24 April 2024 at 18:31
Along with the higher spending, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp projected lighter-than-expected revenue, causing its stock to plummet.

Β© Ian C. Bates for The New York Times

Quarterly results on Wednesday underscored Meta’s repositioning of itself as a company poised to capitalize on the industrywide fervor for artificial intelligence.

The Meta-morphosis of Mark Zuckerberg

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Vanessa Friedman
24 April 2024 at 13:52
The robotic nerd depicted in β€œThe Social Network” has turned into the kinder, more accessible face of Silicon Valley. What’s going on?

Β© Yonhap/EPA

Mark Zuckerberg arriving in Seoul in February in an Overland shearling jacket

Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Mike Isaac and Cade Metz
18 April 2024 at 12:00
Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology, powered by Meta’s latest artificial intelligence model, to obtain information and complete tasks.

Β© Meta

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Cade Metz， Cecilia Kang， Sheera Frenkel， Stuart A. Thompson and Nico Grant
8 April 2024 at 22:50
OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

Β© Jason Henry for The New York Times

Researchers at OpenAI’s office in San Francisco developed a tool to transcribe YouTube videos to amass conversational text for A.I. development.
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