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Mark Zuckerberg says Biden administration officials ‘pressured’ Meta to ‘censor’ content during pandemic | US News
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Mark Zuckerberg has claimed that senior officials within the Biden administration “repeatedly pressured” Meta to “censor” COVID-related content during the pandemic. The claims by the CEO of Meta are in a letter dated 26 August to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. Zuckerberg said he regretted not speaking up about this pressure earlier, as well…
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TikTok promises court battle as new law threatening ban is signed off by President Biden | US News
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TikTok has promised a court battle over a new law that threatens to ban it in the US – with the app’s boss saying “we aren’t going anywhere”. President Joe Biden approved the law that states the platform will be blocked if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell it within nine months. US politicians…
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Joe Biden says he would sign bill banning TikTok | US News
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Joe Biden has said he would sign legislation banning popular video-sharing app TikTok in the United States. Legislation passed through the US House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously on Thursday calling on China’s ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok or effectively face a US ban. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who supports the bill,…
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Fake AI-generated Joe Biden robocall tells people in New Hampshire not to vote | US News
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A robocall seemingly using artificial intelligence to mimic Joe Biden’s voice has been used to discourage people from voting in a primary election in the US. The New Hampshire attorney general’s office said it was investigating after the recorded message was sent to several voters on Sunday ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. The call begins…
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Joe Biden to unveil sweeping AI regulations – days before skipping Rishi Sunak’s safety summit | Science & Tech News
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The White House has stolen a march on Rishi Sunak’s AI safety summit by unveiling sweeping regulations aimed at protecting workers and citizens from threats posed by the technology. US President Joe Biden will sign an executive order aiming to guide the development of the tech, requiring firms working on potentially dangerous models to share…
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Why are companies, and even Joe Biden, posting one-word tweets? | Science & Tech News
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If you’ve been scrolling through Twitter today you might have been baffled to see several companies posting apparently cryptic one-word tweets. It all started when the US train company Amtrak accidentally tweeted the word “trains” on Thursday evening. The tweet had gained more than 153,000 likes and 23,000 retweets by midday UK time on Friday…