Facebook To Prevent Advertisements From Altering News Headlines FACEBOOK – Social media giant Facebook recently said that it is currently working on preventing advertisers from altering news headlines. According to GMA News, this was in response to a concern by a British political faction who noticed the alteration of one certain link. The socmed giant … Read more
Facebook To Expand Tool For Reducing News Deserts FACEBOOK – Facebook recently aimed to handle news deserts with the second big expansion of a tool that lets people discover more local news. According to Inquirer, the company disclosed that they still have a lot to learn. The tool they expanded is the “Today In” service … Read more
Social Media Giants To Attest On Violent Content In Socmed Platforms SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS – Social media giants Google, Facebook, and Twitter is set to testify next week on violent content in socmed platforms. According to GMA News, this is in lieu to the US Panel’s efforts on them to remove content on social media … Read more
Video Of A Poker Face Kid Dancing On Stage Went Viral, Entices Netizens’ Reaction POKER FACE – A video of a kid dancing on stage during “Buwan ng Wika” with a poker face went viral on social media and sparked reaction. In every school event, most students have to find a section of an event … Read more
Facebook Collaborates With Microsoft To Spot “Deepfake” Videos FACEBOOK – The company behind Facebook said on Thursdat that it collaborated with Microsoft Corp to launch an event to spot “deepfake” videos. According to GMA News, the social media platform invested $10 million to an event called the “Deepfake Detection Challenge, which is focused to contribute … Read more
YouTube To Pay Fine For Allegedly Violating Children Privacy Law YOUTUBE – Google, who also owns YouTube, will pay a fine of $170 million for the alleged collecting of kids without parents’ permission. According to a recent post in Manila Bulletin, Google agreed to collaborate with video creators to mark materials that target kids, further … Read more
Facebook To Start Privatizing Number Of “Likes” For Posts FACEBOOK – The company behind Facebook recently said that it will no longer create a public display of like counts for posts. This is yet another change by the social media platform, with the earlier one being making the facial recognition an opt-in feature. Thus, users … Read more
Facebook To Make Facial Recognition Technology An Opt-In Feature FACEBOOK – The company behind Facebook recently said that the facial recognition technology in photos will be an opt-in feature. According to ABS-CBN, the change that is now rolled out to users in the world is due to the pressure to fortify privacy and user data … Read more
Facebook Updates On Fixing The Flaw In Messenger Kids App FACEBOOK – The company behind Facebook recently gave an update in regards to the flaw that was occurring in their Messenger Kids app. It was previously reported that the Messenger Kids has a flaw that allows a kid’s friend to make a group chat that … Read more
Apple Apologizes For Listening To Siri Voice Recordings, Makes Changes APPLE – The company behind Apple recently is sorry for Siri, their digital assistant, for sharing voice recordings with workers. A report from GMA states that this prompted the company to make changes to their rules regarding the handling conversation data. The changes includes allowing … Read more