YouTube Won't Ban Controversial Creator
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| YouTube Won't Ban Controversial Creator | |
| Number | 856 |
| Broadcast Date | JUNE 5, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 4:18 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
YouTube makes a decision to protect a creators controversial speech, Microsoft teams up with Oracle.
Headlines
- Vox writer and video host Carlos Maza has complained in public and to YouTube that YouTube creator Steven Crowder makes videos with derogatory and mocking remarks about Maza's sexuality and ethnicity every time Maza posts a video on Vox. Maza calls the videos harassment while Crowder says he's joking, calling them "friendly ribbing." YouTube’s harassment and cyberbullying policy guidelines states, “Content or behavior intended to maliciously harass, threaten, or bully others is not allowed on YouTube.” YouTube says it reviewed Crowder's videos and while it found "language that was clearly hurtful, the videos as posted don’t violate our policies." YouTube added, “Opinions can be deeply offensive, but if they don’t violate our policies, they’ll remain on our site.” YouTube also clarified, “even if a video remains on our site, it doesn’t mean we endorse/support that viewpoint.” In response, Maza says YouTube "has decided that targeted racist and homophobic harassment does not violate its policies against hate speech or harassment."
- Developer Ben Sandofsky notes that in its updated App Store review guidelines, Apple writes, "Sign in with Apple will be available for beta testing this summer. It will be required as an option for users in apps that support third-party sign-in when it is commercially available later this year." That seems to imply that if you use Google or Facebook sign-in you will be required to offer Apple Sign-in as well if you want to be in the App Store. Reuters reports that Apple's "Human Interface Guidelines" suggest placing the Apple login option above others as well, though this is not a strict requirement for app approval.
- Skype officially launched screen sharing for Android and iOS. The feature has been in beta for more than a month. The option is now in the menu in the bottom right corner of the screen while in a video call. Other beta features like tap to make call controls disappear are also coming out of beta.
- Google has officially appealed the €1.49 billion fine handed out by the European Commission over its AdSense contracts between 2006 and 2016. The European Commission said it planned to defend its fine in the General Court of the European Union in Brussels.
- Bloomberg reports the US Securities and Exchange Commission is suing messaging app Kik over the $100 million it raised through the Initial Coin Offering of a token called Kin. The SEC says Kik should have registered the Kin token as a security. Kin recently launched a crowdfunding site called DefendCrypto.org to defend against SEC crackdowns on ICOs.
- China has published a Data Security Management Measures law for public comment which includes restrictions on user tracking. Under Article 23 of the draft companies that are “using user data and algorithms to deliver news information or commercial advertisements shall conspicuously label them with the words ‘targeted’ and provide users with functionality to stop receiving information from targeted delivery.” TechCrunch notes this could significantly affect Chinese companies using advanced programatic ads, like news app Jinri Toutiao and Bytedance's TikTok. Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba have also recently introduced personalized feeds with advanced programmatic ads. The public comment period for the proposed regulation ends June 28.
- Mark Liu, chairman of Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, said Wednesday that the restrictions on US companies supplying products to Huawei will have a short-term impact on TSMC, though its 2019 profit outlook remains unchanged. While TSMC said its shipments to Huawei have not been affected, Liu told reporters, “When there’s no Android system in a smartphone, many people might have doubts on whether the market will accept it.”
- Microsoft and Oracle will create high-speed links between their data centers in order to make cloud services from the two companies work better together. The companies will also support log in to services from either company with a single username and the ability to get tech support from either company. Microsoft has similar deals with SAP and Adobe. The move is seen as a way for Microsoft and Oracle to compete better with AWS.
- iOS 13 uses a new algorithm to determine when your phone is charging overnight in order to extend battery life. Continually charging a phone to 100% all night long when not in use shortens the life of lithium-ion batteries. The iOS 13 battery management algorithm keeps the phone charged only to 80% until it's near your wakeup time when it makes sure the battery will be at 100%.
- During a US Congressional hearing on facial recognition, a representative from the US Government Accountability Office, or GAO testified that the FBI has access to about 640 million photographs. The number combines photos in driver’s license databases from 21 states, passport photos and the Interstate Photo System of mugshots among others. Deputy assistant director at the FBI Kimberly Del Greco told Congress that facial recognition is used only when there is an active FBI investigation or an assessment, which precedes a formal investigation.
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