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Facebook said It would ban holocaust deniers. Instead, its algorithm provided a network for them

Last month, Facebook announced a crackdown: The platform would no longer permit content that “denies or distorts the Holocaust” as part of its larger policy prohibiting hate speech. While noting that successful enforcement could take time, Monika Bickert, Facebook’s vice president of content policy, explained the ban in a blog post. “Our decision is supported

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Report: China accounted for 23% of cross-border data flows in 2019, nearly twice the share of the US, which ranked second with 12%, followed by the UK and India (Nikkei Asia)

Nikkei Asia: Report: China accounted for 23% of cross-border data flows in 2019, nearly twice the share of the US, which ranked second with 12%, followed by the UK and India  —  Asian ‘data sphere’ gives the country twice the information flows of the US  —  People view laptop computers from Chinese tech firm Huawei

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Pandemic has deepened the digital education divide in India, where ~38% of households with students had no smartphone in the house, according to a recent survey (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Pandemic has deepened the digital education divide in India, where ~38% of households with students had no smartphone in the house, according to a recent survey  —  Children across India are struggling to keep up because they don’t have the tech tools for online classes Pandemic has deepened the digital education divide

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Profile of Christine Su, Twitter's senior PM for conversational safety, who is a queer Asian-American "activist-entrepreneur" with an MBA and MA in agriculture (Anna Kramer/Protocol)

Anna Kramer / Protocol: Profile of Christine Su, Twitter’s senior PM for conversational safety, who is a queer Asian-American “activist-entrepreneur” with an MBA and MA in agriculture  —  About six months ago, Twitter quietly hired someone to become the head of product for conversational safety on the platform. Profile of Christine Su, Twitter's senior PM

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