News Round-Up
30 October 2024
The Saga of the Benin Bronzes Takes a Farcical New Turn
30 October 2024
by Mike Wells
The Big Tech companies are setting up AI data centres that will consume vast amounts of electricity – OpenAI alone wants to create seven that will consume more electricity per year than the UK. So much for Net Zero.
Meta's new social media app and Twitter rival, Threads, promises a kinder, sanitised experience. But at what cost?
Professor David Livermore has responded to Meta’s Oversight Board which has requested feedback on Facebook’s misinformation policy. He thinks the only items that should be flagged misinformation are egregious nonsense.
The Daily Sceptic has submitted a response to Meta’s request for public feedback about its COVID-19 misinformation policy. Tl;dr: the best remedy for bad speech is more speech, not enforced silence.
Facebook is asking the public to comment on its COVID-19 ‘misinformation’ policy, i.e., when to censor content that runs counter to the official pandemic narrative. For details of how to respond, click below.
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