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Lawmakers are skeptical of Zuckerberg’s commitment to free speech
Meta’s latest whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams, got a warm reception on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as the Careless People author who the company has fought to silence described the company’s chief executive as someone willing to shapeshift into whatever gets him closest to power. The message was one that lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on crime and counterterrorism were very open…
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Does speech recognition have a future in business tech?
Speech recognition technology has come a long way since sitting in front of a 1990s PC, wearing a single padded earphone with a long stick microphone attached, speaking words into software such as DragonDictate. Today’s computers, tablets, and smartphones – as well as cars and home speakers – hear our voice commands and act on what we say or ask.…
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Jim Jordan subpoena pushes YouTube to restore ‘free speech’ like Meta
Meta may have caved on their content moderation policies for the sake of “free speech”, but there’s a world of other Big Tech companies out there – and more social media platforms for conservatives to de-censor. On Thursday, Rep. Jim Jordan subpoenaed Alphabet, the parent company of Google, demanding documents that show whether YouTube removed content at the request of…
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