Analysis: The government's top Silicon Valley watchdog only has five full-time technologists. Now it's asking Congress for more.
Some who served in the Obama administration were encouraged to see that Simons requested more technology resources and supported his request.
"This means the very people who struggle the most with digital information and technology risk being left to fend for themselves in an environment where they’re being targeted and exploited precisely because of their vulnerabilities," Silverman writes. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses while testifying before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy.
"Facebook, Google and other tech giants long have faced criticism from Congress for failing to crack down on a wide array of abusive posts, photos and videos that attack people on the basis of race, gender or other traits," Tony writes."These companies and their peers, including Twitter, explicitly bar such attacks.
BYTES: Proto, the company that Whatsapp partnered with to launch a tip line, revealed that its primary goal is to collect research -- not necessarily to immediately address misinformation on the service,WhatsApp unveiled the service on Tuesday as a way people could report suspicious messages and receive a response letting them know if they were confirmed or debunked. But Proto, the Indian startup partnering with Whatsapp on the initiative, had a different message.
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