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Legislation to ban government use of facial recognition hits Senate for the third time

AI facial analysis demonstrates both racial and gender bias Swapna Krishna @skrishna Researchers from MIT and Stanford University found that that three different facial analysis programs demonstrate both gender and skin color biases. The full article will be presented at the Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency later this month. Specifically, the team looked at … Continue reading Legislation to ban government use of facial recognition hits Senate for the third time

Meta threatens to block news content in Canada over media revenue-sharing legislation

Australian Parliament passes law that requires Google, Facebook to pay for newsOfficials approved the changes that came from their negotiations with Facebook. M. Moon @mariella_moon   The Australian law that makes it mandatory for companies like Google and Facebook to pay for news they use is ready to be enforced. Australia’s Parliament has passed the … Continue reading Meta threatens to block news content in Canada over media revenue-sharing legislation

The Impact Of Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation On Subscriber Rates

As Canadian subscriber growth slows, columnist Kevin Gallant explains how email marketers can get up to speed on CASL and increase clicks. Kevin Gallant on May 15, 2015 It came as no surprise that the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) was going into effect. Although rumors were circulating about the new policy as early as 2010, … Continue reading The Impact Of Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation On Subscriber Rates