Wed. 07/08 – Facebook Fails Its Own Audit

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🗓️ 8 July 2020

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Facebook fails its own civil rights audit. Details of the new Thunderbolt 4 standard. Details on the new Snapdragon chip. Unpacking what might be in store for the newly announced Samsung Unpacked event. And not an interesting raise, so much as a hella interesting product launch. Sponsors: CodeWizardsHQ.com offer code RIDE DoubleUp.agency Links: Facebook Fails to Appease Organizers of Ad Boycott (NYTimes) Facebook Decisions Were ‘Setbacks for Civil Rights,’ Audit Finds (NYTimes) Exclusive: Apple is working on QR Code payments for Apple Pay, iOS 14 code reveals (9to5Mac) Thunderbolt 4: A supercharged port upgrade with 8K monitor support (Digital Trends) Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 865 Plus is its most powerful mobile chip, designed for gaming (The Verge) Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 event confirmed for August 5th (The Verge) Twitter is working on a new subscription platform, hints job listing (The Verge) Android 11's official launch appears set for September 8th (Android Police) Mmhmm turns your boring Zoom call into a Weekend Update-style TV show (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Wednesday, July 8th, 2020.
0:07.0	I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:08.6	Facebook fails its own Civil Rights audit.
0:11.6	Details on the new Thunderbolt 4 standard, details on the new
0:15.8	Snap Dragon chip, unpacking what might be in store for the newly announced Samsung Unpacked
0:21.7	event, and not an interesting race so much as a hell
0:24.9	interesting product launch. Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:32.1	Let's follow up with a big story from recent times that is sort of fizzling down to the
0:37.4	de noumond that I sort of expected. Remember the Facebook ad boycott?
0:43.0	Remember how Mark Zuckerberg was going to meet with members of the boycott in person?
0:48.0	Yeah, well, that happened yesterday.
0:50.0	Cheryl Sandberg participated as well, and, well, quoting the New York Times, for more than an hour
0:56.4	over Zoom, the duo, along with other Facebook executives, discussed the company's handling
1:01.8	of hate speech with representatives from the Anti-Defamation League,
1:05.1	the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Color of Change, and other groups.
1:09.9	Those organizations have recently helped push hundreds of companies such as Unilever and Best Buy
1:13.4	to pause their advertising on Facebook to protest its handling of toxic speech and misinformation.
1:19.1	The group said they discussed about 10 demands with Facebook's leaders on Tuesday to help prevent vitriol and hate
1:24.8	from spreading on its site. Those included Facebook hiring a top executive with a civil rights
1:29.5	background, submitting to regular independent audits, and updating its community standards
1:34.5	according to a statement from the free press advocacy group whose co-chief
1:38.2	executive Jessica Gonzalez was on the call. Mr Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg agreed to hire a civil rights
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