#Facebook blocks Canadian onion ad for being ‘overtly sexual’

#Facebook blocks Canadian onion ad for being ‘overtly sexual’

“#Facebook blocks Canadian onion ad for being ‘overtly sexual’” Maybe these onions were showing too much skin. Facebook banned a Canadian seed company’s ad featuring a fairly plain picture of the root vegetable — labeling it “overtly sexual” in an algorithm-fueled mess-up, according to reports. In the eye-watering flub, Facebook blocked the Gaze Seed Company’s…

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#Steve Ballmer will ‘bet money’ Big Tech isn’t broken up

#Steve Ballmer will ‘bet money’ Big Tech isn’t broken up

“#Steve Ballmer will ‘bet money’ Big Tech isn’t broken up” Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn’t worried about Big Tech being broken up following a scathing House panel report that compared four of Silicon Valley’s biggest firms to “oil barons and railroad tycoons.” In an interview with CNBC, Ballmer expressed confidence in Apple, Amazon, Facebook…

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#Facebook and Instagram just banned all QAnon accounts, “even if they contain no violent content”

#Facebook and Instagram just banned all QAnon accounts, “even if they contain no violent content”

Facebook and Instagram just banned all QAnon accounts, “even if they contain no violent content” Back in August, Facebook announced it would begin banning posts related to the QAnon conspiracy movement that supported acts of violence. Since then, the company has removed “over 1,500 Pages and Groups for QAnon containing discussions of potential violence and over 6,500 Pages…

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