YouTube adjusts and expands its content moderation initiative including limiting the amount of time moderators look at objectionable content and linking Wikipedia content but is this really the best the company can do? Plus France aims its legal sights on Google and Apple over treatment of developers.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
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Google bans crypotcurrency ads, France goes after Apple and Google for the way they treat developers and…. RIP Stephen Hawking.
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The first of Veronica’s weekly-ish roundup of bot news.
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