Facebook wants to take on Alexa and Google Home with its own virtual assistant

Pressure mounts on Facebook and Google to stop anti-vax conspiracy theories

The news comes on the heels of criticism from Representative Adam Schiff, who sent Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter about vaccine misinformation on Facebook and Instagram today. Schiff also sent a similar letter to Google's Sundar Pichai about vaccine misinformation on YouTube. He referenced recent reporting by Julia Carrie Wong at The Guardian, who discovered that both Facebook and YouTube are full of fear-mongering, inaccurate anti-vaccine propaganda. Schiff applauded YouTube for its recent move to start restricting recommendations for videos "that could misinform users in harmful ways," which YouTube told The Guardian will include certain anti-vaccine videos. People who aren't able to receive the measles vaccine — including children under the age of 12 months — rely on everyone else being vaccinated to keep the virus at bay.

Pressure mounts on Facebook and Google to stop anti-vax conspiracy theories

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Facebook wants to take on Alexa and Google Home with its own virtual assistant

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Facebook wants to take on Alexa and Google Home with its own virtual assistant




Pressure mounts on Facebook and Google to stop anti-vax conspiracy theories

The news comes on the heels of criticism from Representative Adam Schiff, who sent Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter about vaccine misinformation on Facebook and Instagram today. Schiff also sent a similar letter to Google's Sundar Pichai about vaccine misinformation on YouTube. He referenced recent reporting by Julia Carrie Wong at The Guardian, who discovered that both Facebook and YouTube are full of fear-mongering, inaccurate anti-vaccine propaganda. Schiff applauded YouTube for its recent move to start restricting recommendations for videos "that could misinform users in harmful ways," which YouTube told The Guardian will include certain anti-vaccine videos. People who aren't able to receive the measles vaccine — including children under the age of 12 months — rely on everyone else being vaccinated to keep the virus at bay.

Pressure mounts on Facebook and Google to stop anti-vax conspiracy theories

Facebook wants to take on Alexa and Google Home with its own virtual assistant

according to And so, in February of last year, my partner and I resolved to try and keep the existence of our unborn child a secret from the online economy's data-hungry gaze. (And yes, I realise the irony of me writing an article about a child I am trying to keep a secret from the internet.) Buying everything online using gift cards, it turns out, makes you look a lot like a crook. Your unborn child has no clue what the internet is, but like each and every one of us, it is also the product. Advertisement– Inside the strange world of China's romantic video games– What Jeff Bezo's penis can teach us about online intimacy– Why it's so difficult keeping your unborn child a secret from the internet

I tried to keep my unborn child secret from Facebook and Google

Your trusted resource for today's digital lifestyle.

Facebook wants to take on Alexa and Google Home with its own virtual assistant




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