It’s always good to have things gathered up for
you. As long as you take the time to ensure you agree with the
points they make.
FPF
Releases Understanding Facial Detection, Characterization, and
Recognition Technologies and Privacy Principles for Facial
Recognition Technology in Commercial Applications
Today, FPF publishes the infographic Understanding
Facial Detection, Characterization, and Recognition Technologies
along with Privacy
Principles for Facial Recognition Technology in Consumer
Applications.
These resources will help businesses and
policymakers better understand and evaluate the growing use of
face-based biometric technology systems when used for consumer
applications.
Facebook, the king maker?
Facebook to
Give Less Direct Support to Trump in 2020 Campaign
Facebook
Inc. said that for future presidential campaigns, it will pull
back from the kind of on-site support it gave Donald Trump for his
2016 presidential race -- a relationship that came under scrutiny by
Congress.
The company will still offer technical support and
basic training to candidate campaigns and political advocacy
organizations, but it won’t visit campaign headquarters with as
much frequency or provide as much strategic support as it did for
Trump ahead of the 2016 election. Instead, Facebook officials said
they are working to improve the company’s political advertising
website to give
free advice to campaigns more broadly.
… Facebook told Congress it “offered
identical support” to both campaigns. Trump’s campaign accepted,
and Clinton’s didn’t.
If not fact based, what is their policy based on?
Facebook Is
Reviewing its Policy on White Nationalism After Motherboard
Investigation, Civil Rights Backlash
"Facebook
ignores centuries of history, legal precedent, and expert scholarship
that all establish that white nationalism and white separatism are
white supremacy."
Facebook told Motherboard it’s currently
reviewing its policies on white supremacy, white nationalism, and
white separatism after a series of meetings with civil rights
leaders, reporting by Motherboard on these policies, and a forceful
letter from a civil rights group formed under the direction of
President John F. Kennedy.
Leaked internal documents show that Facebook’s
content moderators are
explicitly instructed to allow “white separatism” and “white
nationalism” on the platform, but note that “white supremacy”
is banned. Facebook makes this distinction because it argues in
those documents that white nationalism “doesn't seem to be always
associated with racism (at least not explicitly.)”
Free
Culture?
1500 US
Museums offer free entrance on Museum Day
Smithsonian:
“On Saturday, September 22, more than 1,500
museums will open their doors for free as part of Museum
Day. Organized by Smithsonian magazine, the annual
event includes free admission to museums and cultural institutions in
all 50 states. Participating museums range from large, popular
institutions like the Zoo
Miami
to quirky and fascinating specialty museums, like the National
Barber Museum in Canal Winchester, Ohio. Visitors are allowed to
download one ticket per email address, and each ticket provides free
general admission for two people. Not sure which museum to choose?
Here are ten can’t-miss museums for consideration…”
[Many in
Denver, including:
Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venues/museum/counterterrorism-education-learning-lab-cell/
Perspective.
Streaming
now accounts for 75 percent of music industry revenue
The Recording Industry
Association of America released
a report today that details how the music industry has grown in 2018,
and while the data isn’t surprising — the world still isn’t
buying records — the specific numbers are still fascinating. Turns
out, streaming makes more money than physical CDs, digital downloads,
and licensing deals combined.
Streaming in this context
includes paid subscriptions to services such as Spotify and Tidal,
but also radio broadcasts and video streaming services such as VEVO.
It’s a broad category that nonetheless has made $3.4 billion
dollars in 2018 so far, a total that amounts to 75 percent of overall
revenue for the record industry.
I thought it was at least 90%. (Don’t listen to
the hype, Bob.)
Report:
Digital now makes up 51% of US ad spending
Ad sales
up, especially digital. Magna says that “net
advertising sales” will grow by 6.9 percent this year to reach $207
billion, which is “a new all-time high.” And, for the first
time, digital ad revenues surpassed 50 percent of total ad spending
in the US. The company said that digital ad revenue in 2018 will
reach $106 billion, or 51.5 percent of total ad sales.
Digital advertising on mobile devices accounts for
roughly two-thirds of all digital ad spending, representing a 30
percent growth rate year over year. Magna says that mobile now
exceeds TV and is twice desktop ad revenue.
A reminder for my students.
Get Free
Credit Freezes from Equifax, Experian, TransUnion Starting Sept. 21
Credit freezes at the three major credit-reporting
bureaus will
be free across the U.S. starting on Sept. 21 after a new federal
law takes effect.
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