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Twitter, TikTok Pressured on Anti-Disinformation Efforts WhatsApp in Spanish and TikTok‘s handling of false information in Spanish at a meeting last week. Companies should increase access to fact-checking organizations across languages, and hire staff who have the “necessary cultural context” to address Spanish-language disinformation, the lawmakers wrote. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), lawmakers stressed the companies don’t have to compromise user privacy or the integrity of private communication when addressing the spread of Spanish-language disinformation. Meta and Signal didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Telegram couldn’t be reached for comment. This March 23, 2022, photograph shows the WhatsApp logo displayed on a tablet in Lille, northern France. “I am more committed than ever to working with these companies, as well as holding them accountable when needed.” Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said in a statement to Bloomberg Government. “We have a serious responsibility to ensure that big tech companies and group messaging applications are taking the necessary steps to insulate our democracy and democratic institutions from bad actors hell-bent on destroying our great American experiment,” Sen. Meta Platforms Inc.‘s WhatsApp Inc., Telegram Group Inc., and Signal-encrypted, instant messaging service providers-on Monday heard from 23 Democratic lawmakers seeking information on the companies’ efforts to combat disinformation targeted at Latino communities.
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Meta declined to comment on the memo, referring instead to a post that Zuckerberg made in March declaring 2023 the “year of efficiency” and setting a timetable in which to announce restructuring and layoffs in tech groups in late April and then in business groups in late May.A congressional effort to crack down on Spanish language disinformation is expanding to include popular messaging platforms.ĭemocrats are probing social media companies for disinformation spread on their platforms as analysts warn false messages online are eroding trust in the country’s electoral system, undermining public health efforts, and stoking violence. Meta asked that North American employees who can work from home do so on Wednesday to process the news, the memo showed. The memo circulated to managers indicates that teams will be reorganized and some remaining employees will be reassigned to work under new managers. Meta shares fell 1.6% to $214.41 in pre-market trading, tracking a broader decline in stocks. Meta in particular is aiming to become leaner and rebalance its ratio of technologists and engineers to business and administrative staff. It also extended a hiring freeze through the first quarter, adding to an industry-wide pullback in recruiting and spending across Silicon Valley. Meta already cut about 13% of its workforce, or about 11,000 jobs, in November. Read more: Meta to Cut 10,000 Jobs, 5,000 Open Roles in Deeper Pullback A further round of cuts is set to follow in May. The move is part of a cost-cutting push that will eventually eliminate 10,000 positions at the company, as announced by Zuckerberg in March. The memo indicates Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Reality Labs - which houses the firm’s virtual reality efforts and Quest hardware - will be affected. The Facebook parent company told managers that they should prepare for job cut announcements on Wednesday, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg News. Macron’s Push to Get China’s Help on Ukraine Is Unravelingįour Reasons Why Investors Expect US Dollar to Keep SlidingĬhina Says It ‘Respects’ Sovereign Ex-Soviet States After Furor is set to start cutting jobs across the company on Wednesday as it restructures teams and works toward founder Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of greater efficiency this year.
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