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Q&A: Facebook’s CTO is at war with bad content, and AI is his best weapon — IEEE Spectrum

Mike Schroepfer explains Facebook’s AI strategy against hate speech and election interference, writes Tekla S. Perry. Here is the link: https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/qa-facebooks-cto-is-at-war-with-bad-content-and-ai-is-his-best-weapon

CMU, Facebook working on ‘common sense’ semantic navigation systems for robots

A "semantic" navigation system developed by Carnegie Mellon University and Facebook AI Research (FAIR) can concentrate on relationships between objects and room layouts, rather than also learning route planning.

Instagram is launching a new shopping page that’ll highlight brands and collections — The Verge

Plus, Facebook Pay is coming to the app, writes Ashley Carman. Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/16/21326120/instagram-shopping-facebook-pay-shop-app

What U.S. companies should consider following the bombshell EU Privacy Shield ruling — Fortune

If you're an American company with European users or customers, and you transfer their personal data to the U.S. for company use, you need...

Facebook ad boycott organizers met with Zuckerberg. It didn’t go well — CNN

Civil rights and activist groups blasted Facebook's leadership on Tuesday after meeting with CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives, writes Brian Fung. Here is the...