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USA Today: FB Oversight Board will Allow Users to File Appeals over Content
April 19, 2021
Facebook’s oversight board has announced that it will begin letting individual users file appeals over posts, photos, and videos that they think the company should not allow on its platforms.
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Facebook Announces New Corporate Human Rights Policy
April 14, 2021
Facebook has announced a new corporate human rights policy, covering all of the social network and a fund to support human rights defenders that will strive to respect human rights as defined in international law, including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).
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Axios: CEO’s Plan Political Involvement in State Voting Debates
April 14, 2021
Top CEOs and executives from businesses including Levi Strauss, LinkedIn and Delta met over a ZOOM summit to discuss a plan to get tougher on state legislators over new voting restrictions by withdrawing campaign contributions and retracting investments.
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The U.S. - China Race for A.I. Dominance
April 14, 2021
As China positions itself to become the world leader in Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) over the United States, Lucas Irwin writing for justsecurity.org suggests a reasearch scheme called “Thousand And One Talents”, that would be run as a joint initiative between America and its allies, to maintain a Western alternative in A.I.
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PwC: Should Executive Pay be Linked to ESG
April 12, 2021
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues become a strategic pillar in a growing number of companies, PwC, along with the London School of Economics has created a report on the benefits and potential negatives of paying executives based on ESG performance.