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Enough already — Will they just throw more algorithms at the problem? Tim De Chant - Jul 2, 2021 4:22 pm UTC Four major social media companies yesterday pledged to make efforts to improve the safety of women on their platforms. Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Twitter all signed the pledge in response to the recommendations of a working group of 120 experts organized by the Web Foundation. “For too long, women have been routinely harassed, attacked, and subsequently silenced in online spaces. This is a huge threat to progress on gender equality,” said Web Foundation Senior Policy Manager Azmina Dhrodia in a statement. Abuse against women online has reached epidemic proportions, with 38 percent of women reporting personal experience with online violence, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit report. The pledges represent a step in the right direction, but it's unclear if they’ll do much to address online abuse. “I’m really grateful to Web Foundation for work that they’ve done, genuinely, to get platforms to make some efforts in this regard because there’s been very little movement over time,” Sarah Sobieraj, a professor at Tufts University and faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, told Ars.…

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A Labrador man who posted a video to Snapchat featuring a high-speed — and seatbelt-less — ride has found himself with court dates and no driver's licence. A video posted to Snapchat helped lead RCMP to the driver at the wheel. RCMP noted he identified himself while recording it. (RCMP ) A Labrador man who posted a video to Snapchat featuring a high-speed — and seatbelt-less — ride has found himself with court dates and no driver's licence.  RCMP in Happy Valley-Goose Bay said the man, 23, was travelling at about 170 km/h in a video that was uploaded to the popular social media platform.  On top of the speed, he was also seen using a cellphone while driving.  "The driver, who identified himself in the video, was doing all of this with a sleeping passenger on board," RCMP said in a statement Friday.  The driver's licence has been suspended.  Police also ticketed him Wednesday for excessive speeding, not wearing a seatbelt and using a cellphone while driving.  Read more from CBC Newfoundland and Labrador

Damaged house on Main Street demolished 1 of 4 The abandoned house located at 421 E. Main St. in Floyd is demolished June 28. The white house at 421 E. Main St. in Floyd before demolition on June 28. The building is badly damaged after a 2019 fire. A Mack truck waits to remove debris after the demolition. By Abby Whitt | Editor FLOYD — In line with town ordinances that state severely damaged buildings have to either be repaired or demolished within two years of sustaining the damage, the white house at 421 E. Main Street was demolished Monday morning.The building, which was owned by the late Laurence Hale Wood of Floyd until his passing in 2016, was severely damaged in a blaze that began Dec. 30, 2019. Following his passing, the property was willed to Wood’s daughter, who lives in New York state.An investigation of the fire led to the execution of search warrants involving four juveniles and Snapchat data, according to public records, and called the property “abandoned” with “obvious vandalism with graffiti, as well as a camp style fuel container in a downstairs room.”Four adolescents were interviewed, according to the warrants, and a 15-year-old male “produced…

Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later.When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. A jealous teenager drove at speed to a beach and attacked a man with a wheel brace after seeing a Snapchat image of the victim and his ex-girlfriend, a court heard today (FRI). Evan Thomas-Heath, 19, of Stryd y Plas, Nefyn, received a four months suspended term of detention and must do 100 hours unpaid work. A restraining order was made. Recorder John Philpotts told him at Caernarfon crown court :”You are lucky, don’t come back.” READ MORE: Bear Grylls spotted in helicopter landing at North Wales airport The judge said in November he had assaulted his victim with a “very dangerous” weapon, striking him over the head from behind. The consequences could have been much worse than cuts. Recorder Philpotts added :”The reason you assaulted Ben Williams was out of jealousy.” Thomas-Heath admitted assault causing actual bodily harm and possessing an offensive weapon at Llanbedrog, Gwynedd. Prosecuting barrister Richard Edwards said the previous day the victim had been followed around Pwllheli by the defendant in his car.…

Making a film is challenging in its own right—and then finding a way to get that film to audiences presents a whole different difficulty. “I know a lot of filmmakers who work really, really hard and tell a great story, but then it just gets put on Facebook or Vimeo, and very, very few people see it,” said Rocky Walls, a documentary filmmaker and the cofounder of Noblesville-based video production company 12 Stars Media. Rocky Walls That dilemma led to the creation of Hoodox, a new video streaming service for Indiana-focused documentaries and other non-fiction content. The service launched June 17 at www.watchhoodox.com with a library of 30 titles from filmmakers from around the state. The service is operated by an all-volunteer not-for-profit Indianapolis-based organization that is also called Hoodox. Walls serves as the organization’s executive director. He’s also part of a 16-person Hoodox board of directors whose members include Heartland Film Festival Artistic Director Greg Sorvig and Indy Film Fest Executive Director Dan Moore, among others from both the film and communications/marketing industries. You can think of Hoodox as a much smaller and tightly focused version of Netflix or other streaming services. Hoodox members pay $10 per month or…

Home  »  Business   »  Vimeo, Inc. (NASDAQ:VMEO)Metrics You Need to Know ... Vimeo, Inc. (NASDAQ:VMEO) shares, rose in value on Thursday, Jul 01, with the stock price up by 3.69% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $50.81. >> 7 Top Picks for the Post-Pandemic Economy Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $49, falling within a range of $49.00 and $51.37. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0 whereas the PE ratio was 0 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $58, and the low was $38. On the whole, VMEO has fluctuated by 24.5% over the past month. 5 analyst(s) have assigned their ratings of the stock’s forecast evaluation on a scale of 1.00-5.00 to indicate a strong buy to a strong sell recommendation. The stock is rated as a Hold by 1 analyst(s), 4 recommend it as a Buy and no body called the VMEO stock Outperform. In the meantime, none analyst(s) believe the stock as Underperform and none think it is a Sell. Thus, investors eager to increase their holdings of the company’s stock will have an opportunity to…

We already know that the disappearing or expiring media will be coming to WhatsApp as it was confirmed by Mark Zuckerberg and Will Cathcart themselves. Now they have started rolling out this feature for WhatsApp Beta users but the name is called “view once”. True to its name, once a person opens a photo or a video sent with this setting, they will only be able to view it once and it will be deleted after you’ve closed the item. You’ll know when the feature is live for you when you see the view once button when sharing photos or videos to a conversation. Aside from the fact that they will disappear once viewed, you will also receive a notification once the recipient has opened them. This feature will be available for both one-on-one conversations as well as group chats. There are probably several situations when a feature like this can come in handy. Even though the feature seems pretty straightforward, WA Beta Info has some caveats and warnings about it. If you disable read receipts, the recipient will see if you have opened the media set to view once but you will not see when they open yours in…

You may soon be able to share high-quality videos with your contacts on WhatsApp. WABetaInfo has found evidence of a new "video quality" feature in the latest WhatsApp beta update v2.21.14.6 for Android. As can be seen in the screenshot below, the feature allows you to choose the video quality before you begin uploading it. You'll be able to choose from three options: Auto (recommended), Best Quality, and Data Saver. Source: WABetaInfoAs you would expect, the Auto option will automatically choose the video quality based on your data speed. When you select "Best Quality," videos will be larger in size and can take slightly longer to send. The Data Saver option will compress the video to reduce data usage. The maximum file size allowed for all media on WhatsApp is currently 16MB on the best Android phones. This allows users to send videos up to a maximum of 3 minutes in length. The exact duration can vary from one phone to another, depending on the quality of the video camera. Since the app is now planning to introduce video quality options, it is possible that the limit will be increased. Telegram lets users share videos up to 2GB in size,…

(00:00) Fred is ready for a rainy 4th of July weekend. Wallach prepared for the drive to Maine. Joe Murray (who’s in for Rich) went on a meat shopping spree at Dom’s. (10:38) WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT: the Boston Red Sox routed the struggling Kansas City Royals 15-1 on Thursday.Could Chris Sale come back for the playoffs? The Bucks claimed a 123-112 victory over the Hawks on Thursday night giving them a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Joe needs something to bet on. Stephen Gilmore and the Patriots front office may pick up talks about a new deal ahead of training camp in late July. Watch Toucher & Rich every morning on Twitch! Watch them live or whenever you want: Twitch.tv/thesportshub