Facebook tightens live-streaming in crackdown on violence

13 Sept 11:24 Key points summarised by AI

Facebook will bar "dangerous" individuals and those who violate specific rules from using its Live streaming feature, directly addressing the March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre.
A "one-strike" policy will now lead to immediate suspension from Facebook Live for a broader range of serious offenses, such as sharing terrorist group content without context.
The company plans to extend these restrictions to other platform areas, initially preventing such individuals from creating ads on Facebook.
Facebook is investing $7.5 million in research partnerships to advance image and video analysis technology, aiming to combat manipulated media and improve detection of harmful content variants.

Suchada: Meet the reluctant star of Thailand’s cryptic crypto drama

Today 15:38 Key points summarised by AI

Thai MP Suchada Zhang Thaensap faces intense scrutiny over her husband’s substantial 1.84 billion baht wealth, with opposition lawmakers alleging connections to international scam networks.
A significant portion of her husband, Taiyang Zhang's, declared assets includes a 1.44 billion baht loan to the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, which still owes him 1.34 billion baht.
Opposition MP Rangsiman Rome accused Suchada's husband of links to online scam networks and gambling sites, prompting Suchada to vehemently deny the claims, demand evidence, and file a defamation complaint.
Taiyang Zhang's background includes co-founding Ren Protocol, later sold to Alameda Research (linked to the FTX collapse), and some of his former associates have been convicted in crypto company failures.
Suchada, a former actress and first-time MP, maintains her husband's innocence, while her party leaders have distanced themselves from the allegations, deeming it a private matter.