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Meta barred by Kenyan court from engaging its new content moderation partner

March 21, 2023

Meta has been temporarily barred by a Kenyan court from engaging its new content moderation subcontractor, Majorel, pending the hearing of a new case, filed by 43 content moderators yesterday over illegal sacking and blacklisting. The interim injunction has also barred Sama, Meta’s outgoing content moderation partner, from effecting any form of redundancy. The hearing […]

Meta barred by Kenyan court from engaging its new content moderation partner by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Spotify brings its new audiobooks service to Canada

March 21, 2023

Spotify’s still relatively new audiobooks service is expanding to Canada, the company announced today, bringing the experience to both English and French-speaking customers. Launched last fall, Spotify initially debuted audiobooks to U.S. users only with a catalog of some 300,000 titles. It later rolled out the option to shop audiobooks to other English-speaking markets back in […]

Spotify brings its new audiobooks service to Canada by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

WhatsApp’s new feature gives admins an easier way to control who can join a group

March 21, 2023

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced an update for groups on WhatsApp that is designed to give admins more control over who can join a group. Zuckerberg also revealed a feature that makes it easier for users to discover what groups they have in common with someone. The company says it wanted to give admins […]

WhatsApp’s new feature gives admins an easier way to control who can join a group by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Seed Club Ventures emerges from stealth with $25M fund focused on DAOs

March 21, 2023

Seed Club, a DAO-focused accelerator program, has launched its venture arm out of stealth mode with a $25 million fund, the team shared exclusively with TechCrunch. “Seed Club is a DAO for builders at the intersection of builders and culture with three areas: an accelerator, a community of members and now the venture arm,” said […]

Seed Club Ventures emerges from stealth with $25M fund focused on DAOs by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch