Social media giants warn of AI moderation errors as coronavirus empties offices

Alphabet Inc's YouTube, Fb Inc and Twitter Inc warned on Monday that ...
Alphabet Inc's YouTube, Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc warned on Monday that ...

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  1. "Google's ad sales have recovered since plummeting in March during the coronavirus pandemic, parent Alphabet Inc said on Thursday, easing concerns about its first quarterly sales slide in its 16 years as a public company". (July 31, 2020)
  2. "Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday that 20 U.S. states and territories, representing about 45% of the country's population, are "exploring" contact tracing apps for the novel coronavirus using a tool it developed with Apple Inc ". (July 31, 2020)
  3. "When a senior living facility in Amarillo, Texas suspected a nurse may have caught the novel coronavirus this month, it had a list within five minutes of staff and residents the nurse could have infected". (May 19, 2020)
  4. "More people stayed home in Brazil, Japan and Singapore in April as those countries' novel coronavirus cases surged, while people in the United States and Australia returned to parks and jobs as infection rates flattened, data from Google show". (May 1, 2020)
  5. "Google will allow business and education users on Gmail.com to directly take calls on its video conferencing tool Meet starting Thursday, a new feature being offered as the Alphabet Inc unit seeks to capitalize on security and other concerns with rival services". (April 16, 2020)
  6. "Google said on Tuesday it would stop charging merchants to place products on its Google Shopping search page as it looks to win e-commerce advertising business from Amazon.com Inc and other online retailers, just as they are struggling to supply customers with some items due to the coronavirus pandemic". (April 21, 2020)
  7. "Several of San Francisco Bay Area's largest technology companies including Twitter Inc and Google plan to keep their offices largely closed for months more despite the government allowing them on Tuesday to be opened in a limited capacity". (March 24, 2021)
  8. "Alphabet Inc's Google on Thursday published reports for 131 countries showing whether visits to shops, parks and workplaces dropped in March, when many governments issued stay-at-home orders to rein the spread of the novel coronavirus". (April 3, 2020)
  9. "Google parent Alphabet Inc's quarterly sales fell for the first time in its 16 years as a public company, but the 2% slide was less than expected as many advertisers stuck with the world's most popular online search engine during the pandemic". (July 30, 2020)
  10. "Alphabet Inc on Tuesday beat analysts' estimate for quarterly revenue as its Google unit posted double-digit advertising growth despite the economic slowdown from the novel coronavirus". (April 28, 2020)
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