TikTok Adds ‘Delete and Re-Edit’ Option for Uploaded Clips
TikTok is experimenting with a new “Delete and Re-Edit” option on your uploaded clips, which would effectively undo any edits that you’ve made to your videos in the app.
However, this feature won’t count for edits you’ve made in third party apps, so if you’re using CapCut for your clips, you’re out of luck.
It is all relative to how you upload your clips, but for those who are primarily working within the app itself, this could be a significant, valuable update.
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Meta to remove AI labels on Facebook from this week, making it harder for users to detect manipulated content
Starting next week, Meta will no longer put an easy-to-see label on Facebook images that were edited using AI tools, which will make it much harder to determine if they appear in their original state.
The company will still add a note to AI-edited images, but you’ll have to tap on the three-dot menu at the upper right corner of a Facebook post to see the note saying that the content in the post may have been modified with AI.
The social network said it worked with companies across the industry to improve its labelling process and that it’s making these changes to “better reflect the extent of AI used in content.”
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Australia Proposes New Laws To Address Misinformation on Social Media Platforms
Australia is looking to follow the lead of Europe by implementing new fines for social media platforms that enable the distribution of misinformation within their apps.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) could soon be given additional powers to investigate and prosecute social platforms for both misinformation and disinformation shared by users.
The laws would implement more transparent reporting practices for social media companies, and set requirements for the removal of detected misinformation in each app. And if platforms fail to comply, they could be fined up to 5% of their global revenue.
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Facebook admits it collects and analyses public posts to train AI models.
Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user’s public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option.
The company does not offer Australians an opt out option like it does in the EU, because it has not been required to do so under privacy law.
Facebook representatives could not say whether an opt-out option would be offered to Australians in the future.
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