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TECHNOLOGY Wednesday 21 June 2017

Google promises YouTube crackdown on online extremism

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — edge that more needs to tent faster. Google also is
Google is promising to be be done. Now.” taking a tougher stance on
more vigilant about pre- Anti-hate groups like the videos that don’t clearly vi-
venting terrorist propa- Southern Poverty Law Cen- olate its policies but still of-
ganda and other extremist ter have skewered Google fend broad swaths of soci-
videos from appearing on and Facebook for doing ety, like those that contain
its YouTube site amid inten- too little to muzzle hate inflammatory religious or
sifying criticism about the groups online. supremacist content. You-
internet’s role in mass vio- Google, along with other Tube won’t remove those
lence. companies such as Face- videos, but viewers will first
Its crackdown will involve book, Microsoft and Twitter, have to click through an
both computer programs recently agreed to create “interstitial” warning in or-
and an expanded group an international forum to der to see them.
of people dedicated to share and develop tech- Google also won’t sell ads
identifying videos promot- nology, support smaller alongside this category of
ing terrorism so they can This Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows Google’s headquar- businesses and speed up objectionable video to re-
be blocked from appear- ters in Mountain View, Calif. their joint efforts against on- duce the moneymaking
ing on YouTube or quickly Associated Press line terrorism. opportunities for their cre-
removed. To step up its policing ef- ators. These initiatives could
Google is making the com- ish Prime Minister Theresa use more advanced tech- forts, Google will nearly help Google woo back
mitment in the wake of vio- May called on govern- nology and more than 150 double the number of inde- major advertisers who be-
lent attacks in the U.S. and ments to form international human reviewers to find pendent experts it uses to gan pulling back from You-
elsewhere. A van struck a agreements to prevent the and remove terrorist con- flag problematic content Tube earlier this year after
crowd of people outside spread of extremism online. tent before people see it and expand its work with learning that their brands
a London mosque Sun- Some proposed measures on its social networking site. counter-extremist groups to sometimes appeared next
day, the second time an would hold companies le- Although Google said in help identify content that to unsavory videos.
automobile was used as gally accountable for the a blog post that it is been may be used to radicalize YouTube also won’t rec-
a weapon in that city this material posted on their trying to block extremist and recruit terrorists. ommend these videos to
month, and less than a sites, a liability that Google content for years, its gen- The Mountain View, Cali- its users, and it won’t allow
week after a gunman at- and other internet compa- eral counsel Kent Walker fornia, company will also YouTube users to endorse
tacked GOP lawmakers on nies are trying to avert. wrote that “the uncom- train more people to iden- them or leave comments
a baseball field. Toward that end, Face- fortable truth is that we, as tify and remove extremist — all efforts aimed at limit-
And earlier this month, Brit- book last week pledged to an industry, must acknowl- and terrorism-related con- ing their popularity.q

Apple seeks to void patent claims, fees in Qualcomm dispute

BY ANICK JESDANUN no immediate comment makes similar chips.
AP TECHNOLOGY WRITER on the latest filing. The U.S. Federal Trade
NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple Apple is also seeking to Commission has also ac-
is seeking to void some of narrow the list of Qual- cused Qualcomm of im-
Qualcomm’s patent claims comm patents covered by posing unfair licensing
and licensing agreements, its products. In addition, it terms on manufacturers.
intensifying its legal battle argues that licensing fees Regulators in other coun-
with the chip maker over based on a percentage tries also have been inves-
the technology in iPhones of iPhone and iPad prices tigating, and South Korea’s
and iPads. are unfair because Qual- antitrust regulators have
In a federal court filing comm’s technologies cov- issued an $865 million fine
Tuesday, Apple cited a er a small portion of what against Qualcomm.
Supreme Court ruling last goes into those devices. If Apple prevails and
month that a printer-car- One argument working in doesn’t have to pay as
tridge maker’s patent rights Qualcomm’s favor, howev- much in licensing fees, it’s
end with the initial sale of In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, a customer sets up his er: Apple and its contrac- not likely that those sav-
the cartridges. Apple says new iPhone 7 Plus, right, as he switches from the iPhone 6 at tors signed agreements to ings will be passed on di-
that ruling strengthens its the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue during the release of the pay licensing fees this way. rectly to its customers, as
argument that Qualcomm Apple iPhone 7 and the latest Apple Watches, in Chicago. Apple says it was coerced Apple tends to keep retail
cannot continue to de- to do so because Qual- prices consistent from year
mand royalties for the pat- expand on a $1 billion law- puted Apple’s claims that it comm chips were essential to year. But it could allow
ents after selling its cellular suit Apple filed in January is overcharging for patent- to Apple’s products. Apple Apple to squeeze in more
chips. in U.S. District Court in San related license fees. The is now less dependent on features while maintaining
The new court documents Diego. Qualcomm has dis- San Diego chip maker had Qualcomm because Intel the same profit.q