Facebook AI, public policy and responsibility in the Middle East

A little more than a third of humans on the planet use Facebook each month, that’s 2.8 billion people in more than 160 countries and growing.   Outside its home country, Facebook is under the scrutiny of governments, who are grappling with how to handle the scope of tech companies today, as well as harness their potential for their own economies and people.   To help drive the agenda on the future of social media is Facebook's public policy team.   Azzam Alameddin is the US-listed company's head of public policy covering the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, where he is responsible for building the policy strategy across the region, as well as creating programmes and collaborations with key policymakers, leaders and academics.   He speaks to Kelsey Warner this week about the role of private-public partnerships, accessibility and responsible artificial intelligence.     In this episode:  Why AI? (0s 46m) Public policy at Facebook (2m 40s) Facebook AI camp in the UAE (5m 50s) AI bias, diversity and responsibility (8m 17s) AI community standards (14m 30s) Public policy making and AI (16m 30s)  Post interview discussion (18m 4s) Read more on our website: Facebook mistakenly labels black men as 'primates' in video recommendation feature UAE and Facebook to train 50 top university students in coding Facebook launches Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses Google, Microsoft and Facebook spent millions influencing the EU’s digital policies Subscribe to Business Extra for free to receive new episodes every week Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean