Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:53:47 +0000
People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000
The social media giant filed a lawsuit against a nonprofit that researches hate speech online. It’s the latest effort to cut off the data needed to expose online platforms’ failings.
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Credit to Author: Reece Rogers| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2023 23:46:55 +0000
Want to try out Meta’s new social media app? Here’s more context on what personal data is collected by Threads and similar social media apps.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2023 18:53:24 +0000
Meta’s Twitter alternative promises that it will work with decentralized platforms, giving you greater control of your data. You can hold the company to that—if you don’t sign up.
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Credit to Author: Justin Ling| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000
Internal company documents reveal how the imageboard’s chaotic moderation allowed racism and violence to take over.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 14:38:43 +0000
The record-breaking GDPR penalty for data transfers to the US could upend Meta’s business and spur regulators to finalize a new data-sharing agreement.
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Credit to Author: Justin Ling| Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 20:14:49 +0000
The families of victims of a mass shooting in Buffalo are challenging the platforms they believe led the attacker to carry out a racist massacre.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 04:11:23 +0000
The social network’s new privacy feature is technically flawed, opt-in, and limited in its functionality. All this for just $8 a month.
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Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:28:25 +0000
The legislation would insert the government into online platforms’ age-verification efforts—a move that makes some US lawmakers queasy.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:28:53 +0000
The state is poised to be the first in the US to block downloads of the popular app, which could ignite a precarious chain reaction for digital rights.
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