In a previous post, The 11th reason to delete your social media account, I talked about reasons for leaving social media—not the reasons that we … No Safe Level of Use: Strategies for Post-Social MediaRead more
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TekFog: BJP’s Cyber Weapon to Target Citizens
An online news portal The Wire recently published a three-part investigative report on a sophisticated secret app called TekFog. This is used by BJYM’s (the … TekFog: BJP’s Cyber Weapon to Target CitizensRead more
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Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group
Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes Members of a secret Facebook group for current … Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook GroupRead more
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Meta, Google grilled over misinformation and cyberbullying, Twitter next
An Australian government committee on Thursday grilled Meta (formerly Facebook) and Google about the spread of misinformation and cyberbullying across their platforms. Google’s director of … Meta, Google grilled over misinformation and cyberbullying, Twitter nextRead more
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Capitol attack panel signals loss of patience with big tech
The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol has ordered several social media firms to hand over data relating to the … Capitol attack panel signals loss of patience with big techRead more
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We must challenge Mark Zuckerberg’s Ring of power
Learning to appreciate that control is an illusion is hard, especially when we are prepared to sacrifice almost everything, to pay any price, to control … We must challenge Mark Zuckerberg’s Ring of powerRead more
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Malware from Fake Source, Whistleblower’s Gratitude and the Story of the Tek Fog Story
Tek Fog may be an app that aims to dehumanise and divide people, but our investigation into its use in 2020 also marked the beginning … Malware from Fake Source, Whistleblower’s Gratitude and the Story of the Tek Fog StoryRead more
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Hijacking WhatsApp to Drive BJP Propaganda
Technology developed and deployed by political operatives working to further the interests of India’s ruling party appears to have given them the ability to add … Hijacking WhatsApp to Drive BJP PropagandaRead more
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Facebook Hosted Surge of Misinformation in Months Leading Up to US Capitol Attack
January 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, with many calling for executions or other political violence, an investigation by ProPublica and the Washington Post has … Facebook Hosted Surge of Misinformation in Months Leading Up to US Capitol AttackRead more
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People are lying more since the rise of social media and smartphones
Back in 2004, communication researcher Jeff Hancock and his colleagues had 28 students report the number of social interactions they had via face-to-face communication, the … People are lying more since the rise of social media and smartphonesRead more