Meta has routinely fought data scrapers, but it also participated in that practice itself — if not necessarily for the same reasons. Bloomberg has obtained … Meta paid for data scraping despite years of denouncing itRead more
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Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, … Facebook Ignored Global Political ManipulationRead more
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Example of Google censoring free speech
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Tech Giants ‘Cashing In on Climate Delay’ Fuels Demand for Tobacco-Style Ad Ban
A report published Wednesday revealed the extent to which Big Tech platforms profit from selling advertising space to climate-wrecking oil and gas corporations, prompting calls … Tech Giants ‘Cashing In on Climate Delay’ Fuels Demand for Tobacco-Style Ad BanRead more
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Was Fake News About ‘Attacks’ on Migrant Labourers an Attempt to Malign Tamil Nadu?
On March 1, several non-BJP leaders – including Congress president Mallikarjuna Kharge, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal’s … Was Fake News About ‘Attacks’ on Migrant Labourers an Attempt to Malign Tamil Nadu?Read more
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Social Media Giants ‘Directly Aided’ Fascist Insurrection in Brazil
The fascist attack on Brazil’s main government complex was “directly aided” by major social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram, the global watchdog … Social Media Giants ‘Directly Aided’ Fascist Insurrection in BrazilRead more
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Facebook disables accounts tied to NYU’s research into political ads
Facebook said Tuesday that it disabled accounts tied to a project from New York University that analyzed political ads on the social network. The company … Facebook disables accounts tied to NYU’s research into political adsRead more
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Stewardship of global collective behavior
Collective behavior provides a framework for understanding how the actions and properties of groups emerge from the way individuals generate and share information. In humans, … Stewardship of global collective behaviorRead more
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Facebook Just Suspended the Accounts of Some of Its Biggest Critics
Facebook has made good on its threat to kick out a group of researchers who’ve been among the platform’s biggest critics. The Cybersecurity for Democracy … Facebook Just Suspended the Accounts of Some of Its Biggest CriticsRead more
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Facebook shuts down major left wing group in Britain
Facebook has shut down the accounts of one of the biggest left wing organisations in Britain, the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). The Socialist Workers Party … Facebook shuts down major left wing group in BritainRead more