Oversight board voices concern about Meta nixing fact checks
Independent monitors voiced concern Tuesday that Meta's recent decision to ditch fact checks on their Facebook platform could endanger human rights.
Apr 23, 2025
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Page 8: Research news on AI-generated sexual deepfakes
AI-generated sexual deepfakes involve the synthetic creation or manipulation of images and videos to depict real or realistic individuals in sexualized or pornographic scenarios without their consent, including apparent minors. The topic spans technical failures and safeguards in generative models, platform-level moderation and labeling systems, and emerging legal frameworks governing criminal liability, online safety duties, and regulation of child sexual abuse material. It also encompasses governance debates over platform responsibility, user rights, and the adequacy of existing regulatory regimes for harmful AI-generated content.
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Meta to start using Europeans' data for AI training May 27
Meta will start using public posts and comments by its European users to train generative artificial intelligence (AI) models from May 27, unless users opt out of the data-mining project.
Apr 16, 2025
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Meta says it will resume AI training with public content from European users
Social media company Meta said Monday that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train its artificial intelligence models, resuming work put on hold last year after activists raised concerns ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Author of explosive Meta memoir to star at US Senate hearing
The former Facebook employee behind a scathing book about parent company Meta will testify Wednesday before US senators keen to establish whether the social networking giant ever collaborated with the Chinese government.
Apr 9, 2025
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Dataset reveals how Reddit communities are adapting to AI
Researchers at Cornell Tech have released a dataset extracted from more than 300,000 public Reddit communities, and a report detailing how Reddit communities are changing their policies to address a surge in AI-generated ...
Apr 7, 2025
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Spain seeks to criminalize AI-generated sexual images
Spain's leftist government unveiled a draft bill Tuesday that would criminalize the use of artificial intelligence to generate sexually explicit video images of a person's face or body without their consent.
Mar 25, 2025
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Meta tests 'Community Notes' to replace fact-checkers
Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced it would begin testing its new "Community Notes" feature across its platforms in the United States next week, as it shifts away from third-party fact-checking toward a crowd-sourced ...
Mar 13, 2025
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The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech, if it can avoid familiar pitfalls
You've probably noticed lately that a lot of people are trying out alternatives to the big social media networks X, Instagram and Facebook. For example, after Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and started allowing far more ...
Mar 12, 2025
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Russian disinformation 'infects' AI chatbots, researchers warn
A sprawling Russian disinformation network is manipulating Western AI chatbots to spew pro-Kremlin propaganda, researchers say, at a time when the United States is reported to have paused its cyber operations against Moscow.
Mar 10, 2025
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