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University of Rochester computer scientists are gleaning a wealth of information from Twitter users to document the social impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 21, 2020
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A team of cybersecurity researchers has discovered that a large number of cell phone applications contain hardcoded secrets allowing others to access private data or block content provided by users.
Mar 31, 2020
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As we practice social distancing, our embrace of social media gets only tighter. The major social media platforms have emerged as the critical information purveyors for influencing the choices people make during the expanding ...
Mar 31, 2020
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News and views about coronavirus has spread via social media in a way that no health emergency has done before.
Mar 18, 2020
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There is a belief that younger people are fully engaged with the digital world. But I am currently leading a project exploring people's knowledge and use of online data, and the preliminary findings from our research has ...
Mar 17, 2020
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Social media company Twitter Inc. extended policies meant to protect election integrity to the U.S. Census Tuesday, saying it will prohibit posts containing false or misleading information about how to participate in the ...
Feb 12, 2020
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Twitter unveiled a plan Tuesday to curb the spread of manipulated content including "deepfake" videos as part of a move to fight misinformation which could result in violence or other harm.
Feb 4, 2020
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Computer scientists created a new algorithm to recommend tags for social media posts which should boost the popularity of the post in question. This algorithm takes into account more kinds of information than previous algorithms ...
Oct 23, 2019
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The whistleblower at Cambridge Analytica, the data-mining firm linked to using social media for targeted political ads, has a book deal.
Sep 30, 2019
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Google said Wednesday it will not pay European media outlets for displaying their articles, pictures and videos in search results in France, a move that undercuts EU copyright law and could set up a legal fight between the ...
Sep 25, 2019
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