Facebook making ads more playful
Facebook said Thursday it will let advertisers pack more fun into marketing messages with augmented reality, games and playful polls to prompt interactions.
Sep 19, 2019
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New algorithm can distinguish cyberbullies from normal Twitter users with 90% accuracy
A team of researchers, including faculty at Binghamton University, have developed machine learning algorithms which can successfully identify bullies and aggressors on Twitter with 90 percent accuracy.
Sep 16, 2019
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Tracking coordinated disinformation campaigns online made easier with new BotSlayer tool
Indiana University's Observatory on Social Media has launched a new tool in the fight against online disinformation: BotSlayer.
Sep 12, 2019
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Cell-mostly internet users place privacy burden on themselves
A new report from the Media, Inequality and Change (MIC) Center—a joint project of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University—details ...
Sep 11, 2019
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Bots might prove harder to detect in 2020 elections
USC Information Sciences Institute (USC ISI) computer scientist, Emilio Ferrara, has new research indicating that bots or fake accounts enabled by artificial intelligence on social media have evolved and are now better able ...
Sep 5, 2019
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Technostress: How social media keeps us coming back for more even when it makes us unhappy
If you ever find yourself looking forward to a holiday because you'll be able to switch off your smartphone then perhaps you're suffering from social media "technostress". The constant stream of messages, updates and content ...
Sep 3, 2019
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Majority of social media users are happy for their data to be used for research, study reveals
Social media users are generally positive about their personal data being used for research purposes, a study by the University of York has revealed.
Aug 28, 2019
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How people's stance on a topic can be inferred from their online activity
As proven by some recent extreme, controversial incidents, such as the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, social media can be a real goldmine for user information. In fact, most social researchers and analytics companies ...
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Study finds racial bias in tweets flagged as hate speech
Tweets believed to be written by African Americans are much more likely to be tagged as hate speech than tweets associated with whites, according to a Cornell study analyzing five collections of Twitter data marked for abusive ...
Aug 6, 2019
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Vietnam's 'homespun Facebook' swamped after launch
A homegrown Vietnamese social media app was overloaded with users hours after launching as the one-party state tries to boost its own web platforms while tightening its grip on internet freedoms.
Jul 24, 2019
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