Business
The social networking platform Reddit relies on volunteer moderators to prevent the site from being overrun by problematic content—including hate speech—and ensure that it remains appealing for users. Though uncompensated, ...
Jun 1, 2022
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Memes, images or videos with text overlays that convey funny messages to specific audiences are a well-known global phenomenon. As they tend to rapidly circulate online and become viral quickly, memes are also sometimes included ...
Computer Sciences
Parenting communities on Facebook were subject to a powerful misinformation campaign early in the COVID-19 pandemic that pulled them closer to extreme communities and their misinformation, according to a new study published ...
Jan 3, 2022
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Business
Google announced plans Thursday to invest more than $7 billion in the United States this year and create thousands of jobs in a move aimed at helping the economic recovery.
Mar 18, 2021
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Internet
Tim Hart was sitting on his couch one evening in November 2011 when he got an email with the subject line: "I'm watching." The message that followed was short and to the point …
Feb 26, 2021
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Internet
Instagram users who post self-harm content online are choosing ambiguous hashtags in an attempt to circumvent the social media platform's ban on harmful content, a researcher at the University of Otago, Wellington, has found.
Sep 23, 2020
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Internet
With the global COVID-19 pandemic shifting more and more of our work and school online, virtual communities are more important than ever—but how do we know, without bias, that our online groups are actually successful in ...
Aug 19, 2020
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Internet
On Feb. 11, 2020, the World Health Organization put a name to the mysterious respiratory disease spreading with alarming speed around the globe: COVID-19.
Jul 3, 2020
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Computer Sciences
It may sound contradictory, but deepfakes are becoming more real.
Business
US Justice Department officials on Wednesday recommended that a high-capacity undersea data cable system proposed by Google and Facebook bypass Hong Kong, citing potential national security concerns following China's moves ...
Jun 17, 2020
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