Privacy watchdogs in Britain and Australia have opened a joint investigation into facial recognition company Clearview AI over its use of personal data "scraped" off social media platforms and other websites.
Jul 9, 2020
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As businesses around the world slowly start to reopen after being forced to shut down operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the graduates of the class of 2020 are sharpening their presentation skills and updating their ...
Jul 9, 2020
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Adidas, Puma, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Unilever, Ford... not a day goes by without another big brand pulling ads from Facebook and other social media, a campaign that is weakening advertising-dependent sites but whose ultimate ...
Jul 1, 2020
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Will history remember the COVID-19 pandemic as a moment during which citizens gave up their civil rights for health reasons?
Jun 11, 2020
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George Floyd is not really dead. Billionaire philanthropist George Soros is supplying bricks to protesters.
Jun 3, 2020
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Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the COVID-19 crisis, as cybersecurity experts have tracked a rise in online scams related to the novel coronavirus. Using concerns about the novel coronavirus, cyber criminals have ...
May 21, 2020
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One by one, tech companies across Silicon Valley scrambled to take down a slickly produced video of a discredited researcher peddling a variety of conspiracy theories about the coronavirus.
May 13, 2020
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The late Harvard sociologist Daniel Bell long ago predicted the coming of the "information society," which he said would soon replace industrial society. Bell foresaw scientific experts driving government policy, services ...
May 11, 2020
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School of Technology professor Amanda Hughes has spent her career studying social media during disasters and crises. Her work looks at how members of the public turn to social media during a crisis and how they find trustworthy ...
Apr 8, 2020
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COVID-19 has quickly evolved into the greatest public health challenge of a generation. People are increasingly turning to social media to understand the virus, receive updates, and learn what can be done to stay safe.
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