Consumers find third-party use of personal location data privacy violations, study shows
The National Security Agency issued a warning to its employees Aug. 4 that cellphone location data could pose a national security risk.
Aug 7, 2020
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Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online
The baseless conspiracy theory took off after an anonymous user posed a bizarre question in an internet chatroom: What if retail giant Wayfair is using pricey storage cabinets to traffic children?
Jul 17, 2020
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Reddit CEO claims TikTok app is 'fundamentally parasitic' and spyware
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman presumably won't be singing on TikTok anytime soon.
Mar 3, 2020
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Cyborgs, trolls and bots: A guide to online misinformation
Cyborgs, trolls and bots can fill the internet with lies and half-truths. Understanding them is key to learning how misinformation spreads online.
Feb 7, 2020
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Coronavirus outbreak: Social media platforms scramble to contain misinformation
Hoaxes about the coronavirus are spreading as fast, if not faster, than the actual virus on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, and the social media platforms are scrambling to contain the global outbreak.
Jan 31, 2020
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Algorithm can help boost the popularity of social media posts
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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New AI program better at detecting depressive language in social media
A new technology using artificial intelligence detects depressive language in social media posts more accurately than current systems and uses less data to do it.
Sep 20, 2019
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Love it and leave it: Social media effects explored by researchers
Social media platforms now cope with a sobered-up user base. Users are aware the platforms can render them lab rats for marketeers. They are also in a sobered-up world, hearing out critics who suggest excessive use is replacing ...
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A new convolutional neural network model to detect abuse and incivility on Twitter
Researchers at Northwestern University, McGill University, and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur have recently developed a character level convolutional neural network (CNN) model that could help to detect abusive ...
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Model fuses social media, remote sensing data with goal of identifying nuclear threats
A new computational model allows researchers to draw on normally incompatible data sets, such as satellite imagery and social media posts, to answer questions about what is happening in targeted locations. The researchers ...
Jul 23, 2018
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