Cuba's informal market finds new space on growing internet
In the Telegram group chat, the messages roll in like waves.
Nov 28, 2022
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Business
TikTok going big on US e-commerce? Job listings offer clues
TikTok appears to be deepening its foray into e-commerce with plans to operate its own U.S. warehouses, the kind of packing and shipping facilities more associated with Amazon or Walmart than the social media platform best ...
Oct 12, 2022
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Internet
Singapore proposes new law to tackle harmful online content
Social media sites could be blocked or fined in Singapore if they fail to stop users in the tightly-controlled country from accessing "harmful" content under a proposed law introduced in parliament on Monday.
Oct 3, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Processing social media with fuzzy logic
Fuzzy logic processing has been used to carry out an analysis of performance in social media networking. Details can be found in the International Journal of Fuzzy Computation and Modelling.
Jul 27, 2022
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Internet
Elon Musk could roll back social media moderation, just as we're learning how it can stop misinformation
The US$44 billion (£36 billion) purchase of Twitter by "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk has many people worried. The concern is the site will start moderating content less and spreading misinformation more, especially ...
May 12, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Outage outrage: Facebook outage may reveal depth of social media dependency
Users typically react to social media outages with angry tirades and barbed jokes. But researchers suggest that this lack of social media access offers a glimpse into the importance of social media not just as a tool to socialize ...
May 4, 2022
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Internet
Lessons from France on the regulation of internet pornography
A new study by City's honorary senior research fellow, Professor Neil Thurman, shows displacement effects, circumvention, and legislative scope may limit the efficacy of French attempts to prevent those under 18 accessing ...
Apr 15, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
TikTok generation have unrealistic expectations about becoming a celebrity
A new study by Kingston University exploring the impact social media is having on young people found school children as young as 11 are fame-seeking through the TikTok video-sharing platform, potentially putting their mental ...
Mar 4, 2022
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Security
At Olympics, cybersecurity worries linger in background
Warnings to use disposable "burner" phones and laptops. Privacy-protecting software. Concerns about a security flaw in an official Games smartphone app.
Feb 21, 2022
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Internet
Meta targets 'cyber mercenaries' using Facebook to spy
Facebook parent Meta on Thursday banned a series of "cyber mercenary" groups, and began alerting some 50,000 people likely targeted by the firms accused of spying on activists, dissidents and journalists worldwide.
Dec 16, 2021
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