Facebook sues analytics firm for data misuse
Facebook on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against oneAudience data intelligence firm over a tactic it used to gather information about users of social media platforms.
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New artificial intelligence tools could help tackle online abuse
New tools which could be used to automatically detect and counter abuse on social media, are being developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
Feb 24, 2020
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Canada privacy watchdog probes facial recognition startup
Canada's privacy watchdog on Friday announced an investigation into a US software startup reportedly capable of matching images of unknown faces to photos it mined from millions of websites and social media networks.
Feb 21, 2020
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Sorting the social network fakers from the movers and shakers
How can we detect fake profiles to preclude their disruptive and deleterious effects on social media and social networks? Writing in the International Journal of Information and Computer Security, Somya Ranjan Sahoo and B.B. ...
Feb 19, 2020
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Fear of Big Brother guides EU rules on AI
Amid fears of a Big Brother-style society ruled by machines, the EU will urge authorities and companies to think hard before rolling out facial recognition technology.
Feb 17, 2020
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How social media makes breakups that much worse
Imagine flipping through your Facebook News Feed on Valentine's Day and spotting a notification that your ex is now "in a relationship."
Feb 14, 2020
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Twitter follows Facebook cracking down on census misinformation
Social media company Twitter Inc. extended policies meant to protect election integrity to the U.S. Census Tuesday, saying it will prohibit posts containing false or misleading information about how to participate in the ...
Feb 12, 2020
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Study shows social media and search engines are better than their reputation suggests
Digital media have fundamentally changed the way we consume news. It is often assumed that the use of social networks and search engines has had a negative impact on the diversity of news that people access. This is often ...
Feb 07, 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 07, 2020
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Making memes accessible for people with visual impairments
People with visual impairments use social media like everyone else, often with the help of screen reader software. But that technology falls short when it encounters memes, which don't include alternate text, or alt text, ...
Feb 06, 2020
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Facebook, YouTube: Firm must stop scraping faces from sites
Facebook joined YouTube, Twitter and payment service Venmo on Wednesday in demanding that a facial recognition company stop harvesting user images to identify the people in them, which the startup does as part of its work ...
Feb 05, 2020
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Want to take back your online privacy? 7 easy steps to stop Facebook and others from spying on you
Survey after survey shows we don't like having our sensitive personal information collected, monitored and tracked whenever we share with friends on social media, shop online or use our mobile devices.
Feb 05, 2020
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What's your brand?
Researchers created an algorithm that successfully predicted consumer purchases. The algorithm made use of data from the consumers' daily activity on social media. Brands could use this to analyze potential customers. The ...
Feb 05, 2020
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Twitter moves to curb manipulated content including 'deepfakes'
Twitter unveiled a plan Tuesday to curb the spread of manipulated content including "deepfake" videos as part of a move to fight misinformation which could result in violence or other harm.
Feb 04, 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.
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Social media
Social media is online content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies. Social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content; it's a fusion of sociology and technology, transforming monologues (one to many) into dialogues (many to many) and is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into publishers. Social media has become extremely popular because it allows people to connect in the online world to form relationships for personal, political and business use. Businesses also refer to social media as user-generated content (UGC) or consumer-generated media (CGM).
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