Ohio proposal: Get parents' OK for kids to use social media
Ohio's governor wants the state to require parental consent for kids under 16 to get new accounts on TikTok, Snapchat and other social media platforms.
Feb 14, 2023
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Geography, language dictate social media and popular website usage, study finds
Since its inception, the internet has been viewed by technology experts and scholars as a way to access information at a global scale without having to overcome hurdles posed by language and geography. However, researchers ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Twitter's new data fees leave scientists scrambling for funding—or cutting research
Twitter is ending free access to its application programming interface, or API. An API serves as a software "middleman" allowing two applications to talk to each other. An API is an accessible way to collect and share data ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Security
The West is ill-prepared to deal with evolving cyber threats, report concludes
An information and hacking campaign with links to a foreign state has potentially had a "significant cumulative impact" over many years, according to a report from Cardiff University.
Feb 9, 2023
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Business
How tech companies are failing women workers and social media users—and what to do about it
From Elon Musk's erratic start as Twitter's new owner to Meta's recent decision to layoff more than 11,000 employees, and an ongoing downturn for tech stocks, the social media sector is once again in turmoil.
Feb 8, 2023
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'Responsible' AI can protect children on social media, say researchers
New research by academics at Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick argues that "responsible" AI can prevent children from seeing both harmful and legal but harmful content online.
Feb 7, 2023
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Subtle hostile social media messaging is being missed by artificial intelligence tools
A NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (StratCom COE) report has warned many of the artificial intelligence (AI) tools used to monitor social media posts are too literal and struggle to detect subtle hostile ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Snap shares dive on bad quarterly results
Shares in Snapchat's parent company plunged more than 14 percent on Tuesday after it reported a loss in the final three months of last year on seemingly stalled revenue.
Feb 1, 2023
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Breaking down a Supreme Court case Google claims could 'upend' the internet
The Supreme Court is stepping into a messy political fight next month over the meaning of a 26-word law that big tech firms describe as a linchpin of the modern internet but that critics say has led to the promotion of terrorism.
Jan 31, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Nuggets mined from thousands of tweets can persuade us to eat more climate-friendly
Experience and opinion trump fact in Twitter conversations about sustainable food. In a new study, University of Copenhagen researchers demonstrate that natural language algorithms make it possible to identify people's attitudes ...
Jan 30, 2023
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