Instagram begins letting users report misinformation
Instagram on Thursday added a way for users to easily report deceptive posts at the photo and video-oriented social network owned by Facebook.
Aug 15, 2019
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Instagram for kids? Facebook explores creating a platform for users under 13
Facebook is looking into creating an Instagram for kids.
Mar 19, 2021
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New tool uses vision language models to safeguard against offensive image content
Researchers at the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Lab (AIML) in the Department of Computer Science at TU Darmstadt and the Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence (hessian.AI) have developed a method that ...
Jul 10, 2024
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EU flexes muscle against big tech 'gatekeepers'
US tech giants such as Facebook and Google face unprecedented regulation in Europe, as the EU prepares to unveil landmark proposals that could change the face of life online.
Dec 12, 2020
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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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Unhappy Halloween: Gaming platform Roblox crashes
To the dismay of millions of children—and the parents trying to keep them busy and cope with their anguish—the popular gaming platform Roblox crashed Friday, and the company was still trying to restore service Saturday.
Oct 31, 2021
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Pinterest establishes legal entity in Turkey to avoid bans
The image-sharing platform Pinterest became the latest social media company to agree to set up a legal entity in Turkey to comply with a controversial social media law.
Apr 9, 2021
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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey says he is 'partially to blame' for centralizing internet
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey said last week that "centralizing discovery and identity into corporations" has "really damaged the internet," adding that he is "partially to blame" for the shift.
Apr 5, 2022
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It's not just Twitter—the whole internet is broken and we'd better fix it soon
If the debate about Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter tells us anything, it's that people—including those in governments—don't understand how the World Wide Web works.
Dec 6, 2022
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Taylor Swift deepfakes: New technologies have long been weaponized against women. The solution involves everyone
Sexually graphic "deepfake" images of Taylor Swift went viral on social media last week, fueling widespread condemnation from Swifties, the general public and even the White House.
Feb 1, 2024
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