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Meta’s VR Headset Harvests Personal Data Right Off Your Face
In November 2021, Facebook announced it would delete face recognition data extracted from images of more than 1 billion people…
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YouTube Handles Could Squash Imposter Channels
YouTube is headed further down the TikTok-ification rabbit hole, but this time it could be kind of a good thing.…
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Meta Rethinks the Philosophy of the Facebook Feed
When I tell Facebook I want to see more or less of something, does that mean I’m telling it, for…
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Why Elon Musk Wouldn’t Face Twitter in Court
After months spent trying to escape the deal he signed to acquire Twitter, Elon Musk now says he intends to…
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I Uncovered an Army of Fake Men on Hinge
Whaling also said that many of the company’s apps ask users to take profile photos within the app itself, so…
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The Quest to Find Twitter’s Elusive Bot Team
I turn my attention to Dublin, where I find Fabian (not his real name), a former moderator who, until earlier…
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Google Borrows From TikTok to Keep Gen Z Searching
In July, the Google executive who oversees the company’s lucrative and dominant search engine made a surprising admission. Younger users…
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Not All Bots Are Bad, and Twitter Knows It
But bots don’t even need to be useful. “I don’t think bots have to do something worthwhile,” says V Buckenham,…
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YouTube’s ‘Dislike’ Button Doesn’t Do What You Think
YouTube says its systems are working as they’re meant to. “Mozilla’s report doesn’t take into account how our systems actually…
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Rachel Dillon’s Move With Us App May Have Exposed Workout Pics
Screenshot: Lucas Ropek/Instagram/Move With Us A health and fitness app launched by a popular social media influencer suffered a glitch…
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