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Florida’s New Social Media Law Will Be Laughed Out of Court
Florida’s new social media legislation is a double landmark: It’s the first state law regulating online content moderation, and it…
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GPT-3 Can Write Disinformation Now—and Dupe Human Readers
When OpenAI demonstrated a powerful artificial intelligence algorithm capable of generating coherent text last June, its creators warned that the…
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These Ex-Journalists Are Using AI to Catch Online Defamation
The insight driving CaliberAI is that this universe is a bounded infinity. While AI moderation is nowhere close to being…
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Twitter’s Photo Crop Algorithm Favors White Faces and Women
Last fall, Canadian student Colin Madland noticed that Twitter’s automatic cropping algorithm continually selected his face—not his darker-skinned colleague—from photos…
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WhatsApp’s Policy Updates Are Challenged By Indian Authorities
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) The international uproar over WhatsApp’s new privacy policy got a jolt of energy this week,…
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Clubhouse App Will Be Available Worldwide on Android by May 21
Photo: Mark Schiefelbein (AP) Faced with plummeting app downloads on iOS in recent months, Clubhouse has one thing to say:…
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Live Audio Apps Lure Creators With Money and Promises
When Twitter launched Spaces, its live audio feature, Reesha Howard couldn’t wait to start broadcasting. She already had a YouTube…
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Facebook Moderator Says Karaoke Recommended for Traumatized Workers
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) The Irish Parliament today held a hearing on Facebook’s treatment of subcontracted content moderators—the thousands…
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UK to Ban Big Tech Companies From ‘Discriminating’ Based on Political Views
Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (2nd L) walk through the Central Lobby after listening…
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Facebook Rolls Out Pop-Ups Asking If You Read the Article
Graphic: Facebook via Twitter, Joseph Prezioso / AFP (Getty Images) Following the lead of Twitter, Facebook may now also prompt…
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