Pentagon Orders Review of Its Overseas Social Media Campaigns
The move comes after Twitter and Facebook shut down misleading accounts that they determined were sending messages to promote U.S. foreign policy.Read More
Year: 2022
Social Media Companies Still Boost Election Fraud Claims, Report Says
The report, by New York University’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, argues that the companies fuel false conspiracies about election fraud despite...
Food Supply Disruption Is Another Front for Russian Falsehoods
As the war in Ukraine has put pressure on the global markets for food, Russia has spread conspiracy theories that blame the West.Read More
Food Supply Disruption Is Another Front for Russian Falsehoods
As the war in Ukraine has put pressure on the global markets for food, Russia has spread conspiracy theories that blame the West.Read More
Most people may live out their digital lives with the assumption they can delete their posts, messages and personal data from services whenever they...
The 40-year evolution from :-) to 😂
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At 11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982, Scott Fahlman made internet history by stitching together a colon, a hyphen and a close parenthesis.
Clearview AI, Used by Police to Find Criminals, Now in Public Defenders’ Hands
After a Florida man was accused of vehicular homicide, his lawyer used Clearview AI’s facial recognition software to prove his innocence. But other defense...
Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’: What Will Apple Do?
The Civil War drama “Emancipation” finished filming early this year. Now, Apple faces a quandary on what to do with the movie.Read More
How Russian Trolls Helped Keep the Women’s March Out of Lock Step
As American feminists came together in 2017 to protest Donald Trump, Russia’s disinformation machine set about deepening the divides among them.Read More
Apple has delivered on two of its most requested features: the ability to edit and unsend iMessages.