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Zuck says he’s ready for a fight if Elizabeth Warren is elected
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is getting his employees ready for what could turn out to be the biggest threat his company's faced yet: a 70-year-old woman from Oklahoma. Of course, democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren isn't just anyone. She's the woman with a plan ...
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Report: TikTok censored posts about Trump, Christianity, and LGBTQ relationships
TikTok's 500 million users aren't there to fight about politics, troll their enemies, or shitpost for lolz. They're mostly a community of inclusive, fun-loving content creators who support one another. You can thank the Chinese government's commitment to exporting censorship for that. A ...
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What reading r/The_Donald every day for a month taught me
I tried to get 'red pilled' by r/The_Donald and I didn't even get a T-shirt. What I did get though, was a deep enough understanding of the bigots, racists, ableists, homophobes, and other 'forgotten' people huddling in this safe space to develop some empathy for them. I've come ...
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This game shows you how bots and trolls spread fake news on social media
Troll Factory taps into the power of gamification to bring about awareness and "illustrate how fake news, emotive content ...
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Studying brains can explain why tech affects men and women differently
Results found that when men see pictures of video games, the part of the brain that causes addiction showed higher levels ...
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Study: Weaponized misinformation from political parties is now a global problem
A study found that since 2017, organized social media manipulation has more than doubled with at least 70 countries using ...
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Reddit and Gab's most toxic communities inadvertently train AI to combat hate speech
A team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara and Intel took thousands of conversations from the scummiest communities on Reddit and Gab and used them to develop and train AI to combat hate speech. Finally, r/The_Donald and other online cesspools are doing something useful. The system ...
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Wait, Facebook had 'group stories'? Well they're shutting it down anyway
Just nine months after introducing Stories in Facebook Groups, the social media giant is killing off the feature on September ...
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Businesses can now schedule Instagram posts and IGTV videos with Facebook — here’s how
Earlier this week, Facebook released a new update for its Creator Studio, allowing businesses on the platform to schedule ...
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Instagram now restricts visibility of weight loss products and cosmetic surgery posts for teens
In an effort to combat toxic beauty standards, Instagram announced it will tighten its policy on posts related to weight ...
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Obsessed with death? You might have 'existential isolation,' says study
How often do you think about death? For many, the answer is a terrifying “almost always.” But, at some point or another, ...
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Twitter's refusal to dox a cow stymies Republican's $250M lawsuit
US Rep. Devin Nunes can't seem to catch a break. First, despite his memo blaming Obama and the FBI for all the evils in the ...
