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Democrats counter Trump's fake coronavirus news with AI that fought ISIS propaganda
An anti-Trump PAC is using AI originally designed to tackle Islamic State propaganda to counter coronavirus disinformation ...
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'Strava Wankers' pokes fun at the worst people in society — tryhards
Since lockdown measures have forced gyms to shut, many are exercising outside. The side effect is that everyone is now on ...
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Twitter is winding down its SMS-based system for delivering tweets
Twitter is shutting down its service that let you use the social network over text messages. Twitter was originally built ...
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Twitter is testing a feature to let you see quoted retweets
You've all seen "sco pa tu mana" and "bomboclaat" tweets on your timeline. Those templates are made for quote retweets. But, there's no way you can see all quoted tweets from a single tweet right now. However, Twitter might be solving that problem soon. The company's product lead, ...
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AI study of Twitter bots reveals boredom is what separates us from machines
Our horrible attention spans distinguish us from bots, according to University of Southern California study of human and ...
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Trump's retweet with doctored Biden video earns Twitter's first 'manipulated media' label
Last month, Twitter released a set of rules to identify and label tweets with manipulated media, as a way of battling misinformation on its platform. Last night, it tagged the first tweet with "manipulated media" -- a doctored Joe Biden video retweeted by the US President Donald Trump. The ...
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This algorithm could improve emergency responses by removing lies spread on Twitter
An algorithm that filters out misinformation spread on Twitter could help emergency services respond to natural disasters ...
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Twitter expands hate speech guidelines to include disability, illness, and age
Twitter today updated its rules on hate speech to include dehumanizing language against several new groups of people -- specifically those with disabilities, of different age groups, and those with diseases. https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1235641453767991298 To keep ...
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Twitter is working on its version of Stories and we're already over it
Twitter is testing a feature called "Fleets," text updates that vanish after 24 hours. After all this time, we fail to see ...
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Twitter's new stakeholder reportedly wants to remove CEO Jack Dorsey
Twitter's new stakeholder, activist investor Elliott Management, reportedly wants to remove CEO Jack Dorsey. It's nominated ...
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No spoilers: How to mute words and phrases on Twitter
In case you didn't know, Twitter allows you to mute individual words. And for iPhone users, all it takes is one long-press. ...
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Twitter tests labeling and correcting 'harmfully misleading' tweets by politicians
The 2016 election was a watershed moment for the spread of misinformation online, so social networks have been exploring ...
