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Where The Algorithms Can’t Find You
A man wearing a red flannel shirt and brown suspenders walks into a clearing. His beard is well kempt, the same off-white as the snowmelt behind him. “Good afternoon,” he says to the camera. “It’s Friday, Oct. 12.” Slowly, he extends his arms. Two birds swoop down from the trees, alighting on hi…
Reports for Senate Intel detail sweep of Russian interference on social media
Russia's campaigns heavily favored Trump, the report says.
Two reports commissioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee out today provide the most detailed look yet at Russian online propaganda efforts — and raise questions about social media companies' cooperation with a probe by the p…
China blacklists millions of people from booking flights as 'social credit' system introduced
Millions of Chinese nationals have been blocked from booking flights or trains as Beijing seeks to implement its controversial “social credit” system, which allows the government to closely monitor and judge each of its 1.3 billion citizens based on their behaviour and activity.
The syst…
‘Nothing on this page is real’: How lies become truth in online America
He had launched his new website on Facebook during the 2016 presidential campaign as a practical joke among friends — a political satire site started by Blair and a few other liberal bloggers who wanted to make fun of what they considered to be extremist ideas spreading throughout the far right.…
Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them to George Soros
Facebook hired a PR firm that attempted to discredit the company’s critics by claiming they were agents of the billionaire George Soros, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Soros is a Jewish philanthropist who is the frequent subject of antisemitic conspiracy theories. At the same ti…
Doctors post blood-soaked photos after NRA tells them to pipe down over gun laws
US doctors are sharing haunting pictures of the aftermath of gun violence on social media after the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) told medical experts to "stay in their lane" when it comes to firearms restrictions.
Key points:
- NRA criticised "self-important" a…
White House shares doctored video to support punishment of journalist Jim Acosta
This apparent subtle edit shows how video has become as vulnerable to politicized distortion as everything else.
November 8 at 1:14 PM
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Wednesday night shared a video of CNN reporter Jim Acosta that appeared to have been altered to make h…
Facebook removes pages belonging to far-right group 'Proud Boys'
Facebook on Tuesday began taking down pages affiliated with the "Proud Boys," a far-right organization whose members were allegedly involved in a violent fight in New York this month.
Pages on Facebook and Instagram that previously belonged to the group disappeared and instead showed mes…
A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley
“I am convinced the devil lives in our phones.”
The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it. Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided they don’t want their own children anywhere near them.
A wariness that has been slowly brewing is …
Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that could determine whether Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies can censor their users
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could determine whether users can challenge social media companies on free speech grounds.
The case, Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, No. 17-702, centers on whether a private operator of a public access television network is co…
Trump Campaign Aide Requested Online Manipulation Plans From Israeli Intelligence Firm
WASHINGTON — A top Trump campaign official requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence to help defeat Republican primary race opponents and Hillary Clinton, according to interviews and copies of…
Man in the eye of Europe’s copyright storm
Axel Voss was meant to be a cool head in a heated argument. But distance from his home party — and accusations of hard-headedness — have undermined him.
(Editors note: Unslanted.Net strongly opposes the link tax and upload filters)
Amazon Apparently Wants to Destroy TiVo Now
Poor TiVo. The pioneer of live TV recording was just minding its own business, muddling along in a world it doesn’t recognize when news broke that Amazon is looking to start a fight. That’s all it takes to send investors fleeing. But why does Amazon reportedly want in on this antiquated market?<…
Facebook was repeatedly warned of security flaw that led to biggest data breach in its history
The breach, which involved stealing digital "access tokens" used by Facebook to verify users' identity without needing their passwords, exposed the n…
Windows 10 KB4532693 update may be hiding or even deleting files
Last year’s last major Windows 10 update was a relatively small one and, save for a few bugs, was relatively less problematic than previous feature u…
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