Collaborate Disseminate
A Twitter employee who works on machine learning believes that a proactive, algorithmic solution to white supremacy would also catch Republican politicians. Continue reading Why Won’t Twitter Treat White Supremacy Like ISIS? Because It Would Mean Banning Some Republican Politicians Too.
The meeting lasted 30 minutes, and touched on “the health of the public conversation on Twitter,” according to an internal Twitter email obtained by Motherboard. Continue reading Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey Attended Closed-Door Meeting With President Trump
The videos on Facebook and Instagram show sections of the raw Christchurch attack footage, and variations continue to thwart Facebook’s moderators and technology. Continue reading 36 Days After Christchurch, Terrorist Attack Videos Are Still on Facebook
It took 29 minutes for a Facebook user to first report the livestream of the Christchurch terrorist. Now a machine learning system spots weapons in the stream with an over 90 percent confidence rating. Continue reading Machine Learning Identifies Weapons in the Christchurch Attack Video. We Know, We Tried It
Hackers abused a Microsoft customer support portal that allowed them to read the emails of any non-corporate account. Continue reading Hackers Could Read Your Hotmail, MSN, and Outlook Emails by Abusing Microsoft Support
For years, the arrest and case has been kept under-wraps. Friday, a court sentenced Thomas White to 5 years and 4 months for his role in running a huge dark web drug marketplace. Continue reading Silk Road 2 Founder Dread Pirate Roberts 2 Caught, Jailed for 5 Years
For years, it has been publicly reported that Julian Assange offered to help Chelsea Manning break into a classified computer system. Now the Department of Justice has charged Assange for that. Continue reading Julian Assange’s Charges Are Centered on Hacking, Not Publishing Classified Information
This month, the Los Angeles Department for Transportation will enter the next phase of collecting the real-time location of scooters like Lime and Bird. Continue reading EFF Says LA’s Scooter Location Data Could Unmask Individual Riders
A leaked Facebook document gives more detail on the type of firearm parts that the social network does not allow people to sell peer-to-peer. Continue reading Gun Sellers Are Advertising on Instagram and Directing Customers to Encrypted Chat Apps
The exposures didn’t come from Facebook itself, but do show how data generated by one company can end up exposed thanks to another service. Continue reading App Developers Left 540 Million Facebook Users’ Records on the Public Internet