Congress chews up Zuckerberg, day two: A far more thorough mastication
“What’s the difference between Facebook and J. Edgar Hoover?” Continue reading Congress chews up Zuckerberg, day two: A far more thorough mastication
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Congress grills Zuckerberg, day one: How does this online stuff work?
On Tuesday, senators began their questioning of the virgin-to-Congressional-grilling, Mark Zuckerberg. Continue reading Congress grills Zuckerberg, day one: How does this online stuff work?
Facebook’s new fake news strategy is… decide for yourself!
Facebook is getting rid of fact-checkers and leaving it up to readers to decide what’s real Continue reading Facebook’s new fake news strategy is… decide for yourself!
Cambridge Analytica’s secret coding sauce allegedly leaked
The exposed data, available free by registering an email address, shows CA used software developed by AggregateIQ to sway US elections.
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Fake News About the Parkland Kids Is Still Going Viral on Facebook
Misleading stories from sketchy sites are all the rage. Again. Continue reading Fake News About the Parkland Kids Is Still Going Viral on Facebook
New whistleblower says Facebook turned a blind eye to covert data harvesting
Sandy Parakilas, formerly responsible for policing data breaches, said ignorance was bliss and assumed to protect Facebook from liability. Continue reading New whistleblower says Facebook turned a blind eye to covert data harvesting
6 Ways Machine Learning Can Help with Security
If you were to believe all the marketing buzz about machine learning, you would think it the answer to all security teams’ prayers. But it isn’t. At least not yet. Even so, machine learning is pretty powerful tech and there are places it can be helpfu… Continue reading 6 Ways Machine Learning Can Help with Security
Facebook loses control of 50 million users’ data, suspends analytics firm
Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica for violating its platform policies. Continue reading Facebook loses control of 50 million users’ data, suspends analytics firm
With great tech success, comes even greater responsibility
As we watch major tech platforms evolve over time, it’s clear that companies like Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon (among others) have created businesses that are having a huge impact on humanity — sometimes positive and other times not so much. That suggests that these platforms have to understand how people are using them and […] Continue reading With great tech success, comes even greater responsibility
YouTube conspiracy videos to get links to Wikipedia and other sources
Not all controversial conspiracy videos are getting this treatment, which will begin in coming months. Only those with “significant debate.” Continue reading YouTube conspiracy videos to get links to Wikipedia and other sources