This Website is Selling Billions of Private Messages of Discord Users

By Deeba Ahmed
Millions of Discord messages sold online! Protect yourself from leaked usernames, photos & financial details. Learn how to secure your Discord account.
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The rising influence of AI on the 2024 US election

We stand at a crossroads for election misinformation: on one side our election apparatus has reached a higher level of security and is better defended from malicious attackers than ever before. On the other side, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI… Continue reading The rising influence of AI on the 2024 US election

Civil society groups press platforms to step up election integrity work

A coalition of civil society groups wants social media companies to re-invest in human content moderation and commit to holding bad actors accountable.

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AI and the Evolution of Social Media

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. A decade ago, social media was celebrated for sparking democratic uprisings in the Arab world and beyond. Now front pages are splashed with stories of social platforms’ role in misinformation, business conspiracy, malfeasance, and risks to mental health. In a 2022 survey, Americans blamed social media for the coarsening of our political discourse, the spread of misinformation, and the increase in partisan polarization.

Today, tech’s darling is artificial intelligence. Like social media, it has the potential to change the world in many ways, some favorable to democracy. But at the same time, it has the potential to do incredible damage to society…

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Defining coercion at heart of Supreme Court case on government jawboning platforms

Monday’s case has major ramifications for the relationship between the government and social media platforms and policing disinformation.

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CISA: No credible election threats, and no contact with social media companies

The agency said during a Super Tuesday media briefing that its communication channels with social media companies have gone dark, following court cases that officials say have “fundamentally” changed how the federal government interacts with platforms.

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Nepali Hacker Tops Hall of Fame by Exposing Facebook’s Zero-Click Flaw

By Deeba Ahmed
It is unclear how much the hacker received as part of the Facebook bug bounty program.
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