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I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but there are a large number of men on the internet who have problems with their pants. The way I can tell is that first they take a picture of the “affected ar…
What if online communities were actually friendly?
The Civic Signals are 14 indicators of healthy online spaces, based on years of research into what makes online communities work.
New default settings for users aged 13 to 15.
Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp began alerting its 2 billion users in early January to an update of its privacy policy -- and if they wanted to keep using the popular messaging app, they had to accept it. The new terms caused an outcry among technology experts, privacy advocates, billionaire entrepreneurs and government organizations and triggered some defections to rival services. WhatsApp initially said the changes were necessary to help it integrate better with other Facebook products. Then it pushe
I know you do security stuff with computers and my Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/etc has been hacked! It's posting all kinds of strange stuff that isn't from me. What do I do to stop this???
Regulation to curb hateful content online cannot begin and end with platform governance. Platforms are part of a larger online media ecosystem.
First you don’t hear other views. Then you can’t trust them. Your personal information network entraps you just like a cult
There’s no type of content that is natural to social media
Good read for the 601 "bullshit" assignment.
Better Business Bureau Serving Western Virginia warns consumers of scammers using TikTok targeting minors with new sophisticated schemes.
The architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity. It’s not too late to save ourselves.
Consumer privacy has fallen into the FTC's purview, so it's digging deep.
The FTC is investigating data collection at YouTube, Facebook, and seven other companies - The Verge
The companies have 45 days to respond.
Researchers say YouTube's policies and algorithms are still too opaque.
For the past little bit I’ve significantly switched my social media use to reflect- in my opinion- the most interesting aspect of me, which is my 3 degrees. I’ve switched to posts about…
We look back at the set of misleading stories the EIP reviewed to identify which Twitter accounts consistently share false or misleading content about the upcoming election, and from where these accounts source this misleading information, and identified 43 cases. Across our dataset relating to the
In Australia 65% of 1,000 respondents exposed to internet abuse, and one in five feared for their physical safety
On various moral panics and dubious "fixes" re tech and social media.