Intentionally false news stories were shared more than 35m times during the 2016 US presidential election, with Facebook playing a significant role in their spread. Shortly after, the Cambridge Analytica scandal revealed ...
Internet
Mar 21, 2019
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Facebook announced Thursday that it has removed more than 500 pages, groups and accounts originating in Russia for engaging in what the social network called "coordinated inauthentic behavior."
Internet
Jan 17, 2019
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Mikita Burton has had a Facebook account for nine years, nearly as long as her youngest child has been alive. And, until arguments about the presidential election spread like a contagion throughout her news feed, she averaged ...
Internet
Feb 16, 2018
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Researcher Fredrik Erlandsson at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden has now developed methods that enable human interaction to be traced and to systematically retrieve information from social networks.
Internet
Feb 1, 2018
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Social media is a wonderful tool for sharing information quickly; But not surprisingly, some of that information is false and has played a role in the dissemination of conspiracy theories and fake news.
Internet
Mar 28, 2017
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The online-cable market is getting a little more crowded.
Telecom
Dec 14, 2016
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A month after announcing new guidelines, Reddit removed five groups that it said harassed people.
Internet
Jun 10, 2015
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CBS on Thursday launched an on-demand streaming news service with live "anchored" news reports that can be viewed on any Web-connected device.
Internet
Nov 6, 2014
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The bad boy of digital media is now the king of the hill.
Business
Sep 4, 2014
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Even though Rupert Murdoch's $76 billion bid for rival media giant Time Warner Inc. has been rejected, that doesn't mean how you watch TV shows and movies will stop changing any time soon.
Business
Jul 16, 2014
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