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Facebook will put a new coronavirus info center on top of the News Feed
In an effort to disseminate trustworthy health information on COVID-19, Facebook will roll out its own coronavirus information center, a…
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Beware of ‘ZoomBombing’: screensharing filth to video calls
The world is vulnerable to a new type of trolling as people turn to to feel connected amidst quarantines. Jerks…
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Facebook wrongly blocked some links, including coronavirus info
Facebook suffered from a massive bug in its News Feed spam filter, causing URLs to legitimate websites including Medium, Buzzfeed,…
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Instagram uses its power to put coronavirus tips atop feed
Instagram is embracing its potential as a news source, employing its ubiquity to distribute coronavirus prevention techniques through a new…
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Russian trolls are outsourcing to Africa to stoke US racial tensions
With tech companies wise to many of the tactics that Russia’s now-infamous troll farms used to seed disinformation during the…
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TikTok to open a ‘Transparency Center’ where outside experts can examine its moderation practices
TikTok, the popular social media app owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, has been under a national security investigation by…
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Twitter rewrites Developer Policy to better support academic research and use of ‘good’ bots
Twitter today updated its Developer Policy to clarify rules around data usage, including in academic research, as well as its…
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Facebook’s board is its most gender-balanced yet with two new additions
On Monday, Facebook announced the addition of two new names to its board of directors, Nancy Killefer and Tracey T.…
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TV advertising didn’t die, it just moved online
The tradition of sitting through a barrage of ads in exchange for being entertained began with radio, flourished with the…
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Facebook Stories tests cross-posting to its pet, Instagram
Facebook’s latest colonization of Instagram has begun. Facebook is testing the option to cross-post Stories to Instagram, instead of just…
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