As AI tools become increasingly sophisticated and accessible, so does one of its worst applications: non-consensus. fake porn. While much of this content is hosted on dedicated sites, more and more is finding its way to social platforms. Today the Meta Supervisory Board announced that it was taking up cases …
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The technology giants have overthrown capitalism. That’s the argument of former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who made his name trying to defend indebted Greece from its German creditors. Varoufakis never regained the notoriety of 2015, but remains a prominent voice on the left. After an unsuccessful campaign for a …
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A former Navy submarine technician was arrested after police said he drove a van to FBI headquarters near Atlanta on Monday afternoon. It is still unclear why the suspect, Ervin Lee Bolling, attempted to force entry into the headquarters, but an investigation by Advance Democracy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that …
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Advertisements containing misinformation related to abortion are allowed to be posted on Facebook and Instagram in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, while legitimate healthcare providers struggle to gain approval from their own, according to new research. He report, published today by the Center to Counter Digital Hate and …
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Earlier this month, Meta announced that it would be closing CrowdTangle, the social media monitoring and transparency tool that has allowed journalists and researchers to track the spread of misinformation and disinformation. It will cease operations on August 14, 2024, just a few months before the US presidential election. Meta’s …
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