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The owner of WeChat thinks deepfakes could actually be good | MIT Technology Review
by Karen Hao
July 29, 2020
In a new white paper about its plans for AI, translated by China scholars Jeffrey Ding and Caroline Meinhardt, Tencent,…
Facebook Employee Leaks Show Betrayal By Company Leadership | Buzzfeed News
by Ryan Mac and Craig Silverman
July 27, 2020
On July 1, Max Wang, a Boston-based software engineer who was leaving Facebook after more than seven years, shared a…
How Palantir and Peter Thiel might lead the biggest tech IPO of the year | Vox
by Sara Morrison
July 20, 2020
In the earlier days of the Covid-19 pandemic, many of the country’s public health departments, still reliant on fax machines,…
The Technology 202: Facebook says current privacy laws are ‘insufficient’ | The Washington Post
by Cat Zakrzewski
July 17, 2020
The social network today released its latest white paper, a 29-page document calling current privacy practices and laws “insufficient.” The…
It’s time the tech giants cracked down on the anti-vaxx infodemic | The Telegraph
by Imran Ahmed
July 9, 2020
The campaign against vaccines is sometimes called a “movement”, but with the help of tech giants it has become a…
The Loss Of Public Goods To Big Tech | NOEMA
by Safiya Noble
July 2, 2020
For decades, the titans of technology have talked about human-centered artificial intelligence and its capacity to inform and improve the…
Nextdoor Removes App’s ‘Forward to Police’ Feature | The New York Times
by Allyson Waller
June 24, 2020
Following complaints about racial profiling on its platform, the popular neighborhood social media app Nextdoor has discontinued a feature that…
Transatlantic Group Urges Transparency and Accountability for Digital Platforms | Annenberg School for Communication
by Transatlantic Working Group
June 16, 2020
In a report released today, the Transatlantic High Level Working Group on Content Moderation Online and Freedom of Expression urges…
COVID-19 misinformation and the election are colliding | Fast Company
by Ruth Reader
June 1, 2020
Researchers watching the constant swirl of COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation say that it’s about to become very political. That may…