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He says AI can tell your politics and sexuality by reading your face. Is he right?
Michal Kosinski is pushing the boundaries of what artificial intelligence can do — and it terrifies…
Adam Rogers
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Steven Mnuchin wants to buy TikTok without the one thing that makes it so valuable: the algorithm
Steven Mnuchin has floated the idea to some investors of buying TikTok without the code that made t…
Lloyd Lee
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Garbage AI posts like Shrimp Jesus are destroying Facebook
Buying stuff on Marketplace and laughing at bad AI are the only things that can draw me, a millenni…
Meghan Morris
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Startup founder says he lost his company and $100 million by relying on Facebook: 'Sends chills down my spine' to watch others build businesses on Instagram and TikTok
The founder of a digital media site tweeted that "it was a death sentence" when Facebook started pr…
Katie Canales
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India starts probe into Facebook’s algorithm, seeks info on moderation process
Social media giant Facebook has once again come under the scanner in India. The Indian government h…
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Meta promises the DOJ it will build a new ad-targeting algorithm that doesn't discriminate against people
The DOJ said if Meta doesn't build a new, non-discriminatory ad-targeting tool by December 31 it wi…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Instagram's chronological feed is finally back
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri first hinted at the popular feature's return last year after it disapp…
Katie Canales
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says if Elon Musk wants Twitter to be a public square, he should make its algorithms open source
The former product manager on Facebook's civic integrity team made the comments on a special editio…
Sam Tabahriti
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Facebook apologizes after its AI software labels Black men 'primates' in a video featured on the platform
Facebook called the offensive labeling of Black men an "unacceptable error" and said it disabled th…
Zahra Tayeb
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Facebook employees worried an algorithm change in the middle of Trump's presidency would push sensationalistic and divisive content, a new report says
Facebook graded posts - 1 point for "likes," 5 points for reactions, like angry emojis - to decide …
Katie Canales
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The head of Facebook-owned WhatsApp slammed Apple's plan to scan iPhones for child abuse images as a 'setback for people's privacy all over the world'
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart tweeted his disapproval of Apple's announcement to scan iPhone photos f…
Francis Agustin
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From transphobia to Ted Kaczynski: How TikTok's algorithm enables far-right self-radicalization
Many extremist groups use the Internet to spread their ideologies and recruit newcomers. Social med…
Morgan Keith
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Instagram pushes back against 'The Algorithm' - because it tracks every action you take on the app using 'a variety of algorithms'
"We rank things differently in different parts of the app, based on how people use them," said head…
Allana Akhtar
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Instagram reveals the 4 things it watches most closely to determine everything you see on the app
Instagram says it looks at how often you've interacted with another person, among other factors, to…
Katie Canales
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Meta shuts Bulletin newsletter, refocuses on algorithm to take on TikTok
In June 2021, the company launched Bulletin, a set of publishing and subscription tools to sup…
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Instagram's algorithm directly connects teens to 'drug dealers selling everything from opioids to party drugs,' researchers say
In just two clicks, teenagers could reach accounts claiming to sell drugs, the Tech Transparency Pr…
Connor Perrett
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How TikTokers are making tons of money on Facebook, an often overlooked 'cash cow' for short video
Facebook isn't as "dead" as you may think, at least not for TikTok creators. Some are earning thous…
Shriya Bhattacharya,Sydney Br…
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A Facebook whistleblower said it knows that its algorithms are pushing QAnon and white nationalist content to Trump fans, but denies it
Frances Haugen said in an interview with CBS that Facebook was reluctant to do anything that would …
Tom Porter
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Sen. Ed Markey wrote a scathing letter to Mark Zuckerberg condemning Facebook groups as 'breeding grounds for hate' and 'venues for coordination of violence'
Sen. Markey said Facebook groups allow users to "organize and coordinate violent and anti-democrati…
Katie Canales
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Facebook's job advert targeting algorithm appears to discriminate on gender and age, a nonprofit campaign group has said.
96% of Facebook users shown a job ad for mechanics were men, and 95% shown an ad for nurse jobs wer…