Researchers describe Meta's roadblocks, including pre-publication review and restrictive contracts, to stifle research that might cast it in a negative light
Last March, Orestis Papakyriakopoulos, a researcher at Princeton University, applied to use a special data access tool that allows academics to do research on Facebook. Tweets: @paultang , @emmalbrian...
It took decades to bring meaningful government regulation for Big Tobacco and experts say it could take an equally long time to regulate Big Tech
when we—allow crime among elites and the powerful it doesn't just go away. It comes back, stronger and more abusive. Which is why we can't let Facebook, the Sacklers, or Trump, get away with saying th...
It took decades to bring meaningful government regulation for Big Tobacco and experts say it could take an equally long time to regulate Big Tech
If what faces Big Tech is anything like what happened to Big Tobacco, the road ahead is likely to be a yearslong battle over proposed rules and regulations.
An internal doc at Facebook, co-written by Chris Cox, aims to equip employees with rebuttals to the perception that the company's products fuel polarization
In a Thursday presentation, Facebook executives told employees the company isn't to blame for social division in the country. Tweets: @rmac18 , @jtemple , @rmac18 , @buzzfeednews , @rmac18 , @johnpacz...
Gebru's firing reveals tech's ability to co-opt and minimize criticism of its AI systems, highlighting the need for tech unions, research protection, regulation
and offer some suggestions for how to begin fixing it. https://www.wired.com/... @techwontsaveus : “The handful of people who are benefiting from AI's proliferation are shaping the academic and public...
Gebru's firing reveals tech's ability to co-opt and minimize criticism of its AI systems, highlighting the need for tech unions, research protection, regulation
The situation has made clear that the field needs to change. Here's where to start, according to a current and a former Googler. Tweets: @nin_sch , @math_rachel , @dataremixed , @emilymbender , @wire...
Sources: more than half of the state attorneys general in the US are preparing an antitrust investigation into Google, scheduled to be announced on September 9
Data Sheet Casey Newton / The Verge : YouTube says it's being responsible — but what it needs to be is accountable Kelly Earley / Silicon Republic : US antitrust investigation into Google may begin ne...