Parents and US lawmakers are debating whether social media has fueled a teen suicide crisis, as mental health struggles have risen sharply among young Americans
Mental-health struggles have risen sharply among young Americans, and parents and lawmakers alike are scrutinizing life online for answers. Bluesky: @madelinevo.bsky.social and @caseyjohnston.bsky.soc...
A look at the vast and mostly hidden “tasker” underclass, including subject-matter experts, hired by companies like Scale AI to annotate data for AI training
As the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere. Bluesky: @sarahjeong.bsky.social , @knguyen.bsky.social , and @yoyoel.com Mastodon: @stshank@mstdn....
Twitter plans to discontinue free access to its API starting on February 9, ending support for both v1.1 and v2, and launch a “paid basic tier” instead
This week I spent too many minutes watching Nothing, Forever, which is a Twitch stream that runs 24/7. Mastodon: Kate Starbird / @katestarbird@mstdn.social : Looks like Twitter is eliminating free acc...
The history of Medium, told through a timeline of tweets, articles, and Ev Williams' own statements about the site
http://www.niemanlab.org/... @niemanlab : Medium has turned into “an endless thought experiment into what publishing on the internet could look like.” http://www.niemanlab.org/... Laura Hazard Owen / ...
Facebook says it's committed to enforcing its expectations of working conditions for contractor moderators, and the firms it partners with excel in their domain
if they were treated like employees, they could sue about employee things. Also, it's a fast-growing workforce which may be cut when the AI gets good enough, so why use recruiting resources? Tom Warre...
Sundar Pichai's appearance before Congress was another in a long line of pointless hearings, where lawmakers display limited knowledge and execs are evasive
everybody's happy, even if little is accomplished.” http://www.buzzfeed.com/... Rakesh Agrawal / @rakeshlobster : Lawmakers are playing to the cameras and their constituents. This ends the same way it...
Sundar Pichai's appearance before Congress was another in a long line of pointless hearings, where lawmakers display limited knowledge and execs are evasive
It's hard to imagine how these hearings will result in anything more substantial than a few less-than-viral soundbites. Tweets: @rakeshlobster , @drphilgoff , @wiczipedia , @cwarzel , @caseyjohnston ,...
A look at how eBay's seller ratings approach can be credited or blamed for shaping the internet and influencing tech giants like Facebook and Uber
There was a time when eBay was practically synonymous with buying and selling things online. Now it's surprisingly easy to forget that it exists … Tweets: @jwherrman , @mattklinman , and @caseyjohnst...
Cambridge Analytica claims to not use Facebook data in voter profiles, perhaps because the models it built from 2014 data do not require more data from Facebook
Last week Reuters reported on the Harris Brand Survey: Casey Johnston / The Outline : Cambridge Analytica's leak shouldn't surprise you, but it should scare you Todd Haselton / CNBC : How to control w...
While most crowdfunded hardware products ship months late due to logistics and manufacturing challenges, the instances of outright fraud are rare
Casey Johnston / Ars Technica :