Experts say open sourcing Twitter's algorithm will not increase transparency because recommendation engines are complex and use an immense fire hose of data
Conservatives have long claimed discrimination by the social network, but there's no one algorithm that could prove it, researchers say Tweets: @chrismessina , @kevinmarks , @peterwsinger , @nbashaw ,...
In internal memo, Andrew Bosworth says he wants the metaverse to have “almost Disney levels of safety” but that moderation at scale “is practically impossible”
Internal memo from Andrew Bosworth lays out the scale of the challenge Tweets: @mshannahmurphy , @matthewfederman , @peterwsinger , @somebadideas , @minimaxir , @alexweprin , @karlbode , @counternotio...
Troy Hunt claims that Carding Mafia, a forum for stealing and trading credit cards, has been hacked, exposing emails, usernames, and passwords for ~300K hackers
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE : Tweets: @lorenzofb , @peterwsinger , @edbott , and @x0rz Tweets: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @lorenzofb : NEW: Hackers hacked a credit card hacking forum, e...
Survey of 73 tech experts shows 93% approve of tech platforms' decision to suspend Trump's accounts following Capitol violence
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post : Tweets: @cat_zakrzewski , @drewharwell , @peterwsinger , @zacharygraves , @digiphile , and @digiphile Tweets: Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_zakrzewski : We asked more than ...
Zillow usage since March is up 50%+ YoY, as surfing real estate listings on home buying websites becomes a form of escapism amid the pandemic
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times : Tweets: @adrianachavira , @peterwsinger , @westcoastbill , @taylrn , @menendezrand , @marybschneider , and @taylorlorenz Tweets: Adriana Chavira / @adrianachavira : I...
PizzaGate is making a comeback fueled by QAnon in Facebook groups and teens on TikTok and focusing on “global elites” like Justin Bieber, Bill Gates, and Oprah
The false theory targeting Democrats, now fueled by QAnon and teenagers on TikTok, is entangling new targets like Justin Bieber. Tweets: @jessienyc , @inevitable_et , @burekch , @joenbc , @russbengtso...
Investigation finds that books dominating Amazon's search results on COVID-19 are often plagiarized from news outlets, with authors lacking verifiable IDs
and promise — of instant Amazon books in the time of coronavirus Louise Matsakis / Wired : Amazon Quietly Removes Some Dubious Coronavirus Books David Covucci / The Daily Dot : Amazon ebooks about cor...
Activist registers as a candidate in California's 2022 gubernatorial election merely to run false Facebook ads, in a challenge to its controversial policy
someone WOULD register as a politician to run ads with misinformation. Zuckerberg said there was intent behind the policy, and FB would “evolve” if necessary. Now it's happened, and Facebook is evolvi...
How Yemen's civil war between the Hadi government and Houthi rebels is waged in cyberspace, with the latter gaining control of the “.ye” top-level domain
for Control of the Country's Internet Tweets: Peter W. Singer / @peterwsinger : Houthi rebels are using control of YemenNet's IP infrastructure to host Coinhive mining services to generate revenue Fas...
As Facebook promotes its “war room” and efforts to fight interference, a study of disinformation on WhatsApp during Brazil's election shows more could be done
there was even a trending hashtag. And Twitter isn't taking action. http://www.nytimes.com/... http://twitter.com/... Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef : “Brazil's biggest newspaper, Folha, released a bom...