A look at YouTube's hidden world: most of the videos on the platform capture everyday life and have rarely been seen, with the median video having just 41 views
There's a secret side of YouTube, just beyond the guiding hand of the algorithm - and it's nothing like what you know. Bluesky: @thomasgermain , @antisomniac , and @mausellmoli Mastodon: @ethanz@socia...
An Adalytics report shows how ad systems run by Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others inadvertently placed ads on a website that hosts CSAM
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Faulty court filing redactions: TikTok executives were unconcerned with the harms the app poses for US teenagers, despite internal research validating concerns
and Its Executives Knew All Along Chase DiBenedetto / Mashable : TikTok execs know exactly how many videos it takes to get addicted to its platform Nehal Malik / iPhone in Canada Blog : TikTok Knew Ab...
Copywriters detail how AI is affecting their jobs, with some noticing a new line of work to make AI-generated text sound more human, a job that pays a lot less
If you're worried about how AI will affect your job, the world of copywriters may offer a glimpse of the future. X: @thomasgermain , @drantoniowrites , @carnage4life , @kristadiamond , @thomasgermain ...
A look at AARoads, a dedicated US roads and highways wiki site started by a group of Wikipedia editors, after years of frustration over Wikipedia's rules
A group of Wikipedia editors wrote 15,000 articles on US roads and highways. But after a fight over the platform's rules, they went rogue. X: @sanjaymehta , @robmv , and @thomasgermain Forums: Hacker...
An interview with Victor Wong, Google's senior director of product management for Privacy Sandbox, about replacing third-party cookies, Apple's ATT, and more
Victor Wong https://gizmodo.com/... Victor Wong / @vkw : I've spent the last several months connecting with people from across the industry on how we build a more private internet. Today, I published ...