How an editor uncovered the “largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia's history” that promoted obscure composer David Woodard with entries in 335 languages
Quick—what are the top entries in the category “Wikipedia articles written in the greatest number of languages”?
The FBI says that losses from crypto-related frauds increased 45% YoY to $5.6B in 2023, with losses from investment scams accounting for 71% of the total
FBI Tanzeel Akhtar / Cryptonews : FBI Reports $5.6B Lost to Crypto Fraud, 45% Increase in Loss Since Prev Year Associated Press : Americans lost $5.6 billion last year in cryptocur...
Substack and Telegram searches reveal scores of white supremacist, neo-Confederate, and Nazi newsletters on Substack; over 16 displayed overt Nazi symbols
Jonathan M. Katz / The Atlantic : Threads: @anildash and @carnage4life . Mastodon: @CdnCurmudgeon@mastodon.social X: @william_wgordon , @yappelbaum , @egavactip , and @blackamazon...
Sources: Google tests an AI tool to produce news stories, pitching the service to the NYT, WaPo, News Corp, and other outlets as a helpmate for journalists
The product, pitched as a helpmate for journalists, has been demonstrated for executives at The New York Times, The Washington Post and News Corp …
Brazilian lawmakers file a complaint against Google for letting Google Play users download Slavery Simulator from April 20 to May 24 before taking the game down
Brazilian lawmakers file a complaint against Google for letting Google Play users download Slavery Simulator from April 20 to May 24 before taking the game down
even reviewed — the app, and a tech giant that exercised no oversight of sales on its platform. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Matthew Hay Brown / @matthewhaybrown : IN SLAVER...
Docs: investments in 4chan include $800K from owner Hiroyuki Nishimura, $4.8M from his company, and $2.4M from Tokyo-based Good Smile, which makes Disney toys
I got my hands on records of the corporate partnership that enabled, and financed, the corrosive imageboard. Tweets: Liam Robertson / @doctor_cupcakes : This is such a bizarre stor...
A South Carolina bill would make it illegal to host, or provide access to, a website with information that is “reasonably likely to be used for an abortion”
More states could follow, setting up a battle over the future of online speech across the country. — Listen — Gift Article
Biden backtracks on his Facebook criticism, says he meant top users spreading vaccine misinfo were “killing people”, and urges Facebook to reduce misinformation
Biden walks back attack over vaccine lies Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post : The Technology 202: Facebook isn't sharing how many Americans viewed vaccine misinformation New York Ti...
Sources: a group of Facebook data scientists asked for resources to measure COVID misinfo on Facebook at the start of the pandemic, but execs denied the request
The company doesn't know some specifics about how falsehoods about Covid-19 and vaccines for the virus spread on its social network.
FAA issues rules requiring some drones, like those flying over people, to be remotely identifiable and night flying drones to have anti-collision lights
https://twitter.com/... @reuterstech : The FAA says it will allow small drones to fly over people and at night across America — a significant step toward their use for widespread c...
FAA issues rules requiring some drones, like those flying over people, to be remotely identifiable and night flying drones to have anti-collision lights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday said it is issuing long-awaited rules to allow … Source: Federal Aviation Administration .
Twitch temporarily bans President Trump for “hateful conduct” that was aired on stream, noting it does not make exceptions for “political or newsworthy content”
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
New report says the proliferation of right-wing content on YouTube is driven by both supply and demand rather than the platform's recommendation algorithm
In a new report, Penn State political scientists say that it's not the recommendation engine, but the communities that form around right-wing content. Tweets: @parismartineau , @wi...
FCC filing: Pentagon tests high-altitude balloons in Midwest for a “surveillance system to locate and deter narcotic trafficking and homeland security threats”
Exclusive: the high-altitude balloons promise a cheap monitoring platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods
Germany starts enforcing law under which social networks will be fined up to €50M if they fail to remove hate speech, fake news, and illegal material
Germany is set to start enforcing a law that demands social media sites move quickly to remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material.