Research finds AI disinformation amplified satire, false political narratives, and hate speech during the US elections, but did not change the minds of voters
Artificial intelligence was predicted to disrupt the 2024 election. It ended up shaking people's faith in truth rather than changing minds. Source: ISD .
Some national security concerns about TikTok are valid, but a forced sale of its US operations may undermine the company's ability to fight adversarial threats
Wait until you hear about credit rating companies, HR companies, real estate verification companies … Tweets: Eva / @evacide : If you think the US needs a TikTok ban and not a comp...
Hollywood and music industry insiders, actors, and others say a TikTok ban could seriously hurt their businesses and are scrambling to create contingency plans
The entertainment industry has become so reliant on TikTok that banning the app could hurt business, industry insiders say
A deep dive into the race to develop a quantum computer, which could help address climate change and food scarcity, break current encryption protocols, and more
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A deep dive into the race to develop a quantum computer, which could help address climate change and food scarcity, break current encryption protocols, and more
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How a quiet partnership between US tech companies, US and NATO intel agencies, and Ukrainian hackers helped blunt Russia's offensive cyber capabilities
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 // (IG): BB //Weekly Sponsor: UNDERWORLD BJJ Mark Halperin / Wide World of News : In the Clearing Stands a Boxer Tweets: @hkanji : “The Ukrainians have got...
Investigation: how China identifies, tracks, and pressures its critics on Facebook and Twitter, including Chinese living abroad and citizens of other nations
US investigators traced ransomware payments back to companies in the Moscow skyscraper Federation Tower East, suggesting Russia tolerates ransomware operators
Ahead of the Biden-Putin summit, where Russian ransomware gangs are expected to be a point of tension, a look at how Russia became a “greenhouse” for hackers
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Analysis finds 24+ organizations that installed SolarWinds code, including Cisco, Intel, Nvidia, VMware, Belkin, a CA hospital, and Kent State university
A Wall Street Journal analysis identified at least 24 organizations that installed software laced with malicious code by Russian hackers
Trump downplayed the massive cyberattack on the US government, claiming that China may be responsible and the “Fake News Media” is exaggerating its extent
While social media platforms did not create QAnon, they helped it go mainstream via recommendation systems designed to prioritize engagement
or, more accurately, their inaction — to where we are today.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew : Really glad that @cwarzel is situating this in Faceboo...
An in-depth look at China's Twitter propaganda machine, which uses over 10K fake Twitter accounts to promote the Chinese government's image abroad
Kalen Keegan, a college student at the University of Nebraska Omaha, immediately noticed when her Twitter account unleashed a torrent of posts in Chinese.
CNN investigation finds troll farms in Ghana and Nigeria exploited US racial tensions and have ties to Russia's IRA; Facebook and Twitter have removed accounts
the vast majority in the second half of 2019 — and they reached hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of people worldwide.” https://twitter.com/... Julia Davis / @juliadavisnews...
CNN investigation finds troll farms in Ghana and Nigeria exploited US racial tensions and have ties to Russia's IRA; Facebook and Twitter have removed accounts
Accra, Ghana (CNN)The Russian trolls are back — and once again trying to poison the political atmosphere in the United States ahead of this year's elections.