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What Twitter needs isn’t in its subscription service.
Social media, for better or worse, is an inseparable part of our lives in the modern, ultra-connected age that we live in. This means that it has a unique...
The social network says the former president will receive a two-year ban following his actions surrounding January 6.
The sale of the Tribune newspapers to the Alden hedge fund is a sign of trouble ahead.
Apple’s iOS 14.5 update has triggered an unstoppable collapse in Facebook’s ability to collect user data
Apple cutting the social media giant off from iPhone user data could force a healthy change. From the article "Facebook’s #algorithms are soulless"
Apple's latest move in its battle against In its most recent move in its battle against Apple's iOS 14 privacy update aims to convince users to opt in.
Daily fines could be as high as $250,000 per day.
Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, the ranking Republican on the subcommittee, defined what he saw as the crux of the debate: There is a fundamental disconnect between the “healthy engagement” the platform representatives say is the goal of their companies’ business models and what their critics argue are the actual goals of those business models, which is to fuel user engagement and “quantity” through content addiction and outrage that promotes the spread of misinformation and extremism that threatens society and democracy.
Here's how to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Key quote: "But Facebook knows how powerful its algorithms can be. In 2016, an internal Facebook study found that 64 percent of people who joined an extremist group on the platform did so only because its algorithm recommended it. Recently, a member of the Wolverine Watchmen, the militia accused of trying to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), said he joined the group when it “popped up as a suggestion post” on Facebook because he interacted with pages supporting the Second Amendment."