“Facebook will continue to offer a platform to Holocaust deniers, Infowars, and other publishers of hoaxes on the assumption that they are sincere in their beliefs, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.”
Read: Mark Zuckerberg says Holocaust deniers are making an honest mistake
“Hey Instagram. I was just wondering, Kind of one-note. And I get why: somewhere, an algorithm has (correctly) identified that I do yoga,”
“Facebook is using artificial intelligence to scan users’ posts for signs they’re having suicidal thoughts.”
Read: Facebook is using AI to spot users with suicidal thoughts and send them help
“Facebook has apologized after a Palestinian man was arrested by Israeli police for a post saying “good morning” that its automatic-translation service erroneously translated as “attack them” in Hebrew and “hurt them” in English, reports Israeli newspaper Haaretz.”
“The world’s most powerful information gatekeepers neglected their duties in Las Vegas. Again. In the crucial early hours after the Las Vegas mass shooting, it happened again: Hoaxes, completely unverified rumors, failed witch hunts, and blatant falsehoods spread across the internet.”
“Facebook and Google, two of world’s biggest and most influential companies, pride themselves on their ad businesses. These operations generate tens of billions of dollars per year, thanks in part to letting advertisers target even the most obscure microcommunities using unprecedented sets of data.”
Read: Facebook’s racist ad problems were baked in from the start
“Facebook’s latest diversity report, out today, comes with a genuine surprise: improvement in nearly every category.”
Read: Facebook is slowly but surely making its workforce more diverse
“Data mining is such a prosaic part of our online lives that it’s hard to sustain consumer interest in it, much less outrage. The modern condition means constantly clicking against our better judgement.”
Read: Get Ready for the Next Big Privacy Backlash Against Facebook
“Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in minute detail based on their Facebook activity.”