“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
“Two weeks ago, The Verge reported the existence of a six-year predictive policing collaboration between the New Orleans Police Department and Palantir Technologies, a data mining giant co-founded by Peter Thiel.”
Read: New Orleans ends its Palantir predictive policing program
“An ex-YouTube insider reveals how its recommendation algorithm promotes divisive clips and conspiracy videos. Did they harm Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency? It was one of January’s most viral videos. Logan Paul, a YouTube celebrity, stumbles across a dead man hanging from a tree.”
Read: ‘Fiction is outperforming reality’: how YouTube’s algorithm distorts truth
“Stephen Miller stood in front of a gaggle of reporters this week and declared that “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” was an embarrassing footnote in American history.”
“We’re very excited to announce the launch of our case study series on computational propaganda in 9 different countries. The Computational Propaganda Research Project at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, has researched the use of social media for public opinion manipulation.”
“Facial recognition systems have made huge technological leaps in recent years — offering definitive identification in seconds, from as far as 350 meters away — but there’s one scenario where they still fall short: the car.”
Read: Feds look to experimental light-field cameras to ID drivers at the border
“When Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. visited Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute last month, he was asked a startling question, one with overtones of science fiction.”
Read: Sent to Prison by a Software Program’s Secret Algorithms
“When Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. visited Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute last month, he was asked a startling question, one with overtones of science fiction.”
Read: Sent to Prison by a Software Program’s Secret Algorithms
“When Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. visited Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute last month, he was asked a startling question, one with overtones of science fiction.”
Read: Sent to Prison by a Software Program’s Secret Algorithms