Facebook removed more than three billion fake accounts from October to March, twice as many as the previous six months, the social networking company said Thursday. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2019-05-23 16:32:45 UTC ]
The company, which reports 2.39 billion monthly active users, says it zapped 3 BILLION fake accounts in two quarters alone, and that it caught only “most of them.” Facebook held a press call today to report to the world that it has removed 3 billion fake accounts during the last quarter of 2018... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-05-23 15:50:14 UTC ]
Party is comfortably biggest spender on online election ads, as other parties hold backChange UK has run a last-minute Facebook advertising campaign to try to shore up its support amid dismal poll ratings for the European elections, but most other parties have mostly avoided large spending on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-05-23 05:00:40 UTC ]
Stressing that Sourcebooks will retain its independence, Penguin Random House's 45-percent stake in the American publisher may mean new international reach. The post Sourcebooks and Penguin Random House in ‘Collaborative Partnership’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-23 01:30:12 UTC ]
As measles cases continue to rise in Canada and the U.S., experts are calling on social media platforms to ban anti-vaccination posts, saying the risks to public health created by misinformation outweigh the right to free speech. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2019-05-22 08:00:00 UTC ]
Fake accounts spread white-nationalist messages and amassed larger followings than actual far-right parties before being taken down, according to a new report. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2019-05-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Avaaz uncovers 500 accounts using fake news to spread white supremacy messageA web of far-right Facebook accounts spreading fake news and hate speech to millions of people across Europe has been uncovered by the campaign group Avaaz.Facebook, which is struggling to clean up the platform and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-05-22 04:00:20 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has acquired a 45% stake in Sourcebooks, the independent publisher founded by Dominique Raccah in 1987, which has shown rapid growth in the children's sector. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
The world’s largest election has become something of a test case in how technology giants handle fake news after years Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-21 19:00:27 UTC ]
Google and Facebook pressured and “arm-wrestled” a group of experts to soften European guidelines on online disinformation and fake news, Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-21 15:02:38 UTC ]
You’d like to leave Facebook, but there’s nowhere to go. A new social network from a company with a proven reputation for privacy isn’t such a crazy idea. Facebook is so big, and its reach so wide, that few rival networks even get out of the starting gates, much less gain the critical mass of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-05-21 09:00:08 UTC ]
An Indian company had stored the data of 49 million Instagram users in an unguarded online database. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-05-21 07:38:44 UTC ]
Consumer Reports filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission after finding that 8 out of 31 test accounts lacked the ability to turn off facial recognition. Updated 5/20 7:30 p.m. PST with Facebook comment.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-05-20 18:15:48 UTC ]
Although Facebook Inc. doesn’t sell robots, its researchers use plenty of them — and the company said its machines are getting a lot smarter a lot faster. The social media giant announced Friday that its engineers, working with computer scientists from New York University, have reduced the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-05-20 17:10:00 UTC ]
Although Facebook Inc. doesn’t sell robots, its researchers use plenty of them — and the company said its machines are getting a lot smarter a lot faster. The social media giant announced Friday that its engineers, working with computer scientists from New York University, have reduced the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-05-20 17:10:00 UTC ]
As a social media platform with global reach, Facebook leans extensively on its artificial intelligence and machine-learning systems to keep the site online and harmful content off it (at least, some of the time). Following its announcement at the st... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-05-20 10:30:00 UTC ]
The social network has a plan to merge the worlds of artificial intelligence and real-world machines, so that both may grow more powerful. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2019-05-20 10:30:00 UTC ]
The tech giant's former NZ and Aus boss calls for more examination following the surprise election win in Australia. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2019-05-19 21:15:47 UTC ]
Dozens say they are victims of an anonymously run community Facebook page. What can they do? Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2019-05-17 23:43:50 UTC ]
Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for communities on his platform is very different from how users are gathering there organically. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2019-05-17 15:55:10 UTC ]