Author: Zach_Wilson
NATO-Linked Researchers Bought Fake Social Media Engagements To Test How Facebook, Twitter, And Google Combat Manipulation. The Companies Failed.
Reuters / File photo A year ahead of the US presidential election, the world’s biggest social media companies are still failing to tackle manipulation on their platforms, an exercise by NATO StratCom has found. To test the ability of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram to detect potentially malicious activity, researchers…
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Kashmiris Are Disappearing From WhatsApp
tech Kashmiris enduring their region’s ongoing internet blackout are losing their WhatsApp accounts because of the platform’s policy on inactive accounts. By Pranav Dixit Reporting From New Delhi Pranav Dixit BuzzFeed News Reporter Reporting From New Delhi Last updated on December 5, 2019, at 2:07 a.m. ET Posted on December…
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Facebook Said A Chinese Company Compromised Users With Malware And Then Ran Ads Using Their Accounts
Facebook is suing a Hong Kong–based company and two Chinese citizens it says used malware to compromise user accounts in order to run millions of dollars of deceptive Facebook ads that often featured celebrities. The company filed the federal lawsuit Thursday in California against ILikeAd Media International Company, Chen Xiao…
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Google’s Cofounders Are Stepping Down. Sundar Pichai Will Become The CEO Of Google And Alphabet.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who cofounded Google in 1998, are stepping down from their day-to-day roles at Google’s parent company, Alphabet, and handing leadership responsibility to Sundar Pichai, who will serve as CEO of both Google and Alphabet moving forward. Previously, Page served as CEO of Alphabet and Brin…
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A Huge Flood Of Housing Is Expected To Hit The Market As Boomers Die
Baby boomers are now ages 55 to 73; to housing economists, this fact means millions of homes will hit the market in the next couple of decades “as their current owners pass away” or move in with their children or into assisted living, according to a new and utterly macabre…
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Amazon Workers In Sacramento Are Demanding Paid Time Off
Amazon delivery station employees in Sacramento are demanding fair treatment and benefits equal to those of other Amazon workers. By Sunday, more than 200 workers had signed a petition requesting an explanation for why they receive fewer paid days off per year than typical Amazon warehouse workers. These workers, who…
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