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21 Things BuzzFeed News Tried And Loved In 2019
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Democratic Senators Are Demanding An Investigation Into The Use Of Facial Recognition In Public Housing
Eight lawmakers sent a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson today demanding information about the deployment of facial recognition technology in federally assisted housing. Signed by Sens. Ron Wyden, Kamala Harris, and Cory Booker, among others, the letter expresses concern that facial recognition might…
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TikTok Users Who Posted Videos Of Them Huffing Nitrous Oxide Are Being Temporarily Banned From Posting
The video that got Flynn Johnson temporarily banned from posting on TikTok starts with a trail of hundreds of empty whipped cream cartridges leading down a corridor and into a bedroom. flynnjohnson1 / Via TikTok The video that Johnson uploaded to TikTok that violated TikTok’s Community Guidelines. On the bed,…
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Facebook Has Banned Groups That Promote Flesh-Eating Fake Cancer Cures
Following a BuzzFeed News report, Facebook has banned several groups that promote and discuss black salve, a dangerous and unproven skin cancer treatment. The banned groups include the two largest, which had respectively around 21,000 and 12,000 members. According to Facebook, the groups were banned not for the rules prohibiting…
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Facebook Is Still Prioritizing Scale Over Safety
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Facebook’s growth at any cost mentality has birthed innumerable scandals over the past decade — election meddling, political discord, privacy invasion. Yet today, after repeated apologies and promises to do better, that mentality remains largely unchanged. BuzzFeed News has learned the company continues to evaluate…
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Facebook Is Investigating A Voter Engagement App Used By Italy’s Five Star Movement
LONDON — A voter engagement app used by the populist party that is the senior partner in Italy’s coalition government is being investigated by Facebook as part of a broader probe into potential historical data misuse. The Five Star Movement (M5S), an antiestablishment party that won the most seats in…
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