Baby Boomers Are the Biggest Suckers for Fake News
Facebook users 65 and older shared the majority of fake news during the 2016 election, a new study found. The results were consistent for all baby boomers regardless of political ideology.
What If the US, Like Germany, Bans Hate Speech in the Future?
A provocative essay by a noted civil rights attorney on the dangers of censorship, and why he believes that “the only defense against a bad guy’s hate speech is a good guy’s counter-speech.” OPINION
Facebook Dating — Should We Have Trust Issues?
That the most populous social media platform would dabble in the rapidly expanding sphere of online dating is not radical. But to unveil the new initiative just weeks after the company’s biggest data scandal seems like self-sabotage.
Facebook Fury: Why Yelling at Zuckerberg Isn’t Enough
Millions of Facebook users likely had their privacy violated when the company’s lax controls allowed user data to be sold to Cambridge Analytica, which allegedly used the information to manipulate voters. As Facebook faces declining consumer trust and an eroding stock price, its executives promise changes. Will they be enough to keep our information safe?
To Facebook, You’re Not the Customer, You’re the Product
Facebook makes money by sucking as much data from your profile and your actions as possible. There is no reason to believe the company will stop doing that until it is compelled to.
Scandal Puts Facebook in the Crosshairs — But Will It Change?
As lawsuits pile up and stocks tumble, will Facebook finally start taking privacy issues seriously?
How Cambridge Analytica Patronized Trump Voters
What has gotten lost amid the coverage of how Cambridge Analytica executives bragged about their dirty tricks is that the data company seemed to hold Trump voters in very low regard. They certainly didn’t seem worthy of the truth.
Trump Caught Blackmailing Zuckerberg into Rigging Facebook
Unbelievable billionaire conspiracy!!! Too good to be true for Clinton supporters!!! Zuckerberg orders Facebook Premium Algorithm Loop Mapping team to fix the election for Trump. Click here!!!
Israel Blames Palestinian Violence on Messages Permitted by Facebook
Due to the latest escalation in violence, Israeli lawmakers are aiming to force Facebook to remove what it considers “inciting” content.
Who Will Control Access to Internet News?
What happens when giant Internet gatekeepers decide what is news? What happens when news organizations lose their platforms? What do we all lose?
Want Online Privacy? Here’s How (Hint: Don’t Google!)
Is there anything you can still do on your computer without Facebook or Google or the NSA looking over your shoulder?
Did Facebook Influence Verdict in Tsarnaev Trial?
Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers filed a motion last month requesting a new trial, at a different venue. Media superficially covering the filing glossed over an important defense claim: evidence Tsarnaev’s team says shows at least some of the jurors were exposed to “inflammatory” information on their social media feeds.
Privacy Watch: An Orwellian Bargain
An ad outfit has created an app that will allow cameras to automatically identify us when we walk into retail establishments. The promise is a good deal. But the implications represent a very, very bad deal.