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The man trying to save the world from toxic conspiracy theories
Sander van der Linden, described as Cambridge’s professor of ‘defence against the dark arts’, wants to make us immune from disinformation
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Pakistan blocks Wikipedia over 'sacrilegious' content
Pakistani authorities have banned the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia for not removing content they call blasphemous.
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How Wikipedia Distorts Indigenous History
Native editors are fighting back.
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Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text
The duo is back just over four years after leaving Instagram.
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No, Project Veritas Video Doesn’t Prove Pfizer Is Mutating Covid-19, Who Is Jordon Trishton Walker?
A Project Veritas video claimed that it featured someone named “Jordon Trishton Walker, Pfizer Director of Research and Development - Strategic Operations and mRNA Scientific Planning.”
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Pivot to ChatGPT? BuzzFeed preps for AI-written content while CNET fumbles
200 percent BuzzFeed stock rise might signal start of an AI media trend.
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How the Internet Turned a Boomer TV Cop Into a Sex Symbol and Queer Icon
A bumbling detective provides a surprising kind of comfort.
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UK lawmakers vote to jail tech execs who fail to protect kids online
If passed, UK online safety bill could jail tech leaders for up to two years.
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90% of online content could be ‘generated by AI by 2025,’ expert says
Generative AI, like OpenAI's ChatGPT, could complete revamp how digital content is developed, said Nina Schick, advisor, speaker, and A.I. thought leader on Yahoo Finance Live.
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CNET Is Quietly Publishing Entire Articles Generated By AI
The popular tech site has employed the use of AI for its financial explainer articles under the byline of "CNET Money Staff."
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How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation
The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda. Here’s what other countries can learn from its success.
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‘Urgent need’ to understand link between teens self-diagnosing disorders and social media use, experts say
Sufferers may be driven online because of the difficulty in accessing affordable GP appointments, professor says
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A Huge Subreddit Suspended A User For Posting AI Art, But The Work Is 100% Human-Made
The artist known as Ben Moran said they were unjustly suspended from r/Art for posting their piece there.
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There’s Another Anna Delvey-Style Fraudster, and Her Web of Lies Is Unraveling
One of Tina Duong's more outlandish scams involved hiring 300 actors to play her friends and family to fool her husband at their lavish wedding.
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Greta Thunberg ends year with one of the greatest tweets in history
Thunberg’s funny exchange is a reminder of the connection between machismo, misogyny and hostility to climate action
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The year’s worst video game writing
Oh my god, stop talking.
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Amazon Has Conquered Christmas—but Its Reign May Be Ending
The retail giant mastered the mince pie and shoved its way into the holidays. But, it’s also had to cut back on its private-label products after poor sales.
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DuckDuckGo now blocks Google sign-in pop-ups on all sites
DuckDuckGo apps and extensions are now blocking Google Sign-in pop-ups on all its apps and browser extensions, removing what it perceives as an annoyance and a privacy risk for its users.
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Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire
Google’s ad business hides nearly all publishers it works with and where billions of ad dollars flow. We uncovered a network containing manga piracy, porn, fraud and disinformation.
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Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web
Google announced on Friday that it's adding end-to-end encryption to Gmail on the web, allowing enrolled Google Workspace users to send and receive encrypted emails within their domain and outside their domain.
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