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Facebook ceded control of a critical pillar of the company's personal data collection tools to artificial intelligence after it became too large for employees to manage, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The Silicon Valley company began forming data partnerships with the likes of Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo.
Russian 2016 Influence Operation Targeted African-Americans - The Russian influence campaign on social media in the 2016 election made an extraordinary effort to target African-Americans, used an array of tactics to try to suppress turnout among Democratic voters and unleashed a blizzard Russia favored Trump, targeted African-Americans with election meddling, reports say - The Russians set up 30 Facebook pages targeting the black community, the researchers found, and 10 YouTube channels that posted 571 videos related to police violence against African-Americans.
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A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia's disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters' interests to help elect President Donald Trump - and worked even harder to support him while in office. The report, a draft of which was obtained by the Washington Post, is the first to study the millions of posts provided by major technology firms to the Senate Intelligence Committee, led by Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., its chairman, and Mark Warner of Virginia, its ranking Democrat.
BOSTON Responding to years of derision by President Donald Trump and other critics, Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday released a report on a DNA analysis that provides strong evidence she does, in fact, have Native American heritage.
Eugenie and Jack's guests including Ricky Martin, Kate Moss and Demi Moore take to Instagram to reveal scenes inside the wedding party at Windsor Castle Nothing second best about THAT kiss! Eugenie gets her Gatsby and a bigger party than Meghan after being forced to put off her nuptials for Harry's wedding Hillary Clinton gives up security clearance in wake of email scandal and permission is cancelled for five of her aides to look at state secrets as 'researchers' White retired firefighter is found GUILTY of assault with attempt to murder for firing his shotgun at a black teen who knocked on his door to ask for directions Facebook says 'only' 30 million people had their names, emails and phone numbers stolen in network's biggest ever data breach - here's how to check if you were one of them 'I will be calling at some point': Trump says he WILL raise 'terrible situation' of missing Wapo ... (more)
Eugenie and Jack's guests including Ricky Martin, Kate Moss and Demi Moore take to Instagram to reveal scenes inside the wedding party at Windsor Castle Nothing second best about THAT kiss! Eugenie gets her Gatsby and a bigger party than Meghan after being forced to put off her nuptials for Harry's wedding Hillary Clinton gives up security clearance in wake of email scandal and permission is cancelled for five of her aides to look at state secrets as 'researchers' White retired firefighter is found GUILTY of assault with attempt to murder for firing his shotgun at a black teen who knocked on his door to ask for directions Facebook says 'only' 30 million people had their names, emails and phone numbers stolen in network's biggest ever data breach - here's how to check if you were one of them 'I will be calling at some point': Trump says he WILL raise 'terrible situation' of missing Wapo ... (more)
' The Kansas City Star reports that Michael Kalny of suburban Kansas City resigned Wednesday as a Republican precinct committee member. In his Facebook message, Kalny called Democratic candidate Sharice Davids a ``radical socialist kick boxing lesbian Indian.
Three influential Republican U.S. senators has asked Google to explain why it delayed disclosing vulnerabilities with its Google+ social network. Google said this week it would shut down the consumer version of Google+ and tighten its data sharing policies after revealing that the private profile data of at least 500,000 users may have been exposed to hundreds of external developers.
Despite the efforts of government watchdogs, news organizations and social media sites, the vast majority of Twitter accounts suspected of spreading disinformation and "fake news" in the 2016 presidential election are still operative with just weeks to go before midterm voting. That's the bottom-line conclusion of researchers from the Knight Foundation, George Washington University and social media research firm Graphika in an analysis that looked at over 10 million messages from 700,000 Twitter accounts linked to more than 600 disinformation and conspiracy news outlets.
The Apple Inc. store is seen on the day of the new iPhone 7 smartphone launch in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Apple Vice President for Information Security George Stathakopoulos wrote in a letter to the Senate and House commerce committees that the company had repeatedly investigated and found no evidence for the main points in a Bloomberg Businessweek article published on Thursday, including that chips inside servers sold to Apple by Super Micro Computer Inc about such concerns.
An anonymous reader quotes NBC News: Police officers around the country, in departments large and small, working for federal, state and local agencies, use undercover Facebook accounts to watch protesters, track gang members, lure child predators and snare thieves, according to court records, police trainers and officers themselves. Some maintain several of these accounts at a time.
A photo posted on former President Barack Obama's POTUS44 Twitter account is a frequent fake news target, with the T-shirt altered to carry fake messages about ISIS, transgender rights, equality marches and President Donald Trump. An image making the rounds on social media appears to show Michelle Obama planning a run for office in 2020.
Mark Zuckerberg held a meeting to try and calm Facebook employee outrage after an exec attended the Kavanaugh hearing Facebook has been battling an employee revolt after a senior exec, Joel Kaplan, attended the Brett Kavanaugh Senate hearing in support of the US Supreme Court nominee. On Friday, the company held an internal "town hall" meeting with employees to discuss the issue, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg in attendance.
The Morales family of Lansing received criticism on social media on Sept. 26, 2018 after a Halloween decoration they hung from the tree outside their home was mistaken for a depiction of a lynching.
This time it's Joel Kaplan, the company's VP of global public policy, who last week attended Brett Kavanaugh's Senate hearing. Kaplan's appearance, which raised some eyebrows at the time, resulted in a backlash from many Facebook employees, according to the New York Times .
Facebook, which briefed the Department of Homeland Security and FBI last week, is slated to meet with more lawmakers this week, including members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, according to The Wall Street Journal , which first reported the meetings. The move appears to be part of the Silicon Valley giant's efforts to try to get ahead of a breach that could hurt the company and result in undesirable regulations.
The association on Thursday announced the Hall of Fame's Class of 2018, which includes former Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Philip Hannifin and Bally Technologies and Scientific Games executive Richard Haddrill. Lynda Carter, left, star of the TV series "Wonder Woman," and Richard Haddrill, CEO at Bally Technologies, pose for photos at the unveiling of the Bally Wonder Woman slot machine during the Global Gaming Expo at Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas Tuesday, Sept.