>"Before Elon Musk took over the badge was granted to celebrities and journalists verified by the platform to prevent impersonation"

"Meta is laying off 13% of its staff, or more than 11,000 employees, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Wednesday."

>"The social network published its findings about Instagram’s effect on young users, as senators prepared to question an executive on Thursday."

I miss Yahoo Answers tbh, hot a lot of really good info from there tbh

>"Detection and provenance will be key in fighting disinformation and information warfare"

"After it was discovered earlier in the week that hackers had inserted Trojan Horse malware into the SolarWinds Orion security software used by a large swath of government agencies, the Pentagon issued an emergency memo calling for the _...Read More_

Instagram vs reality: how social media posturing left white people confused about anti-racism

[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/science/artificial-intelligence-ai-gpt3.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/science/artificial-intelligence-ai-gpt3.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage) >"The latest natural-language system generates tweets, pens poetry, summarizes emails, answers _...Read More_

>"It might be possible, physicists say, but not anytime soon. And there’s no guarantee that we humans will understand the result."

So, what do you think about "empty knowledge" ?

The Internet Research Agency has a "Department of Provocations" and a "Facebook desk" dedicated to sowing discord in the US

You should definitely read his book, New Dark Age. I have it right now on the table - just finished it - highly recommended

Within 15 years, thousands of miles of fiber optic cable—and hundreds of pieces of other key internet infrastructure—are likely to be swamped by the encroaching ocean. And while some of that infrastructure may be water resistant, little of _...Read More_

“Sudan's internet blackout has gained global attention, but it is not unique. Shutdowns are on the rise around the world”. Protestors toppled a 30yr corrupt tyrant by taking to the streets en masse for months, only to be undermined and _...Read More_

"Despite skepticism and concern about Facebook’s reach, the company envisions an alternative financial system based on a new cryptocurrency called Libra."