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Musk's X Calls French Foreign Interference Probe "Politically Motivated", Refuses To Cooperate
A French probe into alleged foreign interference and bias via the algorithm at Elon Musk-owned social network X is "politically motivated", the company said in a post Monday, adding that it was refusing to cooperate.
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Harvard Slammed After Elon Musk Reacts To Post Alleging Bias Against White Men
Musk reposted Rufo's comment with a terse response: "Wow."
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US Judge Says Elon Musk's X Must Face Class Action Age Bias Claims Over Mass Layoff
A US District Judge has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired the company can sue for age discrimination.
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"Bias Is Unreal": Sunil Gavaskar Blasted For Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma Opinion Contrast
Fans on social media were left unhappy as the former India cricketer reacted different to Rohit and Kohli's dismissals against Bangladesh in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
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AI Shows Racial Bias, Fails To Detect Depression In Black Meta Users: Study
Analyzing social media using artificial intelligence may pick up signals of depression in white Americans but not in Black counterparts, according to a study that highlights the risk of training AI models for healthcare tasks without proper data.
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US Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing Elon Musk's X of Age Bias in 2022 Layoffs
A US federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year.
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Twitter Doesn’t Believe in Free Speech, Hates Elon Musk Takeover: Secret Recording
In a video released by an American far-right activist group Project Veritas, Siru Murugesan, being described as a senior engineer with the Twitter, has spoken about the social media company. He mentioned that Twitter does not believe in free speech and people working at the company 'hated' Elon Musk's $44 billion bid to take control of the company.
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"We're Commie As F***": In Engineer's Alleged Video, Claims About Twitter
Twitter reportedly does not believe in free speech and people working at the company hate "hated" Elon Musk's USD 44 billion bid to take control of the company, said a man, who is being described as a senior engineer with the social media giant.
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Musk-Twitter Deal Cheered by US Republicans, Democrats Not Too Happy
Republicans welcomed news that billionaire Elon Musk, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, was purchasing Twitter, but Democrats slammed it as a sign that more needed to be done to rein in Big Tech.
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Facebook Accused of Anti-Palestinian Bias by Digital Rights Activist
Palestinian activists contended Facebook and other social media platforms have censored criticism of Israel in response to government pressure and launched a campaign seeking to halt the activity.
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Twitter to Offer 'Bounty' to Users, Researchers for Finding Algorithmic Bias
Twitter said it would offer a cash "bounty" to users and researchers to help root out algorithmic bias on the social media platform.
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How Can We Build Better Systems Out of AI Corrupted by Human Biases?
AI systems are now making decisions for us — and this means we need to make sure that biases are recognised and removed. Even things like social media moderation show how this can go wrong. How can we build trust in AI systems? IBM Research India, and AI expert Dr. Viveinne Ming helped explore the subject.
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Decisions Not Unilateral: Facebook Defends India Policy Chief Ankhi Das
A diverse team "representing a varied political spectrum" who have "political experience" is part of its policy-making process globally, Facebook said today in response to Congress allegations about pro-BJP bias of its India policy chief Ankhi Das. Enforcing policies on hate speech is "not made unilaterally by any one person", added the social medi...
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Facebook Quizzed by Indian Parliamentary Panel Over Political Bias
Opposition lawmakers from a parliamentary panel accused Facebook on Wednesday of favouring the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a meeting to quiz the social media giant on its content regulation.
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"International Media Fully Exposed Facebook, WhatsApp": Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi this morning yet again accused Facebook and WhatsApp of attacking "India's democracy and social harmony", days after his party wrote to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg - for the second time in two weeks - over the social media giant's alleged bias towards the BJP.
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Musk's X Calls French Foreign Interference Probe "Politically Motivated", Refuses To Cooperate
A French probe into alleged foreign interference and bias via the algorithm at Elon Musk-owned social network X is "politically motivated", the company said in a post Monday, adding that it was refusing to cooperate.
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Harvard Slammed After Elon Musk Reacts To Post Alleging Bias Against White Men
Musk reposted Rufo's comment with a terse response: "Wow."
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US Judge Says Elon Musk's X Must Face Class Action Age Bias Claims Over Mass Layoff
A US District Judge has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired the company can sue for age discrimination.
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"Bias Is Unreal": Sunil Gavaskar Blasted For Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma Opinion Contrast
Fans on social media were left unhappy as the former India cricketer reacted different to Rohit and Kohli's dismissals against Bangladesh in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
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AI Shows Racial Bias, Fails To Detect Depression In Black Meta Users: Study
Analyzing social media using artificial intelligence may pick up signals of depression in white Americans but not in Black counterparts, according to a study that highlights the risk of training AI models for healthcare tasks without proper data.
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US Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing Elon Musk's X of Age Bias in 2022 Layoffs
A US federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year.
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Twitter Doesn’t Believe in Free Speech, Hates Elon Musk Takeover: Secret Recording
In a video released by an American far-right activist group Project Veritas, Siru Murugesan, being described as a senior engineer with the Twitter, has spoken about the social media company. He mentioned that Twitter does not believe in free speech and people working at the company 'hated' Elon Musk's $44 billion bid to take control of the company.
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"We're Commie As F***": In Engineer's Alleged Video, Claims About Twitter
Twitter reportedly does not believe in free speech and people working at the company hate "hated" Elon Musk's USD 44 billion bid to take control of the company, said a man, who is being described as a senior engineer with the social media giant.
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Musk-Twitter Deal Cheered by US Republicans, Democrats Not Too Happy
Republicans welcomed news that billionaire Elon Musk, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, was purchasing Twitter, but Democrats slammed it as a sign that more needed to be done to rein in Big Tech.
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Facebook Accused of Anti-Palestinian Bias by Digital Rights Activist
Palestinian activists contended Facebook and other social media platforms have censored criticism of Israel in response to government pressure and launched a campaign seeking to halt the activity.
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Twitter to Offer 'Bounty' to Users, Researchers for Finding Algorithmic Bias
Twitter said it would offer a cash "bounty" to users and researchers to help root out algorithmic bias on the social media platform.
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How Can We Build Better Systems Out of AI Corrupted by Human Biases?
AI systems are now making decisions for us — and this means we need to make sure that biases are recognised and removed. Even things like social media moderation show how this can go wrong. How can we build trust in AI systems? IBM Research India, and AI expert Dr. Viveinne Ming helped explore the subject.
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Decisions Not Unilateral: Facebook Defends India Policy Chief Ankhi Das
A diverse team "representing a varied political spectrum" who have "political experience" is part of its policy-making process globally, Facebook said today in response to Congress allegations about pro-BJP bias of its India policy chief Ankhi Das. Enforcing policies on hate speech is "not made unilaterally by any one person", added the social medi...
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Facebook Quizzed by Indian Parliamentary Panel Over Political Bias
Opposition lawmakers from a parliamentary panel accused Facebook on Wednesday of favouring the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a meeting to quiz the social media giant on its content regulation.
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"International Media Fully Exposed Facebook, WhatsApp": Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi this morning yet again accused Facebook and WhatsApp of attacking "India's democracy and social harmony", days after his party wrote to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg - for the second time in two weeks - over the social media giant's alleged bias towards the BJP.
