Craig Timberg Drew Harwell The Washington Post
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Facebook Policy on Political Speech Lets Politicians Lie in Ads
This means Facebook posts and campaign ads by politicians operate in an alternative system.
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Twitter Says Trump's Tweet Didn't Violate Rules Against Racism, But Won't Say Why
Twitter's new policy for holding powerful leaders to account for engaging in hate speech and harassment received its first major test this weekend when President Donald Trump called on several Democratic members of Congress to "go back" to their countries - prompting widespread allegations of racism against women of color.
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YouTube Fact-Checking Tool Goes Wrong: In Flaming Notre Dame, It Somehow Sees 9/11 Tragedy
The misfire underscored the ongoing limits of computerised tools for detecting and combating misinformation.
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YouTube Fact-Checking Tool Sees 9/11 Tragedy In Flaming Notre-Dame
A new YouTube tool for battling misinformation failed in a highly public way on Monday, wrongly linking video of the flaming collapse of the spire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Google CEO Says Fears About Artificial Intelligence Are 'Very Legitimate'
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that new AI tools require companies to set ethical guardrails and think through how the technology can be abused.
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Fears About Artificial Intelligence Are 'Very Legitimate,' Google CEO Says
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, head of one of the world's leading artificial intelligence companies, said in an interview this week that concerns about harmful applications of the technology are "very legitimate" - but the tech industry should be trusted to responsibly regulate its use.
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Facebook Played Down Ties to Cambridge Analytica Figure
Facebook last week accused Cambridge University psychologist Aleksandr Kogan of obtaining data on at least 30 million Facebook users.
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YouTube's Mistaken 'Purge' by Human Moderators Signals New Peril for Video Giant
YouTube said Wednesday that its moderators had mistakenly removed videos in recent days.
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YouTube Excels at Recommending Videos but Not at Detecting Hoaxes
YouTube's failure to stop the spread of conspiracy theories related to last week's school shooting in Florida highlights a problem that has long plagued the platform.
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Facebook Policy on Political Speech Lets Politicians Lie in Ads
This means Facebook posts and campaign ads by politicians operate in an alternative system.
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Twitter Says Trump's Tweet Didn't Violate Rules Against Racism, But Won't Say Why
Twitter's new policy for holding powerful leaders to account for engaging in hate speech and harassment received its first major test this weekend when President Donald Trump called on several Democratic members of Congress to "go back" to their countries - prompting widespread allegations of racism against women of color.
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YouTube Fact-Checking Tool Goes Wrong: In Flaming Notre Dame, It Somehow Sees 9/11 Tragedy
The misfire underscored the ongoing limits of computerised tools for detecting and combating misinformation.
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YouTube Fact-Checking Tool Sees 9/11 Tragedy In Flaming Notre-Dame
A new YouTube tool for battling misinformation failed in a highly public way on Monday, wrongly linking video of the flaming collapse of the spire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Google CEO Says Fears About Artificial Intelligence Are 'Very Legitimate'
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that new AI tools require companies to set ethical guardrails and think through how the technology can be abused.
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Fears About Artificial Intelligence Are 'Very Legitimate,' Google CEO Says
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, head of one of the world's leading artificial intelligence companies, said in an interview this week that concerns about harmful applications of the technology are "very legitimate" - but the tech industry should be trusted to responsibly regulate its use.
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Facebook Played Down Ties to Cambridge Analytica Figure
Facebook last week accused Cambridge University psychologist Aleksandr Kogan of obtaining data on at least 30 million Facebook users.
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YouTube's Mistaken 'Purge' by Human Moderators Signals New Peril for Video Giant
YouTube said Wednesday that its moderators had mistakenly removed videos in recent days.
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YouTube Excels at Recommending Videos but Not at Detecting Hoaxes
YouTube's failure to stop the spread of conspiracy theories related to last week's school shooting in Florida highlights a problem that has long plagued the platform.
