Craig Timberg Elizabeth Dwoskin The Washington Post
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YouTube Said to Be Under Investigation Over Allegations That It Violates Children's Privacy
US Federal Trade Commission is said to be in the late stages of an investigation into how YouTube handles children's videos.
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Inside YouTube's Struggles To Shut Down Video Of The New Zealand Shooting
As a grisly video recorded by the alleged perpetrator of Friday's bloody massacres at two New Zealand mosques played out on YouTube and other social media, Neal Mohan, 3,700 miles away in San Bruno, Calif., had the sinking realization that his company was going to be overmatched - again.
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Microsoft Says It Has Found Another Russian Operation Targeting Prominent Think Tanks
Microsoft has identified a Russian government-affiliated operation targeting prominent think tanks that have been critical of Russia
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Investigating Page Backed By Billionaire For Misleading News: Facebook
Facebook said it is investigating whether an organization backed by billionaire and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman violated the social media giant's policies when it set up a series of misleading news pages in a bid to target U.S. voters with left-leaning political messages.
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Despite YouTube's Efforts, It's Still a 'Vortex' of Hate
YouTube does not have a policy against falsehoods.
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Facebook Allegedly Gave Advertisers Special Access To User Data, Activities
The more than 250 pages of documents, which a British parliamentary committee recently obtained as part of a wide-ranging investigation into Facebook, revolve around a decision Facebook made in 2014 and 2015 to cut off developers' access to posts, photos and other profile information from Facebook users.
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Facebook Used People's Data as a Bargaining Chip, Emails and Court Filings Suggest
Using personal data as a bargaining chip appears to contradict Facebook's repeated promises that it has never sold people's data.
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Facebook's Former Security Chief Warns of Tech's 'Negative Impacts' - and Has a Plan to Help Solve Them
Alex Stamos says the tech industry needs a systems of checks and balances to help it weigh the complex decisions Silicon Valley companies are making in areas including security and democratic expression.
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Russia, Iran Created 652 Pages To Mislead Users: Facebook
Iran was behind a sprawling disinformation operation on Facebook that targeted hundreds of thousands of people around the world, the social media company said Tuesday night, underscoring Silicon Valley's increasingly global war on disinformation.
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Microsoft Ties Fake US Political Websites to Russian Hackers
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit took the lead role in finding and disabling the sites, and it is launching an effort to provide expanded cybersecurity protection for campaigns and election agencies.
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YouTube Said to Be Under Investigation Over Allegations That It Violates Children's Privacy
US Federal Trade Commission is said to be in the late stages of an investigation into how YouTube handles children's videos.
-
Inside YouTube's Struggles To Shut Down Video Of The New Zealand Shooting
As a grisly video recorded by the alleged perpetrator of Friday's bloody massacres at two New Zealand mosques played out on YouTube and other social media, Neal Mohan, 3,700 miles away in San Bruno, Calif., had the sinking realization that his company was going to be overmatched - again.
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Microsoft Says It Has Found Another Russian Operation Targeting Prominent Think Tanks
Microsoft has identified a Russian government-affiliated operation targeting prominent think tanks that have been critical of Russia
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Investigating Page Backed By Billionaire For Misleading News: Facebook
Facebook said it is investigating whether an organization backed by billionaire and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman violated the social media giant's policies when it set up a series of misleading news pages in a bid to target U.S. voters with left-leaning political messages.
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Despite YouTube's Efforts, It's Still a 'Vortex' of Hate
YouTube does not have a policy against falsehoods.
-
Facebook Allegedly Gave Advertisers Special Access To User Data, Activities
The more than 250 pages of documents, which a British parliamentary committee recently obtained as part of a wide-ranging investigation into Facebook, revolve around a decision Facebook made in 2014 and 2015 to cut off developers' access to posts, photos and other profile information from Facebook users.
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Facebook Used People's Data as a Bargaining Chip, Emails and Court Filings Suggest
Using personal data as a bargaining chip appears to contradict Facebook's repeated promises that it has never sold people's data.
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Facebook's Former Security Chief Warns of Tech's 'Negative Impacts' - and Has a Plan to Help Solve Them
Alex Stamos says the tech industry needs a systems of checks and balances to help it weigh the complex decisions Silicon Valley companies are making in areas including security and democratic expression.
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Russia, Iran Created 652 Pages To Mislead Users: Facebook
Iran was behind a sprawling disinformation operation on Facebook that targeted hundreds of thousands of people around the world, the social media company said Tuesday night, underscoring Silicon Valley's increasingly global war on disinformation.
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Microsoft Ties Fake US Political Websites to Russian Hackers
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit took the lead role in finding and disabling the sites, and it is launching an effort to provide expanded cybersecurity protection for campaigns and election agencies.
