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Carol Hancox
May 10, 10:44 PM
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The rollout will leave parents playing a game of whack-a-mole with new technologies as they try to keep their children safe.
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Carol Hancox
April 26, 3:16 AM
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A single bot generated and published millions of articles on the largest non-English version of Wikipedia. The results caused a rift among editors — and a glimpse of what the online encyclopedia might face from AI.
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Carol Hancox
April 19, 3:44 AM
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The New Jersey attorney general claims Discord’s features to keep children under 13 safe from sexual predators and harmful content are inadequate.
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Carol Hancox
March 24, 4:32 AM
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Online harms regulator Ofcom will now be able to take enforcement action against platforms under the Online Safety Act if they fail to proactively safeguard against content such as terrorist and child sexual abuse material
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Carol Hancox
February 16, 12:33 AM
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The move reportedly comes after US attorney general Pam Bondi reassured Apple and Google they would not be fined for hosting TikTok.
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Carol Hancox
January 25, 6:18 AM
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After a US law temporarily forced Americans to find a new home for their short-video habit, TikTok clone Likee saw a surge in usage.
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Carol Hancox
January 19, 6:42 PM
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After President Biden declined to reassure Apple, Google, and Oracle that they wouldn’t be fined for giving Americans access to TikTok, the app’s hopes now hang on president-elect Trump.
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Carol Hancox
January 19, 1:40 AM
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The fate of TikTok now rests in the hands of the US Supreme Court. If a law banning the social video app this month is upheld, it won’t disappear from your phone—but it will get messy fast.
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Carol Hancox
January 19, 1:23 AM
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Whatever US politicians were hoping for, what they got was a huge increase in users signing up to Duolingo to learn Chinese and American users flooding Chinese apps.
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Carol Hancox
January 13, 3:48 AM
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Texas has become a leading enforcer of internet rules. Its latest probe includes some platforms that privacy experts describe as unusual suspects.
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Carol Hancox
January 4, 11:43 PM
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Musk’s posts, which have racked up hundreds of millions of views on X, are his latest effort at inserting himself into UK politics.
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Carol Hancox
December 19, 2024 6:55 PM
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Whether your travels take you deep into the wilderness or just to the part of your city that doesn't have cell service, you can stay connected by using your iPhone to text from orbit.
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Carol Hancox
December 12, 2024 7:33 PM
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In 2025, blockchain alternatives will offer more choice, open source innovation, and community-controlled options. They will carry the torch of the open internet.
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Carol Hancox
April 26, 4:08 AM
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Carol Hancox
April 25, 3:38 AM
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Bluesky’s new verification process launches today. It mixes the old-school, Twitter-style blue check bestowed by the platform with a more decentralized option for trusted organizations.
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Carol Hancox
April 6, 2:34 AM
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OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely partnered with a crypto company to bid for TikTok as the social media company faces a deadline to either sell or be banned in the US. Amazon also placed a last-minute bid.
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Carol Hancox
March 9, 8:20 AM
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Long before TikTok refugees discovered Red Note, Candise Lin was giving Americans a portal into the wild, hilarious world of Chinese social media.
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Carol Hancox
January 26, 5:17 PM
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MPs and Lords on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy have begun an inquiry into the resilience of UK internet cables, following heightened threats of Russian and Chinese sabotage.
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Carol Hancox
January 21, 6:12 PM
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ByteDance now has to show that it’s making significant progress on a deal to sell TikTok to a US-based company.
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Carol Hancox
January 19, 6:21 PM
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After President Biden declined to reassure Apple, Google, and Oracle that they wouldn’t be fined for giving Americans access to TikTok, the app’s hopes now hang on president-elect Trump.
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Carol Hancox
January 19, 1:33 AM
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Job listings posted in China this week indicate that Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, is struggling to handle an influx of new users joining the platform from TikTok.
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Carol Hancox
January 19, 1:16 AM
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Misinformation and disinformation pose the greatest risk to countries, businesses and individuals, over the next two years. The rise of fake news, the decline of fact checking on social media, and the growth of AI-generated deep fakes threaten to erode trust and deepen divisions between countries, the World Economic Forum said today. The vulnerability of governments, businesses and society to AI-generated fake narratives will be one of the key risks under discussion when business leaders, politicians, academics and non-government organisations meet at the World Economic Forum in Davos from 20 to 24 January.
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Carol Hancox
January 12, 1:17 AM
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Fact-checkers claim they had no idea the company was going to end their partnerships and are scrambling to figure out the financial implications of the move.
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Carol Hancox
January 4, 11:34 PM
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While Americans might not mourn the loss of net neutrality, an appeals court’s ruling sets a troubling precedent for consumer protections in every industry.
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Carol Hancox
December 19, 2024 6:27 PM
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Fashion, stan, and other online spaces offer clues to what will dominate next year in politics—for better or, in some cases, much worse.
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