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Categories Journalism & Mass media

Billionaire political meddlers, disinformation agents launch ‘Good Information Inc.’ to fight disinformation

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Billionaire CIA-linked “overt operative” George Soros teams up on a shady media venture with tech billionaire Reid Hoffman, who financed a Facebook disinfo operation that framed Russia for meddling in US elections. … Read More >Billionaire political meddlers, disinformation agents launch ‘Good Information Inc.’ to fight disinformation

Categories USA

Matrix? Misdirection? Cringe? Zuckerberg’s presentation of future life in ‘metaverse’ sparks fear, loathing, marvel and mockery

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Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitious vision of developing a virtual “metaverse” – and renaming the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp “Meta” to match it – has everyone scratching their heads and wondering what it all means. … Read More >Matrix? Misdirection? Cringe? Zuckerberg’s presentation of future life in ‘metaverse’ sparks fear, loathing, marvel and mockery

Categories World

Apple threatened to pull Facebook & Instagram from app store over abuse of maids in Mideast, leaked papers reveal

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A few years ago, Apple warned that it would remove Facebook and Instagram from its app store if something wasn’t done about the use of those platforms to trade and sell maids in the Middle East, according to leaked documents. … Read More >Apple threatened to pull Facebook & Instagram from app store over abuse of maids in Mideast, leaked papers reveal

Categories Shows

Occupy’s impacts, leftist sent to prison for Facebook post, and the real ‘Squid Game’

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Journalist Michael Levitin joins Lee Camp on Redacted Tonight VIP to discuss his book ‘Generation Occupy’. Levitin explains how the Occupy Wall Street movement transformed the conversation about power in America to include corrupt/corporate power at the center. … Read More >Occupy’s impacts, leftist sent to prison for Facebook post, and the real ‘Squid Game’

Categories USA

Bye, evil Facebook? Zuckerberg reportedly wants new name for his VR ‘metaverse’ to show that it’s bigger than just social media

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The scandal-plagued tech giant Facebook is said to be about to change its name to a secret new one that would better reflect Mark Zukerberg’s aspiration to be a technology visionary. … Read More >Bye, evil Facebook? Zuckerberg reportedly wants new name for his VR ‘metaverse’ to show that it’s bigger than just social media

Categories World

Facebook attacks media over not-yet-published reports and accuses it of orchestrated ‘gotcha’ campaign

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Spooked by impending reports of revelations from leaked papers, the embattled company has accused journalists of orchestrating a ‘gotcha’ campaign against it, and claims they are misrepresenting its actions. … Read More >Facebook attacks media over not-yet-published reports and accuses it of orchestrated ‘gotcha’ campaign

Categories Shows

Former Google ethical AI team co-lead Timnit Gebru exposes unethical AI by Google & Big Tech

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On this special episode of Going Underground, we speak to the former co-leader of Google’s ethical AI team, Timnit Gebru, who is the co-founder of Black in AI. She discusses a toxic work culture within Google, where staff walkouts had occurred at the start of her tenure on the team, why she left what many would consider a dream job, the development of unethical AI by Google, unethical practices by other Big Tech companies such as Facebook and Amazon … Read More >Former Google ethical AI team co-lead Timnit Gebru exposes unethical AI by Google & Big Tech

Categories Russia

You might like this! Facebook & Twitter recommendation algorithms could be deactivated under new plans from Russian lawmakers

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A new bill to be put before Russia’s parliament could reportedly enable the government to regulate and restrict algorithms that recommend content and accounts which Moscow officials say promote social discord or break local laws. … Read More >You might like this! Facebook & Twitter recommendation algorithms could be deactivated under new plans from Russian lawmakers