The Verge

JULY 15, 2021

Something similar happens to Alex Stamos, the non-fictional former chief security officer of Facebook, in the wake of his 2016-17 investigation into Russian interference on the platform. Only after a security analyst found that the documents contained personal information — a clear violation of Facebook rules — was DCLeaks banned.

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Vox

DECEMBER 6, 2022

“Twitter’s power was to be like a wire service for the 21st century,” explained Emily Bell, director of Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism. Disclosure: Emily Bell was this reporter’s journalism school thesis adviser.). Or, indeed, shitposting.” Bet you can’t wait to talk to your friends on the phpc.social instance.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

We also got an overview of the app’s community guidelines, its approach to child safety, and how it keeps data secure. Do social networks pull us into self-reinforcing echo chambers, or don’t they? (It’s an American app, located in America, run by Americans, was the message delivered.) Trending up : Google is giving more than $8.5

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Vox

JUNE 3, 2023

Within a matter of minutes of being posted, the realistic-looking image spread on Twitter and other social media networks after being retweeted by some popular accounts. In the future, the C2PA credential could be similar to the little padlock icon next to the URL in your browser window that signifies your connection is secure.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. One of her focuses is building networks between Azerbaijani people and researchers across the world.

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Vox

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen created an international media blitz earlier this year when she leaked tens of thousands of damning internal company documents to the Wall Street Journal and US government. Google fired Rivers in 2019 , saying that she made “clear and repeated violations” of its data-security policies.

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Vox

MAY 20, 2020

Built by the nonprofit Mitre Corporation, Sara Alert is an open source project developed with the cooperation of several state public health authorities, which is similar in some ways to what Apple and Google are trying to do. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network. Support Vox’s explanatory journalism.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Social networks contain multitudes. Facebook has sometimes faced doubts over why a social network would invest so much time and money into a hardware project with no uncertain payoff. And like other projects with global ambitions, it will also invite new scrutiny over privacy, data security, content moderation, and more.

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The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

First, we have what we hope is the ultimate Twitter hack FAQ, in response to this week’s catastrophic security breach. Alex Stamos, who used to run security at Facebook, has some good ideas. Related: Facebook is rife with misinformation about voting, according to an analysis by ProPublica and the nonprofit First Draft.

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Vox

MAY 1, 2023

That month, bold-faced names canceled their attendance at Davos in the Desert , a giant event in Riyadh hosted by the Future Investment Initiative Institute, a nonprofit linked to the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia and the sponsor of the Miami conference. Even Wag, the dog-walking app, got $300 million.

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Vox

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Journalism, as an industry, is struggling badly. Before the collapse of FTX, Bankman-Fried put millions into scientists, companies, and nonprofits working on pandemic and bioterror prevention and risks from artificial intelligence. But the honest answer to whether I regret taking the money knowing what we knew then , the answer is no.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

The US Justice Department says it will no longer prosecute good-faith security researchers, but what constitutes good-faith security research? What he touched off instead was a rampant epidemic last November that infected a national defense network of computers among others. Is hacking a crime?

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