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YouTube Gives Creators an Extra Chance When Violating Company Policies

Tue, 08/29/2023 - 14:00

YouTube is changing its community guidelines to give creators more leeway for violating its content rules, the company announced on Tuesday. Content creators will now have the opportunity to take an educational training course that reviews why their video violated the guidelines.

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YouTube Cracks Down on Cancer Quacks

Tue, 08/15/2023 - 13:56

Gizmodo

YouTube announced it’s taking on the miracle cures, bogus disease prevention tips, and other health myths that litter the video-sharing site with a new assault on medical misinformation. The effort starts with a mass take-down of videos about “harmful or ineffective” cancer cures, according to a Tuesday press release…

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Moderation on a popular AI image generator can be easily circumvented to create images that drive conspiracy theories, new report finds

Sat, 08/12/2023 - 15:42

Tech Insider

A person types on a keyboard. — A new report reveals there are loopholes in the Midjourney moderation system.
Tim Wimborne/Reuters

Tech Insider, Generative AI, midjourney, misinformation

AI is about to turn the internet into a total nightmare

Tue, 08/08/2023 - 06:00

Tech Insider : Economy

Amid an orange background, a swirl of fluid white and orange lines and stars chaotically disrupt an array of dark blue internet windows. Binary code decorates the orange background — AI bots and AI-generated content are flooding the internet with spam, scams, and misinformation. And it's making it a nightmare to be online.
Arantza Pena Popo/Insider

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Facebook's Influence on Political Views May Be Greatly Exaggerated, Researchers Find

Fri, 07/28/2023 - 10:55

Gizmodo

Social media algorithms have been a point of contention for lawmakers and regulators for several years over concerns that users were being brainwashed by the flood of misinformation promoted on their feeds.

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Meta Told to Hand Over Threads Content Moderation Documents to Congress

Mon, 07/17/2023 - 15:10

Gizmodo : Politics

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has issued an additional subpoena directing Meta to hand over documents surrounding content moderation on its newest app, Threads.