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facebook Facebook pushing AI-generated images of starving, drowning, bruised and mutilated children into users' feeds Rob Beschizza
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facial recognition I tried to access my secret consumer data. Their facial recognition software told me to smile. Thom Dunn
algorithmic bureaucracy New York Times writer is shocked to see how much a social trust scoring system knows about her Mark Frauenfelder
hacktivism [UPDATED] Google image search for "best toilet paper" returns images of Pakistan flag Mark Frauenfelder
books The latest Facebook scandal might explain why Amazon wrongfully banned book-reviewers Cory Doctorow
security Even after you turn off Facebook location tracking, Facebook tracks your location Cory Doctorow
privacy Facebook's "shadow profiles": the involuntary dossiers of information you never provided, and can't opt out of Cory Doctorow
security Facebook: We did 'a test' last year using some people's location data to suggest friends Xeni Jardin
security Privacy invasion? Facebook is using your phone's location data to suggest friends Xeni Jardin
Business 23andme & Ancestry.com aggregated the world's DNA; the police obliged them by asking for it Cory Doctorow