The New York Times, The Guardian, The Observer, Wired and Recode are all using Facebook Pixel to collect data on …
Confirmation bias: 6 ways to recognise it and 5 ways to counter it
Much has been made of ‘confirmation bias’, but much less has been made of what it is, how it works, …
Right-wing offensive mounts against Big Tech, which must avoid becoming a Republican punchbag
An analysis by The Outline of the impact of Facebook’s recent change to it’s News Feed algorithms – ostensibly designed to …
Blame big tech? Your phone already has all the settings you need to reduce your ‘tech addition’
Blaming Silicon Valley’s Finest for our tech addiction and asking them to do something about it is a wonderful example …
Facebook acquires govt ID authentication startup
Confirm, the Boston-based government ID authentication startup, has been acquired by Facebook for an undisclosed fee. Confirm will now terminate …
Zuckerberg is running for president, even if he never runs: KU interview analysis
Mark Zuckerberg’s interview at the University of Kansas on Friday was the moment for those who wonder whether the Facebook CEO …
Murky methods: social media’s initial anti-terrorism efforts
As governmental pressure mounts on social media companies to rid their platforms of terrorist content, initial AI methods are producing …