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Facebook change to control covid-19 vaccine misinformation failed

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Anti-vaccine protesters march through London in 2021

Anti-vaccine campaigns are often associated with misinformation Janine Wiedel/Alamy Facebook’s attempts to remove misinformation about covid-19 vaccines from its platform instead made anti-vaccine content more extreme, say researchers. David Broniatowski at the George Washington University in Washington DC and his colleagues monitored engagement with more than 200,000 posts on Facebook pages and groups between 15 … Read more

Meta AI can tell which words you hear by reading your brainwaves

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The company behind Facebook has created an AI that could one day be used to help nonverbal people better communicate Technology 1 September 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Are you thinking what I’m hearing? Gerd Altmann/Pixabay An AI developed by Facebook’s owner Meta can scan a person’s brainwaves to “hear” what someone else is saying to … Read more

Meta is using AI to create low-carbon concrete for its data centres

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Meta has used AI to develop concrete that emits 40 per cent less carbon, but researchers say that other concrete mixtures can already achieve that Technology 27 April 2022 By Matthew Sparkes AI-generated concrete formulas undergoing testing as part of their initial performance assessment and refinementCopyright: CREDIT: Meta Meta Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has used … Read more

Proposed EU law could force WhatsApp and iMessage to work together

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The European Union is close to agreeing the Digital Markets Act, which would require big tech firms to open up their services to wider competition Technology 25 March 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Messaging apps on an Italian iPhone Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto/Shutterstock The European Union has taken its latest shot at big technology companies with the … Read more

Facebook policy to stop vaccine misinformation only worked temporarily

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Between November 2020 and February 2021, Facebook introduced policies to cut down on misinformation related to covid-19 vaccines, but they only worked for about six months Technology 15 February 2022 By Chris Stokel-Walker As part of its policy on covid-19 misinformation, Facebook removed posts with false claims about vaccines Sipa US/Alamy Policies put in place … Read more

Will 2022 be the year we start taking online privacy seriously?

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Governments are drafting new laws to protect your privacy online, but are people even that bothered about companies using their data? Technology 28 December 2021 By Matthew Sparkes Governments are looking to control data giants Antons Jevterevs / Alamy Despite the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the Edward Snowden leaks and revelations from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, … Read more