How startups are scaling communication The pandemic is making startups take a close look at ramping up their communication solutions. Learn how Twitter today reported strong revenue growth for Q3 2020, while its monetizable users also grew year-on-year (YoY) even though they fell short of estimates. The social networking giant …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now The news cycle this week seemed to grab people by the collar and shake them violently. On Wednesday, Palantir went public. The secretive company with ties to the military, spy agencies, and ICE is reliant on government contracts and intent …
Read More »Apparent racial bias found in Twitter photo algorithm
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now An algorithm Twitter uses to decide how photos are cropped in people’s timelines appears to be automatically choosing to display the faces of white people over people with darker skin. The bias was discovered by Twitter users in recent days …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now (Reuters) — Twitter said on Thursday it would label or remove misinformation aiming to undermine confidence in the U.S. election, including posts claiming victory before results have been certified or inciting unlawful conduct to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. …
Read More »Twitter confirms that 130 accounts were targeted in high-profile hack
VB Transform Join live for the last day of the AI event of the year Hosted Digitally 7/17 from 9 – 4:25 PT Register Now Find all the Transform 2020 sessions on-demand. (Reuters) – Twitter said late on Thursday that hackers targeted about 130 accounts during the cyber attack this week, an …
Read More »Trump signs executive order attacking Section 230 legal protections for Facebook and Twitter
(Reuters) — President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has long protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, an extraordinary attempt to intervene in the media that experts said was unlikely to survive legal scrutiny. Trump signed an executive order on …
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