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Newswise: TikTok Ban Could Set Precedent for Social Media Free Speech and Privacy, Experts Say
Released: 17-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
TikTok Ban Could Set Precedent for Social Media Free Speech and Privacy, Experts Say
Virginia Tech

The clock is ticking for TikTok, and questions of freedom of speech and national security are on the line. This week, representatives for the popular video-sharing app are arguing in a federal appeals court for its ability to operate in the United States.  A federal law, which goes into effect in January, would ban the app for U.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: TikTok Heads to Court Over U.S. Ban
George Washington University

Lawyers for the popular social media platform TikTok are headed to court today for a key hearing where they’re intending to block an upcoming ban of the app in the United States. ...

Released: 3-Sep-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Research reveals huge volume of sports gambling advertising on social media in U.S.
University of Bristol

Sports fans are being bombarded daily with gambling advertising via social media in the United States – and the majority of ads could be in breach of regulations, according to a new study.

Released: 14-Aug-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: House GOP Divisions Stall Progress on Child Online Safety Bill
George Washington University

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bipartisan bill passed by the Senate to enhance online safety for children, is facing resistance in the House. ...

Released: 5-Jun-2024 12:05 PM EDT
New GW Study Finds Banning Fake News Traffickers Online Improved Public Discourse
George Washington University

A new study co-authored by public policy and political science scholars from the George Washington University, University of California, Riverside, Duke University and Northeastern University found that the crackdown by Twitter/X also significantly reduced the number of misinformation posts by users who stayed on the platform but had been following those who were kicked off.

 
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Released: 15-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Expert explains how Congressional TikTok bill could impact users and the future of social media
Virginia Tech

The vote this week by the U.S. House of Representatives, by an overwhelming 352-65 margin, could lead to a nationwide ban of the popular social media app TikTok.

Newswise: Working Towards Toxic-Free AI
Released: 4-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EST
Working Towards Toxic-Free AI
University of California San Diego

Unlike existing work, which relies on training data from social media examples, a new benchmark, named ToxicChat, is based on examples gathered from real-world interactions between users and an AI-powered chatbot. ToxicChat is able to weed out queries that use seemingly harmless language but are actually harmful, which would pass muster with most current models.

Released: 28-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
Cybersecurity Leaders Launch New Online Platform to Close Gaps in Understanding Cyber Policy
American University

The Shahal M. Khan Cyber and Economic Security Institute at AU, CrowdStrike and Wiley Rein launch a new online platform designed to help cybersecurity and privacy professionals, government officials, and students understand the fundamentals of key cybersecurity policy topics and stay up-to-speed on the context, players, history and issues underlying the key cyber public policy issues of the day.

Newswise: AI among us: Social media users struggle to identify AI bots during political discourse
Released: 27-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
AI among us: Social media users struggle to identify AI bots during political discourse
University of Notre Dame

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame conducted a study using AI bots based on large language models and asked human and AI bot participants to engage in political discourse. Fifty-eight percent of the time, the participants could not identify who the AI bots were.

Newswise: Anti-vaccine conspiracies fuel divisive political discourse
Released: 26-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Anti-vaccine conspiracies fuel divisive political discourse
University of Tokyo

Heightened use of social media during the coronavirus pandemic brought with it an unprecedented surge in the spread of misinformation.

   
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Released: 18-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Online Reviews: Filter the Fraud, But Don’t Tell Us How
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

When you try a new restaurant or book a hotel, do you consider the online reviews? Do you submit online reviews yourself? Do you pay attention if they are filtered and moderated? Does that impact your own online review submissions?

Newswise: AI Could Make Cyber Threats Harder to Detect
Released: 18-Jan-2024 6:05 AM EST
AI Could Make Cyber Threats Harder to Detect
Southern Methodist University

Gone are the days when the tell-tale signs of a ‘phishing’ scam were fairly easy to spot, SMU cybersecurity experts warn: Hackers are increasingly using generative AI (artificial intelligence) to write more convincing emails and bogus advertisements.

Released: 11-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Dark web fentanyl-selling operations have grown rapidly, offer steep discounts
Carnegie Mellon University

Overdose deaths in North America have skyrocketed, primarily because of the spread of illegally manufactured fentanyl. In a new study, researchers analyzed an early and prominent fentanyl-selling operation on the dark web.

Released: 12-Dec-2023 7:05 AM EST
Inclusive content, peer support, media information literacy can combat health misinformation spread to adolescents on social media
Boston University School of Public Health

Social media has become one of the main sources of information for youth, a population that on average engages with platforms such as TikTok and Instagram for nearly five hours per day.

Released: 29-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Workplace culture is very different these days. Find out how different by exploring the "In the Workplace" channel
Newswise

The latest articles on occupational medicine, workplace culture, and the labor market are in the "In the Workplace" channel on Newswise.

       


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