Laura Sydell
The agency will look at whether the social network violated a 2011 consent decree when users’ data was revealed to political strategists.
Some First Amendment advocates joined a suit against the president for blocking people from his Twitter account — and they are making a novel argument about the right to communicate in a digital age.
The platforms promoted the name of a man falsely accused of being the shooter by surfacing less-credible sites. The companies say they’re working on fixes, but analysts say the challenge is massive.
After big tech companies took action to take down white supremacist content, there have been calls for the government to step in to protect free speech from the right and left.
The film, based on the book by Dave Eggers, presents a dystopian view of where Silicon Valley is taking the world and captures the tech industry’s failure to acknowledge the downside of its creations.
A murder video uploaded to Facebook brought attention to how the company monitors upsetting content. Artificial intelligence may be a solution, but experts say it could bring unwanted results.
YouTube has tweaked algorithms to prevent ads from appearing next to objectionable and extremist videos. But the moves have left YouTube content creators earning less money.
The digital-content mashup of Internet oldsters will be led by Tim Armstrong, AOL’s CEO. Though the Yahoo deal was widely panned, it gives Verizon a vast subscriber base appealing to advertisers.
Sociologists say they are seeing unprecedented grass-roots activism across the country, and they credit the president. One says Trump has helped people find common ground — based on their anger.
Travis Kalanick said in an email to employees, “Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the President or his agenda but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that.”
Apple is about to join Amazon and Netflix and get into the content making business, sources say. Apple stands to boost revenue, analysts say, but finding success in Hollywood isn’t easy.
A survey of 1,150 drivers found that those working for Lyft made more on average than those at Uber. It also illustrates demographics of participants in the ride-hailing industry.
Charities are using virtual reality to immerse people in the plight of refugees and others who need help. Researchers are studying whether it’s more effective than other media. And there are skeptics.
With issues ranging from privacy to trade, many leaders find themselves at odds with the president-elect’s campaign stances. But CEOs say they’ll look for ways to work with his administration.
Companies like Nielsen aren’t able to easily measure the new ways people watch TV since Netflix and Amazon don’t release their viewing numbers. Now a startup called Symphony aims to fill the void.
Nearly half of American adults have been entered into law enforcement facial recognition databases, a new report shows. But problems with the accuracy of the technology could affect innocent people.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of everyday life: think Apple’s Siri. Major tech firms formed a group to help the public understand AI and develop standards so it isn’t misused.
The U.S. is about to complete its long-planned handover of Internet domain name management to a global non-profit. Republicans argue it’s an example of the Obama administration giving up U.S. power.