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Decentralized social media - the good, the bad - and the potentially ugly

With growing concerns about a perceived censorship bias on social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, the demand for censorship-resistant social media networks is on the rise. A number of blockchain startups aim to use a decentralized model to preserve free speech in the digital age. But can a fully decentralized social media platform work? дальше »

2019-6-24 23:00


Facebook’s Project Libra Will Change Cryptocurrency Industry Forever

Coinspeaker Facebook’s Project Libra Will Change Cryptocurrency Industry ForeverSince Facebook revealed its new project Libra, and everything that is related to it, people are starting to wake up and speculate – is Facebook's Project Libra going to take over the cryptocurrency industry? Whether it will be a good or a bad mark, let's see. дальше »

2019-6-19 08:20


Facebook’s Libra May Resolve Bad Blood Between Winklevoss Twins and Mark Zuckerberg

Bitcoin has risen above $9,000, as of Sunday. The new Facebook stablecoin may allow for the Winklevoss brothers and Mark Zuckerberg to be “frenemies.” The dispute between Mark Zuckerberg and the Winklevoss twins – Cameron and Tyler – has been heavily publicized, even providing the basis for the feature film The Social Network. Years ago, […] дальше »

2019-6-19 02:59


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Online extremism is taking a mental toll on researchers studying it

Social media platforms do an indispensable job of connecting us with our families, friends and like-minded people. But of late, they have also become conduits for bad actors to hijack users’ attention to manipulate news, spew conspiracy theories, and propagate toxic viewpoints with an intent to radicalize impressionable minds. дальше »

2019-5-3 10:36


Why farmers hold the answer to making the personal data economy work

In the consumer world, personal data has been used as a “payment” for services, whether that be a Facebook account or a grocery discount or a loyalty rewards program. If you take the Facebook example, consumers “pay” for the service by supplying data which in turn makes the company money through ads that rely on this data. дальше »

2019-3-2 16:30


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New York State Creates Cryptocurrency Task Force

In a bid to formulate amenable policies to foster cryptocurrency adoption and protect consumers from bad actors, New York state has created a cryptoassets task force.   The group is made up of technologists, cryptocurrency holders, institutional and small investors, academics, and blockchain-linked businesses, according to a Facebook post on January 3, 2018, by Clyde Vanel, Assemblymember for the 33rd District. дальше »

2019-1-4 16:00


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The free internet makes us the product — we need to stop it

The bad headlines continue to stack up for Facebook this year: from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, to the New York Times report that Facebook gave Apple, Samsung, and other mobile device makers access to its users personal data without permission, to the revelation that the firm routinely gives user information and preferences to several Chinese telecommunications firms, to last week’s security breach in which hackers took control of 50 million user accounts as well as any third-party sites those users logged into via Facebook. дальше »

2018-10-6 19:30


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Facebook’s ‘trustworthy’ news is mostly Anderson Cooper and Fox News

Facebook this week unveiled the schedule for its funded news shows, and it could use a little diversity — the entire slate is dominated by two shows. I really hope you like Anderson Cooper and/or Fox News, because both of those combined take up a hefty portion of the schedule — Fox News in particular is on every single day of the week. дальше »

2018-7-12 20:11