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The Top 10 Countries Being Bombarded by Data Breaches
Security breaches rose by a shocking 156% globally from the first quarter of 2023 to quarter two, according to a report published by VPN service SurfShark on Tuesday. As hacking and security leaks become more prevalent so too does the rate at which the breaches occur. In total, SurfShark found that 110.8 million accounts were…
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Facebook’s Next Big Plan Could Be Adding an Abraham Lincoln Chatbot
Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, plans to launch a series of AI chatbots with different personalities on its social networks as soon as September, according to a report in the Financial Times. It’s the latest attempt to curb declining engagement, especially on Facebook, and could be a shortcut to harvesting even more data about…
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Facebook’s Influence on Political Views May Be Greatly Exaggerated, Researchers Find
Social media algorithms have been a point of contention for lawmakers and regulators for several years over concerns that users were being brainwashed by the flood of misinformation promoted on their feeds. As it turns out, while the algorithms do impact the person’s experience on social media, four studies published on Thursday found it does…
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Meta Companies Fined $20 Million in Australia Over That Awful Data-Harvesting App
The Federal Court has ordered two subsidiaries of Meta (Facebook Israel and Onavo Inc), to each pay $10 million for engaging in misleading conduct.