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From virtual safe space to epicentre of hate: How X (d)evolved under Elon Musk's leadershipUnder Elon Musk's watch, millions of people have been exposed to misinformation about climate change and subjected to racist rants and anti...
17 Nov, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
The consequences of Elon Musk's ownership of XThe war between Israel and Hamas -- the sort of major news event that once made Twitter an essential source of information and debate -- ha...
28 Oct, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
Don't expect quick fixes in ‘red-teaming’ of AI models, security was an afterthoughtCurrent AI models are simply too unwieldy, brittle and malleable, academic and corporate research shows. Security was an afterthought in th...
13 Aug, 2023, 08.24 PM IST
View: You are the object of a secret extraction operationFacebook and other leading surveillance capitalist corporations now control information flows and communication infrastructures across the ...
13 Nov, 2021, 11.03 AM IST
Amazon to proactively remove more content that violates rules from cloud service: ReportAmazon will hire a small group of people in its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division to develop expertise and work with outside researchers t...
03 Sep, 2021, 05.36 PM IST
Through Covid, US is getting a crash course in scientific uncertaintyScientific understanding of the virus changes by the hour, it seems. The virus spreads only by close contact or on contaminated surfaces, a...
23 Aug, 2021, 10.45 AM IST
The misinformation guide: Coronavirus created perfect conditions for conspiracy theoriesTheir claims were explosive, but the evidence was weak.
15 Feb, 2021, 05.33 PM IST
Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID-19, China took leading roleA nine-month investigation of state-sponsored disinformation conducted in collaboration with the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Resear...
15 Feb, 2021, 11.17 AM IST
YouTube comes under fire for lax approach on overseas election misinformationBut half a world away in Myanmar, which held a general election just five days after the U.S. vote and faced a tidal wave of online misinfo...
18 Dec, 2020, 01.04 PM IST
View: The change of guard in the US is an opportunity to enforce true accountability over the internet industryPublic opinion has shifted dramatically over the past three years to the extent that in 2020, people believe that big tech exerts far too m...
28 Nov, 2020, 11.01 PM IST
India and coronavirus: Lucky escape or emergency ahead?India on Friday imposed some of the world's toughest border measures in the current crisis.
14 Mar, 2020, 01.19 PM IST
China lab says conspiracy theories hurting efforts to curb virusThe institute has been accused of "artificially synthesising" the coronavirus in one of its laboratories, it said. It also referred to othe...
20 Feb, 2020, 01.38 PM IST