Category: social network

Facebook will let politicians run false ads during UK elections

Post author By Randall
Post date November 2, 2019
Categories In ads, Advertising, elections, Facebook, gear, Internet, Politics, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech, Uk

[ad_1] That reluctance to check ads is leading to concerns, including from those investigating Facebook. The head of parliamentary hearings looking into Facebook’s practices, MP Damian Collins, told CNN that people shouldn’t be allowed to spread false claims “just because they are paying” for it. He was also disappointed in former UK politician Nick Clegg, […]

Twitter will put a stop to political ads on November 22nd

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In ads, Advertising, gear, Internet, Politics, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] Twitter has found a way to get around the ethical questions surrounding political ads: like TikTok, it’s getting rid of them entirely. Jack Dorsey has announced that the social network is stopping all political ads outside of non-partisan exceptions (such as voter registration), whether they come from candidates or interest groups. It’ll provide the […]

Snapchat's latest effect lets you draw in AR

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In 3d paint, app, Ar, Augmented Reality, gear, ios, Mobile, snapchat, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] If Snapchat's canned effects aren't enough for you, there's now a simple solution: draw your own. Snapchat for iOS now includes a 3D Paint feature that uses the camera to draw augmented reality visuals on top of whatever you see, whether it's your f… [ad_2] Source link

DAZN will provide boxing news and highlights on Snapchat

Post author By Randall
Post date October 28, 2019
Categories In boxing, dazn, discover, Entertainment, Internet, Mobile, snapchat, Social Media, social network, social networking, Sports, streaming, Tech

[ad_1] You can also expect Our Story coverage starting on November 9th with both broadcast-style fight highlights as well as material submitted from other Snapchat users. This is big for fans of the sweet science, but it’s also a notable expansion for Snapchat’s sports coverage. To date, its content has revolved largely around the biggest […]

Facebook takes down fake political ad meant to test its fact checking

Post author By Randall
Post date October 27, 2019
Categories In ads, Advertising, Facebook, gear, Internet, lindsey graham, pac, political ads, Politics, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] The ad was prompted by a line of questioning from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who asked Mark Zuckerberg at an October 23rd House hearing if Facebook would let her get away with posting a misleading ad about Graham. The takedown suggests that Facebook is consistent in its approach to truthful ads. However, it also underscores the […]

Facebook AI can ‘hide’ people from facial recognition

Post author By Randall
Post date October 26, 2019
Categories In Ai, Artificial Intelligence, deepfake, Facebook, facial recognition, gear, Internet, Privacy, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] The AI doesn’t need to be retrained for different people or videos, and produces only a “little” time distortion. Don’t expect this to reach Facebook in the near future. A spokesperson told VentureBeat that there were no plans to implement the research in its products. With that said, some of the practical applications are […]

Amazon joins Facebook’s fight against deepfakes

Post author By Randall
Post date October 21, 2019
Categories In Ai, Amazon, amazon web services, Artificial Intelligence, deepfake, deepfake detection challenge, dfdc, Facebook, gear, Internet, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] The Challenge will also add two professors, the Technical University of Munich’s Laura Leal-Taixé and the University of Naples Federico II’s Luisa Verdoliva, as academic advisors. At the same time, Facebook is giving researchers some of the samples they need to help spot deepfakes. It’s releasing the first 5,000 example videos out of the […]

Instagram test helps you choose people to unfollow

Post author By Randall
Post date October 20, 2019
Categories In app, Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, Mobile, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] As with many tests, there’s no guarantee this will be ready for widespread use in the near future, if at all. It’s easy to see Instagram rolling this into a future release, though. It’ll help you focus your feed on those people you care about, but it could also help on those days when […]

Yahoo is shutting down its Groups website and deleting all content

Post author By Randall
Post date October 16, 2019
Categories In gear, Internet, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech, Verizon, yahoo, yahoo groups

[ad_1] If you’re at all interested in preserving your history on the site, you’ll want to download your data either directly from posts or through Yahoo’s Privacy Dashboard. Yahoo hasn’t formally explained the shutdown, but you could see this coming. Yahoo launched Groups in 2001 as a sort of forum and mailing list hybrid, and […]