Elon Musk in a deepfake video. THEFAKENING It’s getting easier than ever to create deepfake videos. That’s because the software to make these fake videos (which fool you into thinking President Obama is calling President Trump names or that Elon Musk is a baby) is widely available. Anyone can download the apps on the Dark Web. And after someone superimposes the face of a president ... Read More »
Social media and the news have had a dysfunctional marriage, but they just can’t quit each other. A new survey suggests that even though more Americans are relying on social media for news than ever before, they’re not especially happy about how much control platforms have on the information they consume. Pew Research Center published a report Oct. 2 that revealed that ... Read More »
It’s 2019, yet here we still are, wondering why anyone on social media is still body-shaming. The latest target of the social media vitriol is Jaclyn Hill, who recently took to Twitter to shut down trolls who have been constantly plaguing her feed with negative comments about her body. After one (of many) tweeted Hill rudely questioning, “What happened to your face,” ... Read More »
Social media is one of those things, like high waisted shorts or people still using the hashtag #nomnoms, that you either love or really hate. But, if you’re an ecommerce company, it can be kind of cringe-worthy. Between Facebook, Instagram, and new social networks like Vero and Steemit, where do you start? As Brent Csutoras, co-owner and adviser of Search Engine Journal, puts ... Read More »
The poet Rupi Kaur once wrote: “The irony about loneliness is we all feel it at the same time.” I imagine that Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and other leaders of social media would like to think of their platforms as a refuge for this human condition. After all, windows into each other’s lives have never been easier to look through. Facebook has 2.4 billion users who ... Read More »
UPDATE: Social media influencer Ray Diaz has pleaded not guilty to having sex with a teenage girl as well as assaulting her and a young woman in separate incidents over the past year, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Raymundo Diaz was charged with two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, one count each of oral copulation of a person under ... Read More »
After two recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, President Trump said his administration would ask social media companies to develop tools that could detect potential mass shooters. While delivering a speech on the recent violence, Trump said “we must do a better job of identifying and acting on early warning signs,” and he suggested social media ... Read More »
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A new Canadian study has drawn a link between social media screen time and depression in teenagers. Researchers studied the behavioural habits of 3,800 students, grades 7-10, from 31 Montreal schools beginning in 2012. The study – carried out over four years by researchers at the Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal – was published Monday in the American peer-reviewed journal JAMA Pediatric. Researchers called ... Read More »
At the White House today, amid much concern that conservative voices are being silenced by social media platforms, President Donald Trump (after a “morning of tweets [that] was off the rails, even by his standards”) stood before a group of activists to deliver a message of support. “Some of you are extraordinary,” the president said. “The crap you think of is ... Read More »
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