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The people powering AI decisions

Sometimes, human intelligence trumps artificial.

The people powering AI decisions
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The lost art of listening

The lost art of listening
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Your digital footprint can come back to haunt you, says media historian

Your digital footprint can come back to haunt you, says media historian
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How social media has changed society

How social media has changed society
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The man who taught the Kremlin how to win the internet

The man who taught the Kremlin how to win the internet
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Instagramming a mentally ill mom

Understanding a mother’s mental illness through photography.

Instagramming a mentally ill mom
WhatsApp and Facebook messenger icons are seen on an iPhone in Manchester , Britain March 27, 2017.

The new DHS plan to gather social media information has privacy advocates up in arms

Last month, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it has been collecting social media information from visa applicants and immigrants. It said it plans to expand gathering of social media data to include aliases, associated identifiable information and search results. Privacy and civil rights advocates are up in arms.

The new DHS plan to gather social media information has privacy advocates up in arms
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How to make biometric technology more secure

What’s on the horizon in biometric security, and how can we make the technology more secure?

How to make biometric technology more secure
A woman in London's Trafalgar Square at a vigil for the victims of an attack on concert goers in Manchester Arena.

The possible motives behind the Manchester attack

What’s ISIS trying do, with attacks like the one in Manchester, and what should the media be doing in response?

The possible motives behind the Manchester attack
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How two Minnesotans turned their online popularity into big money for famine aid

It began with a video of Liban Adam drinking a giant bowl of camel’s milk and ended in a one-month $80,000 fundraiser.

How two Minnesotans turned their online popularity into big money for famine aid
Youth in Istanbul, Turkey protest the results of a referendum on their president's powers.

Turks vote by a slim margin to expand their president's powers, and dissent erupts on social media

A razor-thin victory for Turkey's president seems to further destabilize a NATO ally.

Turks vote by a slim margin to expand their president's powers, and dissent erupts on social media
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Human moderators do the dirty work of keeping disturbing content off the internet

The task of filtering harmful content from social websites and apps falls largely to humans — and those who do the job say it takes a toll.

Human moderators do the dirty work of keeping disturbing content off the internet
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What's the role of social media in the news media?

Fake news stories spread like viruses across social media sites this election season. What can — and should — be done to stop fake news in the future?

What's the role of social media in the news media?
UNC professor Zeynep Tufekci says Facebook is offering the news equivalent of Halloween candy.

How to stop Facebook when its newsfeed 'serves Halloween candy for breakfast, lunch and dinner'

Social media is chipping away at democracy, and everyone saw it coming

How to stop Facebook when its newsfeed 'serves Halloween candy for breakfast, lunch and dinner'
The scenic town of Veles, Macedonia, is home to at least 100 false US news sites.

Kids in Macedonia made up and circulated many false news stories in the US election

It turns out that a lot of the false news stories shared on social media before the election were generated by teenagers in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. And according to BuzzFeed News, they made a good amount of money doing it.

Kids in Macedonia made up and circulated many false news stories in the US election