US politicians fully embraced influencers in 2024, blurring lines between punditry and journalism and paving the way for lawmakers to become creators themselves
Politicians fully embraced the creator economy in 2024, blurring the lines between punditry and journalism.
Ahead of the 2024 US election, Microsoft plans to offer a new free tool to help US politicians fight deepfakes by authenticating their videos and photos
- Tool offering comes as concerns grow over fake photos, videos — Microsoft says Russia is ‘huge’ cyber, disinformation threat
US v. SBF: Nishad Singh says SBF used customer funds for spending sprees that “reeked of excess” and he learned of an $8B hole two months before FTX collapsed
before it all crashed Luc Cohen / Reuters : Sam Bankman-Fried directed political donations despite $13 bln ‘hole’, ex-colleague testified Michael Grullon / Watcher Guru : FTX Trial: SBF Used Stolen Fu...
a16z plans to open a crypto-focused office in London and leads a $43M round in London-based Gensyn, which offers a decentralized compute network for training AI
Over the last year it has become clear that blockchains … Reuters : London crypto move is a sign of desperate times FinSMEs : Gensyn Raises £33.8M in Series A Funding Eli Dambel / Bitcoinist.com : a16...
An internal TikTok tool can access some personal data of Indian users who used the app before India's 2020 ban; an employee jokingly called the tool “NSA-To-Go”
which the employee calls “NSA To Go”—that allows TikTok to obtain sensitive info on users, including real-time updates on U.S. users “a key to building a ‘digital dossier’” @Ali_Lev reports https://tw...
Whenever US politicians talk about changing Section 230 or regulating Big Tech and websites, they are almost always talking about imperiling the First Amendment
The First Amendment is one of America's most distinctive pieces of law. But as the midterm — and, quickly, the presidential … Tweets: @evan_greer , @thedextriarchy , @navinram999 , @reckless , and @s...
President Trump told reporters on Friday that he will act soon to ban TikTok in the United States
and people are blaming Sarah Cooper, who may have hurt his feelings Joshua Keating / Slate : TikTok Could Have Been China's Nintendo Kaya Yurieff / CNN : ‘Everyone is going cray cray’: TikTok users fr...
Facebook adds labels to voting-related posts from US politicians like Trump and Biden that say “Get official voting info” without fact checking the posts
it might even seem that Facebook is endorsing what Trump is saying and providing a path for more information. https://twitter.com/... Roger McNamee / @moonalice : FB's labeling of Trump's false and in...
Facebook to allow influencers to produce sponsored content for US politicians and political campaigns, if the posts are clearly identified as paid partnerships
and that system has always been completely broken.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Rob Price / @robaeprice : In October 2019, Facebook employees raised concerns internally that ordinary users would...
Facebook to allow influencers to produce sponsored content for US politicians and political campaigns, if the posts are clearly identified as paid partnerships
Makena Kelly / The Verge :