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EULAs of Despair

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This project maps some of the internet’s most encountered End User License Agreements (EULAs), also commonly called Terms of Use.  Over… read more

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The Problem With Tracking Kids at College – Let Grow

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Dumb down “struggle” and you dumb down a generation. …And yet the colleges themselves have decided – like enablers —… read more

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Millions of People Are Using Abusive AI ‘Nudify’ Bots on Telegram – Wired

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A WIRED review of Telegram communities involved with the explicit nonconsensual content has identified at least 50 bots that claim… read more

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AI-Powered Social Media Manipulation App Promises to ‘Shape Reality’ – 404 Media

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The overview document describes Impact as a “A Volunteer Fire Department For The Digital World,” empowering “masses of ‘good people’”… read more

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Why teenagers are deliberately seeking brain rot on TikTok – Psyche

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This is my first introduction to the term ‘brain rot’. Perplexed, I ask them what it means. Laughing, they describe… read more

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Twitter Acts Fast on Nonconsensual Nudity If It Thinks It’s a Copyright Violation – 404 Media

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For the study, the researchers uploaded 50 AI-generated nude images to X (formerly Twitter) and reported half of them under… read more

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KOSA: Protecting Kids or Policing Speech? Catalyst

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Although the authors of KOSA insist that the bill does not target speech but conduct, enforcement will clearly target expression… read more

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Digital Divinity: Ancient Traditions Meet Modern Technology [series] – Rest of World

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Technology has transformed how we spend, study, live, eat — even how we sleep. And for the 6.75 billion people… read more

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A Look Behind the Screens – Federal Trade Commission

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Today, the Commission is approving the release of a groundbreaking report that sheds light on how these powerful Companies have… read more

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Social media companies engaged in ‘vast surveillance,’ FTC finds, calling status quo ‘unacceptable’ – NBC News

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Popular social media platforms and video streaming services pose serious risks to user privacy, with children and teenagers most at… read more

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