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August 15, 2019

Hate speech algorithms biased against blacks, researchers find

Two new studies say that artificial intelligence trained to find hate speech may actually be boosting racial bias.

August 15, 2019

Philadelphia shootout: No evidence that suspect live-streamed gun battle with cops, police say

The Philadelphia Police Department has not yet found any evidence that the suspected gunman who wounded six police officers during an hourslong standoff was live-streaming the gun battle. 

August 13, 2019

FTC chief willing to break up Big Tech

The head of the Federal Trade Commission said he's prepared to break up tech companies by undoing past mergers as the agency probes whether the firms are hurting competition.

August 9, 2019

Josh Hawley: Tech giants have a business model based on 'taking stuff from us'

Social media giants like Facebook make their money off of taking Americans' personal information and should come under greater scrutiny, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., argued.

August 8, 2019

Facebook loses facial-recognition privacy appeal and could pay billions in fines

Facebook lost a federal appeal on Thursday in a lawsuit over facial-recognition data. That could lead to the company paying massive fines over its privacy practices.

August 8, 2019

Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Trump is right to work with social media firms to reduce gun violence and online hate

President Trump has taken an important step by inviting social media company executives to a meeting Friday to discuss how hatred and violent extremism are fueled online.

August 7, 2019

Storm Area 51 event removed from Facebook 'by accident'

For a harrowing couple of days, Facebook removed the page of the Storm Area 51 event that has gone viral in recent weeks, a decision it said was an accident.

August 6, 2019

Horrific footage of Christchurch mosque shooting surfaces on YouTube and Instagram

Almost five months after 51 people were massacred at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, sick footage of the killings surfaced on YouTube and Instagram.

August 6, 2019

Facebook fails to stop flood of fake reviews, investigative body says

Facebook stands accused of not doing enough to stem the sale of fake reviews through its platform, more than one month after being told to fix the problem by a British regulator.

August 6, 2019

Protesters gather outside McConnell's Kentucky home, one calls for his stabbing 'in the heart'

A group of protestors gathered outside the home of Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., where one expressed that someone should "stab the motherf---er in the heart."