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Innovation in AI could see governments introduce human quotas, study says
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 4.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, law, threat
Summary | With the increasing development of artificial intelligence, we can expect that a lot of jobs will be done by robots in the not-so-distant future. It is possible that human quota will have to be introduced or labels such as "made by humans". It is also unclear who is accountable in the case of an accident involving a robot.
Image Description | Robot and human shaking hands.
Image Tags | hand(s), male(s)
People who swear a lot are more likely to be honest, study finds
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 18.1.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, politeness, research/study
Summary | Researchers found out that people who cuss more are more likely to be honest. If they do not filter their language to please other people, they are less likely to filter the content too. The study analysed thousands of Facebook posts and found that Facebook users in the north east of the US are more prone to use expletives in their posts while users from the south use less swear words. Those who cussed on Facebook also used a lexicon indicating honesty (such words as "I" and "me").
Image Description | Getty image of a woman crossing her fingers behind her back and a Reuters image of Donald Trump.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), male(s)
Here's everything Facebook knows about you - and it's just plain creepy
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 8.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, marketing, privacy
Summary | It is remarkable bordering on scary how much information Facebook has on its users in order to target them with specific advertising. Facebook is aware of such things as their users' gender, age, generation, parenthood, being a pet owner, knowing people who have recently had a wedding/birthday/etc., political affiliation, spending habits, housing situation (including square footage of their house!), traveling habits, consumption practices (groceries, liquor, cosmetics, etc), car situation (worth, likeliness to buy a new car and what kind, etc.), and what type of mom they are (soccer, trendy, etc.)!
Image Description | Reuters image of a male silhouette using a smartphone in front of a lit-up Facebook logo and a Getty image of a Facebook page reflected in a woman's glasses.
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s), hand(s), logo, male(s)
If manners maketh the man, then what is Donald Trump?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 13.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | politeness, politics, social media, spelling, Twitter
Summary | One can dislike Donald Trump for many reasons, but for the author one of the main reasons is his overuse of capitalization in his Twitter posts as well as his carelessness (that he mixes up p's and q's). This carelessness translates directly into his general rudeness, his inaptitude for diplomacy, and the paradox in defending old values by spitting on political correctness which is technically just plain old politeness.
Image Description | Image of Donald Trump with his hands in front of his face and a portrait of the author.
Image Tags | hand(s), male(s)
Digital friends making you lonely? Here are 9 things to do other than check Facebook
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 2.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, Facebook, research/study, social media
Summary | Recent statistics say that more young people feel lonely than old people - despite those active social media lives. Psychologists are eager to explain that social media activity cannot replace real human companionship. There are many things one can do to exit the social media anxiety habit: joing a class or club too meet new people or to see good friends on a regular basis, have phone calls with friends, spend weekends with friends, learn to be happy while being alone sometimes - this can be achieved by meditation and mindfulness.
Image Description | A series of Alamy images showing a woman using a smartphone in bed, a woman holding a smartphone with a laptop in the background, and various images of social activities with no technological devices (dinner, birthday party, wine drinking, gardening class) as well as a man using a laptop and smiling while talking on the phone and a woman meditating.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone, WhatsApp
Tackling abuse on social media is a monumental task - but billion dollar companies should be up to it
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 15.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, cyberbullying, law, social media, threat
Summary | Social media have a huge problem with trolling, cyberbullying, and sharing of criminal content. It is however extremely difficult for providers to find such content before it is reported or seen by many. Especially in verbal abuse, the line between joking and slander is blurred and human language is too messy to be able to flag down such instances with algorhythms.
Image Description | Getty image of the Facebook logo on a hand-held smartphone and a laptop and a photograph of a screen showing the Twitter logo.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), logo, Twitter
The 15 phone apps that could make your life a whole lot happier
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 20.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | There are a variety of apps to make all aspects of life more convenient: an weather forecast app that suggests appropriate clothing, an app that helps you pack, apps that help you find the nearest public toilet cheapest gas station, your car in a carpark by retracing your steps (pirate treasure map themed), or cheapest flight, then an app that synchronizes your notes between your devices and with select contacts, an app that lets your friends or family trace your walk home at night, an app that lets you keep an eye on the whereabouts of your children or spouse, apps that remember your passwords and banking details safely, an app that helps you budget your finances or your time spent on your smartphone, and even an app that lets you know which parts of movies you can easily miss for a bathroom break.
Image Description | A Getty image of a man holding a smartphone and chatting on WhatsApp, and images of a toilet, a plane, some hands holding money, a packed suitcase, and a woman using a smartphone in a movie theater.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone, WhatsApp
Revenge Porn Must Be Criminalized
Newspaper | Huffington Post
Date | 6.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | cyberbullying, law, sexting, threat
Summary | There have been more and more cases of people posting intimate photographs of their ex-lovers on the internet. The practice is called revenge porn and it is horrible for the victims: their most intimate images are shared with the whole world without their consent and they cannot really erase the images from the internet afterards. New York CIty is now working on criminalizing the distribution of revenge porn - something that should already have happened long ago.
Image Description | Getty image of hands typing on a laptop.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, hand(s)
‘Good Girl’ Prom Dress Fliers Draw Criticism for Florida School
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 30.3.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | gender, school, Twitter
Summary | One school's guidelines on what appropriate prom gowns entail went viral on Twitter because of the double standard that girls are subjected to such prescriptivism and also because the text accompanying the images was demeaning towards women. An image of a gown seen as appropriate is captioned with "good girl" resounding how one would talk to a dog rather than young women.
Image Description | Image of the bulleting board with prom dresses and Tweets about the school message.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), text, Twitter
Facebook says police can’t use its data for ‘surveillance’
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 13.3.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, law, politics, privacy
Summary | Though Facebook's biggest source of revenue is advertising, they do cooperate with police investigators on a case-to-case basis. The government however has the option to subject Facebook users to mass surveillance in case of a disaster. "Disaster" is not defined so this gray are enables the government to misuse privacy agreements with Facebook at any given moment.
Image Description | Hand holding magnifying glass against a wall of Facebook logos.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), logo
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