It's striking to see how Facebook appears to be cracking down on -- or ignoring -- research that reflects badly on the platform.
Internally it has ignored hate speech & disinfo research & hobbled CrowdTangle.
& now it's shutting down external researchers' access to FB data.
Here's my reporting from last June on Facebook management ignoring research internal looking at racial bias on the platform: nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
Then there was the pandering to conservatives who were violating the company's misinformation policies -- something many employees were up in arms about, but again management ignored them.
Mozilla did a privacy review of Ad Observer to determine that: "It collects ads, targeting parameters and metadata associated with the ads. It does not collect personal posts or information about your friends. And it does not compile a user profile on its servers."
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There is "no place at our company for any type of harassment, discrimination or unequal treatment of any kind" says Activision Blizzard CEO @BobbyKotick opening the Q2 earnings call
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The alleged coverup was only discovered after 3 years of litigation & thousands of dollars spent on a digital forensic expert to get hold of the full electronic medical record including the ‘audit trail’ - a log of who accessed and modified the record
Zoom schooling has been a nightmare for many families, but it's been particularly tough for kids with ADHD (or suspected ADHD) nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
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Calls to @CHADD_ADHD, a helpline for people with ADHD, have surged by 62% since the start of the pandemic