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The Next Dark Pattern

Generative AI is quietly turning everyday user experiences into hyper-personalized surveillance advertising. Aug.20, by Lily Minh Wass https://www.projectcensored.org/the-next-dark-pattern/   There’s a…

3 weeks ago

Meta Agrees to $17 Billion Settlement in Landmark Teen Social Media Addiction Trial

OAKLAND — On Aug. 26, The Associated Press or AP reported that Meta agreed to pay $17 billion and add…

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Unmasking AI:

As users outsource basic reasoning to automated systems, they succumb to an illusion of mastery while their critical thinking capabilities…

4 weeks ago

Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers

The Intercept  In the past year, Google Maps was deleting all the reviews for dozens of ICE jails, a new…

2 months ago

Whose AI? Whose Opposition?

Will reports of foreign influence campaigns be used to discredit valid criticisms of artificial intelligence? Published: July 23. Updated: July…

2 months ago

Tuning Out the Algorithm

Gen Z Pushes Back Against Digital Overload Hannah G. Morris, Editorial Intern Rage bait, doomscrolling, thirst trap: The internet has…

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Built on Water: The Environmental and Historical Wake of Global Trade

  The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach make up the largest port complex in the United States; they…

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Public Health, Zero-Emission NOx Rule Upheld By Circuit Court

  Ever since the 1950s, when a man sold fresh clean desert air for 50 cents a balloonfull in front…

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Nearly 400 Local Newspapers Sue AI Giants For Stealing Decades Of Content

A coalition of local newspaper publishers is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright violation, the “systematic and willful theft of…

2 months ago

Rep. Lieu Presents $1,040,000 to the City of Manhattan Beach to Ensure Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure Project

  MANHATTAN BEACH — The City of Manhattan Beach July 7 in partnership with Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D –…

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