Almost weekly, Brian Levine, a computer scientist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is asked the same question by his 14-year-old daughter: Can I download this app?Mr. Levine responds by […]
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Back to news homeThe Race to Prevent ‘the Worst Case Scenario for Machine Learning’
Dave Willner has had a front-row seat to the evolution of the worst things on the internet.He started working at Facebook in 2008, back when social media companies were making […]
The Crypto Detectives Are Cleaning Up
Before a new breed of cryptocurrency detectives helped bring him down, Ryan Felton marketed his crypto scheme with a grandiose promise: He was creating “Netflix on the blockchain.”He called the […]
A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.
Mark noticed something amiss with his toddler. His son’s penis looked swollen and was hurting him. Mark, a stay-at-home dad in San Francisco, grabbed his Android smartphone and took photos […]
Online platforms have a responsibility to protect children from harm
Kathryn Kosmides Contributor Kathryn Kosmides is a survivor of gender-based violence and the founder of nonprofit background check Garbo. Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s message about Instagram’s impact on teenage girls […]
Are Apple’s Tools Against Child Abuse Bad for Your Privacy?
Law enforcement officials, child-safety groups, abuse survivors and some computer scientists praised the moves. In statements provided by Apple, the president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children […]
The Lesson to Learn From Apple’s Tool to Flag Child Sex Abuse
As we all put more of our photos, documents and videos online, how much of that data really belongs to us anymore?That’s the question many are now pondering because of […]