NEW: Hackers say that they used Meta’s AI support chatbot to break into a host of high-profile Instagram profiles by asking the support bot to change the email address associated with the target account.
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
🥴 One of the issues with the present community notes structure on social media platforms (in addition to the fact that they aren't often fast enough to head off misinfo spread) is that they can be vulnerable to brigading tactics...and now, AI-based bot 'fact checkers'...
✨New paper out @nature.com ✨ For 8 weeks around the 2024 US election, we randomly assigned 2,000 people to use social media algos we built ourselves. Do engagement-based algorithms amplify intergroup, moral & emotional (IME) content—and does that distort how we see political norms? 🧵🔗 👇
Interesting opinion piece from @williambrady.bsky.social and @elijfinkel.bsky.social about the role of engagement-based incentives in design of AI chatbots (based on what we learned about these incentives in social media platforms) www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/07/o...
Found this timeline graphic to be really interesting -- and overall is a very useful summary of how Europe is trying to reduce dependence on American tech -- including social media platforms www.wired.com/story/all-th...
BREAKING: Boston City Council just unanimously passed a resolution condemning dangerous age verification and censorship laws, including the proposals put forward by @massgovernor.bsky.social and the MA House.
Backlash to age gating social media is growing!
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-05...
NEW: In 2023, @404media.co reported on a marking firm claiming to sell "Active Listening" tech that would eavesdrop on people's phones and other devices for targeting ads. The FTC announced a settlement today that adds a new twist. @regret.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/creepy...
Policymakers are legislating blanket bans on social media based on evidence that would be rejected in any other field of public health. Before imposing these draconian measures, they must listen to the experts sounding the alarm on oversimplified conclusions. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The crowdsourced moderation project faces a choice between scale and legitimacy
indicator.media
Social media platforms didn’t intend to polarize America. They intended to maximize engagement, and polarization was the byproduct.
A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.
BOSTON, May 13, 2026 — TODAY, Boston City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution condemning dangerous and misguided censorship and age verification legislation, including the controversial pr...
www.fightforthefuture.org
Policymakers are legislating blanket bans on social media based on evidence that would be rejected in any other field of public health. Before imposing these draconian measures, they must listen to the experts sounding the alarm on oversimplified conclusions. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Three firms will pay nearly $1 million for selling “Active Listening” technology that they claimed tapped people’s phones for advertising. The FTC alleges the “tech” was just pricey email lists.
As statehouses ramp up for 2026, we’re seeing a familiar and concerning trend of lawmakers rushing to regulate the internet based on shockingly shaky science. From the California State Assembly to
As statehouses ramp up for 2026, we’re seeing a familiar and concerning trend of lawmakers rushing to regulate the internet based on shockingly shaky science. From the California State Assembly to
Ugh. Not good reporting about unrefereed preprints. Sabrina Tavernese at NYT says two studies were "published," one of which was "published in the National Bureau of Economic Research" (not a journal) the other is on SSRN (not identified).
