In part one of this week's newsletter: Why people are already dismissing a Wall Street Journal article about teens developing severe tics after watching numerous TikToks from influencers diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.
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Young People, Especially Young Women, Are Reporting Concerning Medical And Behavioral Changes Due To Social Media, And I Hope We’re Paying Attention
|| Internet/Privacy || Blog Post || Short (5 min or less) URL ⇲ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/young-women-…
Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Short (5 min or less) URL ⇲ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/15/privacy-fears…
Campaigners say Face Pay, launched in over 240 stations, is ‘dangerous step’ in efforts to control population
Washington Wants to Regulate Facebook's Algorithm. That Might Be Unconstitutional
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Short (5 min or less) || URL ⇲ https://time.com/6106643/facebook-algorithm-regulation-lega…
Uber Drivers Say a 'Racist' Algorithm Is Putting Them Out of Work
|| Algorithmic Bias || Media Article || Short (5 min or less) || URL ⇲ https://time.com/6104844/uber-facial-recognition-racist/?ut…
AI Weekly: EU facial recognition ban highlights need for U.S. legislation
|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Short (5 min or less) || URL ⇲ https://venturebeat.com/ai/ai-weekly-eu-facial-recognition-…
Managing harmful vaccine content on YouTube
|| Misinformation || Short (5 min or less) URL ⇲ https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/managing-harmful-vacci…
We're expanding our medical misinformation policies on YouTube with new guidelines on vaccines
Tesla to Expand Full Self-Driving Beta, But Top Safety Official Says It Needs to Tackle 'Basic Safety Issues' First
|| Media Article || Short (5 min or less) URL ⇲ https://gizmodo.com/teslas-expanding-its-full-self-driving-…
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has opened multiple investigations into fatal Tesla crashes involving its Autopilot system.
Instagram Makes Teen Girls Hate Themselves. Is That a Bug or a Feature?
|| Media Article || Short (5 min or less) || URL ⇲ https://time.com/6098771/instagram-body-image-teen-girls/?u…
Student proves Twitter algorithm ‘bias’ toward lighter, slimmer, younger faces
|| Algorithmic Bias || Media Article || Short (5 min or less) URL ⇲ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/10/twitters…
Company pays $3,500 to Bogdan Kulynych who demonstrated flaw in image cropping software
Focus: The robot apocalypse is hard to find in America's small and mid-sized factories
|| Future of Work || Media Article || Short (5 min or less) || URL ⇲ https://www.reuters.com/technology/robot-apocalypse-is-hard…