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Photographer steps inside Vietnam’s shadowy ‘click farms’
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe images offer a rare glimpse inside murky enterprises that artificially generate social media...
Google will downrank click-farm garbage and aggregators to improve search results
Engadget· 2 years agoGoogle says it's doing more to downrank low-quality content that's designed primarily to generate...
The popularity factories distorting what you see on social media
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAnyone who visits a website, peeks at social media or logs into a bank account unwittingly becomes...
5 Things to know for March 11: Gaza, presidential race, Oscars, Pope Francis, Laken Riley
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSeveral major news agencies have withdrawn an image distributed by Britain’s royal family showing...
The U.S. Isn’t Ready for the New Age of AI-Fueled Disinformation—But China Is
Time via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn 2019, a Chinese researcher named Li Bicheng laid out his ideas about manipulating public opinion...
When the obituary you're reading turns out to be about you: Inside growing death-hoax scams
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoDo some checking to make sure an online obituary is legitimate and the person actually died – or...
Anti-privacy giants want you to surrender hope. Don't give up without a fight
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSpraying graffiti on security camera Getty Images/Westend61 I’m often guilty of it myself. Letting...
Gaming Gift Cards Are Like Crypto – and Not in a Good Way
CoinDesk via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoIn-game tokens, like V-Bucks on Fortnite, face UX problems like many Web3 platforms. Is there a role...
How the Crypto Industry Responded to FinCEN's Proposed Mixer Rule
CoinDesk via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoLast October, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network proposed implementing a new regulatory regime...
Cambodia's leader returns to Facebook weeks after an acrimonious breakup with the platform
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's Facebook account was reactivated Thursday, three weeks after he...