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Someone from U Zurich did an undisclosed persuasion experiment on Reddit users in r/ChangeMyView using #LLM bots. This kind of social media research is absolutely unethical and the "results" should not be published.
Additional shame on the ethics committee for arguing *for* publication. In my view, this is outrageous scientific misconduct. #nlproc #academia #ethics #socialMedia
reddit.com/r/changemyview/comm

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Instagram, Whatsapp, FB : comment empêcher Meta d’utiliser vos données pour nourrir son IA ?
Dès le 27 mai, ces réseaux sociaux vont exploiter les publications des utilisateur·ices pour entraîner l’outil d’intelligence artificielle Meta AI

Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook : comment empêcher Meta d'utiliser vos données pour nourrir son IA ? vert.eco/articles/instagram-wh

On #Mastodon there are now
383 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
117 instances.

174 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@mikrobitti (FIN)
@NationCymru (ENG)
@unusual_whales (ENG)
@SwanseaBayNews (ENG)
@NDR (GER)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview

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Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts

#SocialMedia posts about #PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies NOT to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for.
huffpost.com/entry/publicsquar

"PublicSquare’s website... pulls up businesses near you that want to be publicly associated with #Trump... Its board of directors includes Donald Trump Jr., who also is an investor."