New: Google laid off 1/3 of the team which handles law enforcement requests. “Staffing shortages ... had slowed Google’s ability to respond to requests ... significant backlog and increased risk to the integrity and security of sensitive user data.”
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New newsletter: Facebook is dying, losing 397 million monthly active users in the last 3 years as Mark Zuckerberg prioritized platform growth over quality control, turning it into an algorithmic hellscape full of AI-generated spam, scams and so much worse.
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It's been over THREE MONTHS since I made this post (below the video) and this very same advertiser is still violating Google Ads purported policies, falsely claiming Kelly Clarkson sells keto weight loss gummies. (cc: Matt Binder Nandini Jammi Mendy Boyd)

Video from today:

4/x One theory: Is it possible that personalization is leading to WORSE results? Because Google search customers are putting money in a bucket to reach known customers, so I get search results for products from retailers I love but are for the WRONG products?

Shoving a confidently wrong chatbot trained on Reddit into a service marketed for decades as a portal to the world’s knowledge is reckless and legitimately dangerous.

ok, time to shut Google down until we figure out what the hell is going on!

I believed in academic freedom like a 5 year old believed in Santa Claus.

Here's my story in The Harvard Crimson about why we need to get Corporate money out of academia.

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OpIndia saw our report and WIRED's story, and the TL;DR of their response can be summed up with a dril tweet. Anyway, read our report!

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This is why right-wing billionaires sue people reporting on them.

They know they can't win these lawsuits. But they also know legal fees will cripple the little guy reporting on their lies and crimes.

This is how free speech is actually chilled—vengeful dipshit billionaires.

We are losing some of the finest progressive researchers and commentators in the business today.

Our loss can be your gain.

Hire Kat and the rest of my colleagues. You won't regret it.

As India navigates its #GeneralElections2024 , Google's role in monetizing disinformation comes under scrutiny. My latest interview with Rachel Gilmore sheds light on how tech giants like monetize platforms spreading divisive content, despite their own policies against it.

Buddy, I don't think you've done enough due diligence on ME bc you clearly don't know who you're talking to lmao

Oh! A Google Alert on my name. I wonder what it...........oh

Disinformation is a global problem needing serious attention. Thankful for the rockstar team over at Check My Ads ⤵️

3M poisoned you and every other person on earth. The company should be dismantled and every executive involved in the coverup should be subjected to a swim in a PFAS plunge pool.

My fucking god. What is the point of regulations if we cannot hold these people accountable?

Dear Oxfam International, we have noticed that your advertisements on YouTube are being displayed alongside content from channels such as PGurus, which regularly disseminate misinformation and hate. We respectfully reconsider your advertising placements.

🔥As India holds its elections, Google is monetizing one of the country’s biggest propaganda and disinformation outlets.

OpIndia is a Hindu nationalist media site with a reputation for publishing Islamophobic content and other disinformation.

Watch to learn more:

Here's a clip where 'Adrian' is
is ranting about Dan O'Dowd on spaces and appears to slip up and refer to Musk as 'me'

In case there was any confusion about who runs this account lol