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Report: Census Bureau, Tech Industry Join Forces to Address Disinformation Threats Ahead of Decennial Count
The U.S. Census Bureau has enlisted the help of Facebook, Twitter and Google to stop the spread of online “fake news†the agency believes could disrupt the next decennial count in 2020, Reuters reported Wednesday.
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Tim Berners-Lee Seeks to Address Privacy Issues, Fake News via ‘Magna Carta for the Web’
Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, has introduced a new contract that outlines a set of principles for internet companies to protect privacy, advance transparency of their algorithms and address online abuse, The Telegraph reported Monday. Berners-Lee said at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, the “Magna Carta for the web†was launched in response […] More