AUSTIN (KXAN) — Social media juggernaut Facebook is currently working on a big revamp of its algorithms that monitor and police hate speech on its platform. Known as the WoW Project, the developing ...

In an era increasingly heated about race and society, the delicate intersection of this cultural phenomenon with that of the tech arena is one that is not only deepening but also causing rising ...

Despite critics claims, acceptance of voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology continues to gain ground in the enterprise and core network. With standards like PacketCable and 3GPP emerging, VoIP is also set ...

“We really believed in social experiences. We really believed in protecting privacy. But we were way too idealistic. We did not think enough about the abuse cases,” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg ...

In late May, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned of the “profound risk of harm” that social media poses to young people, confirming the view advanced by numerous child advocates. In so doing, Murthy ...

When it comes to accurately flagging hate speech on social media, context matters, says a new study aimed at reducing errors that could amplify racial bias. Understanding what makes something harmful ...

We're outsourcing ever more of our decision-making to algorithms, partly as a matter of convenience, and partly because algorithms are ostensibly free of some of the biases that humans suffer from.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. It has become accepted fact in our modern digital world that the ...

Social media algorithms, in their commonly known form, are now 15 years old. They were born with Facebook’s introduction of ranked, personalised news feeds in 2009 and have transformed how we interact ...