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TechnologyTuesday 11.09.21

Lawmakers Introduce Bill For Algorithm-Free Platforms

Critics argue that algorithms can make social media more addictive, violate users’ privacy, and promote extremism. So a bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing a bill that would allow people to opt out of algorithms altogether.

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OK, now this is cool: Music artist Doja Cat and nonprofit organization Girls Who Code have teamed up to debut the first-ever codable music video.

Doja Cat and Girls Who Code Team Up for Music Video

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Facebook has been caught doing something shady yet again. According to a new CNN report, the social network sold ads comparing the U.S. government's COVID response to Nazi Germany and the country’s vaccine rollout to the Holocaust.

Facebook Sold Ads Comparing Vaccine Rollout to the Holocaust

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Facebook flips on crypto. The social network has decided to reverse a long-standing policy that prevented most cryptocurrency companies from running ads on its services.

Facebook Retreats From Cryptocurrency Ad Ban

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NASA astronauts go on a spacewalk to replace the International Space Station antenna.

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Twitter unveiled new rules that prohibit users from sharing images or videos of private individuals without their consent. How do they plan to enforce this? Your guess is as good as ours.

Twitter to Remove Images of People Posted Without Consent

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After thousands of crypto investors failed in their quest to buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution, another group of 2,000 crypto fans now has its sights set on a new target: an NBA franchise. The idea so far is not a slam dunk.

Crypto Fans Fail to Buy U.S. Constitution, Now Eye NBA Team

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The mission: defending planet Earth. The method: launching a rocket into an asteroid. In a joint experiment, SpaceX and NASA fired off a Double Asteroid Redirection Test overnight.

NASA & SpaceX Launch Asteroid Deflection Mission

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Facebook was well aware that its “race-blind” practices came at the expense of Black people. Researchers reportedly showed executives an example of the kind of hate speech on the platform last year — and presented a real post featuring an image of "The Squad." But apparently it wasn’t enough to persuade them to change the system.

Facebook Knows Its “Race-Blind” Practices Hurt Black People