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Russia Puts the Squeeze on Social Media to Police Its Critics
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U.S. Retrieves Millions Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said investigators have recovered more than $2 million in cryptocurrency paid in ransom to hackers responsible for the Colonial Pipeline shutdown in early May. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
AI Algorithms Get Tripped Up in Fighting Hate Speech
One of the most comprehensive studies to date on the effectiveness of online hate-speech filters underscores a shortcoming many social-media users know firsthand: They don’t always catch hateful speech.
The study highlights the difficulties of training artificial-intelligence algorithms in rooting out slurs from social media and other sites without blocking legitimate posts that contain similar language—whether by news organizations, groups opposed to hate speech, or racial groups that have appropriated those terms.
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The Big Changes Coming to Your iPhone, iPad and Mac This Fall
Apple announced features for the next versions of iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS and MacOS in its two-hour virtual WWDC 2021 keynote, using words like “great,” “amazing” and “best” dozens of times. WSJ’s Joanna Stern determined the actual “best” features headed to your devices this fall. The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
