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Scammers use deepfakes to steal $25.6 million from a multinational firm
05 Feb

Scammers use deepfakes to steal $25.6 million from a multinational firm

John RoutledgeLatest News
Bad actors keep using deepfakes for everything from impersonating celebrities to scamming people out of money. The latest instance is out of Hong Kong, where a finance worker for an undisclosed multinational company was tricked into remitting $200 million Hong Kong dollars ($25.6 million). According to Hong Kong police, scammers contacted the employee posing as the company's United Kingdom-based chief financial…
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Maliciously edited Joe Biden video can stay on Facebook, Meta’s Oversight Board says
05 Feb

Maliciously edited Joe Biden video can stay on Facebook, Meta’s Oversight Board says

John RoutledgeLatest News
The Oversight Board is urging Meta to update its manipulated media policy, calling the current rules “incoherent.” The admonishment comes in a closely watched decision about a misleadingly edited video of President Joe Biden.The board ultimately sided with Meta regarding its decision to not remove the clip at the center of the case. The video featured footage from October 2022,…
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20 years later, Facebook is a supporting character in the Mark Zuckerberg universe
04 Feb

20 years later, Facebook is a supporting character in the Mark Zuckerberg universe

John RoutledgeLatest News
It’s been 20 years since Mark Zuckerberg first brought thefacebook.com online from his dorm room. What happened next has been endlessly documented: the Harvard-only social network took over college campuses and, eventually, the world.The social network occupies an increasingly awkward space in Meta’s “family” of apps. A majority of American adults still use the service, but three out of four…
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