Google Will Start Paying Publishers for Upcoming News Service
By: Bloomberg June 25, 2020 Alphabet Inc.’s Google will begin paying select media outlets featured in a yet-to-be released news service later this year, a major business shift for the search engine after years of pressure from media companies and regulators. The licensing deals will start in three countries and Google is in talks with […]
Expert: Online Disinformation Now Targeting COVID-19, Black Lives Matter
By: Futurism June 25, 2020 For years, Hany Farid has been warning Congress, the media, and anyone else who would listen that society is losing the battle against disinformation online. With the rise of sophisticated, hyper-realistic deepfakes and other forms of manipulated media and the approaching 2020 presidential election, his warnings seem more prescient than ever. Farid, a professor […]