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Instagram served test accounts that follow only young gymnasts, cheerleaders, and teen influencers salacious Reels, including risqué footage, and big brand ads (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-instagram-vi

WSJ News Exclusive | Instagram’s Algorithm Delivers Toxic Video Mix to Adults Who Follow Children
Content served to WSJ test accounts included risqué footage of kids, overtly sexual adult videos and ads from major brands

Instagram served salacious Reels, including risqué videos, next to big brand ads to test accounts that follow only young gymnasts, cheerleaders, and influencers (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-instagram-vi

WSJ News Exclusive | Instagram’s Algorithm Delivers Toxic Video Mix to Adults Who Follow Children
Content served to WSJ test accounts included risqué footage of kids, overtly sexual adult videos and ads from major brands

I'll tell you all what. I will give you two blog posts. If you have questions about today's hearing, see if these help.
Obviously I wrote them before today's arguments.
The first may have even been before there was a gag order, but I laid out the legal arguments that were at play in today's hearing.

Trump, Gag Orders, and the First Amendment - Teri Kanefield
First, some business As I announced in my last blog post, I have signed a contract to write a new book, so my blogging schedule has shifted from weekly to whenever. Meanwhile, I often post commentary and answer questions in the following places: Mastodon (I prefer Mastodon: There are no algorithms so less of a … Trump, Gag Orders, and the First Amendment Read More »

"…part of the “structures of feeling” regarding #algorithms is that they seem to foreground the importance of the individual—going so far as to surveil them personally.
This felt experience reverses the core principle of #algorithmicCulture, which is to be opaque in their operations …

So, our communications equipment for critical infrastructure and emergency operations is so insecure, a laptop can often crack the key in about a minute. But that weak algorithm is still kept secure. However, that might soon change, such that its users are aware of that intentional weakness. Hopefully, they can demand an upgrade from their vendors…
#ETSI previous

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.17310 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_…

Leave-one-out Distinguishability in Machine Learning
We introduce a new analytical framework to quantify the changes in a machine learning algorithm's output distribution following the inclusion of a few data points in its training set, a notion we define as leave-one-out distinguishability (LOOD). This problem is key to measuring data **memorization** and **information leakage** in machine learning, and the **influence** of training data points on model predictions. We illustrate how our method broadens and refines existing empirical measures of…

So, our communications equipment for critical infrastructure and emergency operations is so insecure, a laptop can often crack the key in about a minute. But that weak algorithm is still kept secure. However, that might soon change, such that its users are aware of that intentional weakness. Hopefully, they can demand an upgrade from their vendors…
#ETSI previous

FTC's suit against Amazon describes an algorithm where Amazon would raise product prices and hold them there if rivals followed, allegedly showing consumer harm (Dana Mattioli/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/a…

WSJ News Exclusive | Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices
The strategy, as described in redacted parts of FTC lawsuit, is part of agency’s case that Amazon has outsize influence on consumer prices

FTC's suit against Amazon describes an algorithm where Amazon would raise product prices and hold them there if rivals followed, allegedly showing consumer harm (Dana Mattioli/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/a…

WSJ News Exclusive | Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices
The strategy, as described in redacted parts of FTC lawsuit, is part of agency’s case that Amazon has outsize influence on consumer prices

A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as small clips by accounts that don't appear to make any money from the content (Ann-Marie Alcšntara/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-pirated-movies-free-2cd9389a?mo…

People Are Streaming Pirated Movies on TikTok, One Short Clip at a Time
The videos violate copyright laws, but they remain available—for now