Robert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 18/12/2024www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...theguardian.comPTSD, depression and anxiety: why former Facebook moderators in Kenya are taking legal actionEx-staff at outsourcing company Samasource claim they vetted unspeakably graphic videos in harsh conditions 110
Robert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 18/12/2024www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...theguardian.comMore than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators diagnosed with severe PTSDExclusive: Diagnoses part of lawsuit being brought against parent company Meta and outsourcer Samasource Kenya 010
Robert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 18/12/2024More than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators diagnosed with severe PTSD 100
Robert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Paul McCartney warns AI ‘could take over’ as UK debates copyright laws www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comPaul McCartney warns AI ‘could take over’ as UK debates copyright lawsFormer Beatle speaks out amid fears the rise of AI threatens income streams for music, news and book publishers 051
Robert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 11/12/2024“The ultimate superficiality” - Fears AI tone-shifting tech - such as Apple Intelligence could flatten our voices 110
Robert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud - FoIA releases obtained by @publiclawproject.bsky.social anyone with more info on AI and the public sector get in touch 042
Robert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Is the UK “flying blind” about the deployment of AI in the public sector? It is too difficult to find out what algorithms are being used, where and with what effect. So any insiders who might shed light, please do get in touch in confidence. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comUK government failing to list use of AI on mandatory registerTechnology secretary admits government departments are not being transparent over way they use AI and algorithms 042
Robert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 27/11/2024TikTok nibbles into child safety problem on beauty filters and age limits. “It will not escape attention these shifts are announced largely to comply with EU+UK regs” says @andyburrows.bsky.social “This makes the case for more ambitious regulation, not less.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comTikTok to block teenagers from beauty filters over mental health concernsSocial media platform under pressure to improve security as it announces plans to block under-13s from signing up 020
Robert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 25/11/2024TikTok is the most likely place for teenagers to encounter real-life violent content, followed by X, according to the survey by the Youth Endowment Fund of more than 10,000 13- to 17-year-olds. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...theguardian.comViolence on social media making teenagers afraid to go out, study findsQuarter of teens who see violence online are being served clips via algorithms, survey in England and Wales finds 010
Robert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Iniko, a 19 year old in Handsworth told me: “The fearmongering on social media puts you in a fight or flight state so when you leave the house now you are either on the front foot or on the back foot.” www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...theguardian.com‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violenceYoung people in Birmingham attest that violent content on apps is having a real-world impact 010
Reposted by Robert BoothRobert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Hundreds of thousands of teenagers are afraid to go out because of the violence they see on their social media feeds - lots of which is being fed to them unbidden. 101
Robert Booth @robert-booth.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Hundreds of thousands of teenagers are afraid to go out because of the violence they see on their social media feeds - lots of which is being fed to them unbidden. 101
