[ad_1] Not surprisingly, Facebook wants to avoid claims that it’s snooping on users without their full consent. You have to be at least 18 years old to use Viewpoints, and you’ll be told what information is collected and how it’s used. The company also vows not to sell data to third parties or publicly share […]
Category: survey
Americans believe social networks make the news worse
[ad_1] About 88 percent of those in the study said that social networks favored news outlets with “attention-grabbing articles” — that is, sensationalist fare. Roughly 84 percent said companies liked sites that had many social followers, while 79 percent thought the companies favored news with a specific political stance. There were also gripes about bias, […]
Scientists used phone accelerometer data to predict personality traits
[ad_1] In a paper published by the IEEE Computer Society, the researchers say how quickly, how far and when we walk — and if we pick up our phones during the night — reveals telling patterns. By correlating physical activity to personality traits, the team determined that “agreeable” people have random activity patterns and are […]