Algorithm Detects Lies That People Tell Online

A new computer algorithm can find and detect the lies that people tell in their emails, social media or online dating profiles. A group of four researchers at Cass Business School in the United Kingdom claim to have developed a lie-detecting algorithm that can find a person’s lies simply by analyzing their choice of words, […]

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Facebook’s ‘People You May Know’ Gets Too Personal

There is no doubt that Facebook is in the people business, and that includes collecting as much personal information as they can get on people. Facebook’s “People You May Know” feature uses this personal information to find and suggest social connections between people. However, these friend suggestions are starting to get too personal and weird […]

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Court Dismisses Public Records Racketeering Lawsuit

Judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have dismissed a class-action public records racketeering lawsuit that was filed by the town of Gulf Stream, Florida and one of their contractors against five people and several companies for filing too many public records requests. The town of Gulf Stream and the Wantman Group filed […]

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More People Doing Background Checks On Each Other

Due to the rapid growth in social networking, online dating and digital infidelity, more and more people are playing amateur investigator by doing their own background checks on each other with the use of online government records and people search engines. Online public records and people search sites have made it easier for everyday people […]

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