Press coverage for "Information flow reveals prediction limits in online social activity"

Information flow reveals prediction limits in online social activity,
J. P. Bagrow, X. Liu, and L. Mitchell, Nature Human Behaviour 3: 122-128 (2019)

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University of Vermont News Release

• Study: On Facebook And Twitter Your Privacy Is At Risk—Even If You Don't Have An Account

Leading Magazines

• Science People can predict your tweets—even if you aren't on Twitter
• Forbes Think Your Data Is Private Because You're Not On Social Media? Think Again.
• Quartz Social networks put your privacy at risk, even when you don't have an account
• COSMOS Is anything private in the digital age?

Major News Outlets

• Reuters 'No place to hide': Twitter contacts give your preferences away, study finds
• Marketplace (from American Public Media on public radio) Your social media posts are likely way more predictable than you think
• Sky News Staying off social media is not enough to protect your privacy, study says
• Yahoo News (via Sky News) Staying off social media is not enough to protect your privacy, study says
• Daily Mail (UK) 'There's no place to hide': Shocking study reveals how Twitter and Facebook learn private information about you - even if you DON'T have an account

Tech News

• Ars Technica Social media can predict what you'll say, even if you don't participate
• Big Think AI can predict your future tweets by looking at your friends' accounts
• CNET Even if you're off social media, your friends could be ruining your privacy
• BestVPN.com Want privacy online? It's no longer enough to avoid social media
• The Register Stalk my pals on social media and you'll know that the next words out of my mouth will be banana hammock
• Social Barrel Social media can learn about you even if you don't post anything
• Study Finds Avoiding Social Media To Protect Your Privacy? Your Friends Still Put You At Risk, Study Finds
• Naked Security #DeleteFacebook? #DeleteTwitter? #FatLotOfGood that will do you

International Coverage

• Wired (Italy) Sui social network la tua privacy è a rischio, anche se non sei iscritto
• BBC Mundo (Central America) Así saben Facebook y Twitter cómo piensas (aunque no tengas cuenta en las redes sociales)
• ORF (Austria) (the Austrian national public service broadcaster) Big Twitter is watching you
• ABC.es (Spain) (the third largest daily newspaper in Spain) Facebook y Twitter saben de ti incluso aunque no tengas cuenta
• Live Mint (India) (Live mint is a partner of the Wall Street Journal in India) Privacy on social media, your friends have a say too: study
• CIO (Australia) Social media deletion doesn't guarantee privacy: study
• The Independent (UK) Facebook And Twitter Can Work Out Who You Are Even If You Don't Use Them, Study Finds
• WessexFM (UK) Staying off social media is not enough to protect your privacy, study says
• RMF24 (Poland) (a syndicated news service in Poland) Facebook and Twitter threaten your privacy. Even if you do not have an account on them
• SIC Noticias (Portugal) (news channel of the Portuguese television network SIC) Quitting social networks does not guarantee privacy
• The Times of India Twitter contacts give your preferences away
• The Economic Times (India) Signing up on Facebook can hack into your friend's privacy as well
• SWI (Switzerland) (Swiss current affairs in 10 languages) Privacy almost impossible on social media, even without an account
• The Straits Times (Singapore) No place to hide: Twitter contacts give your preferences away, study finds
• Globo.com (Brazil) Did you leave a social network? Your data can still be tracked through your contacts
• TVsvizzera (Italy) Privacy almost impossible on social media, even without an account