Congress chews up Zuckerberg, day two: A far more thorough mastication
“What’s the difference between Facebook and J. Edgar Hoover?” Continue reading Congress chews up Zuckerberg, day two: A far more thorough mastication
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Death SWAT suspect tweets threats from jail using buggy inmate kiosk
He apparently got online when a jail kiosk software upgrade glitched. Alternatively, as his account explained it, because “I’m an eGod.” Continue reading Death SWAT suspect tweets threats from jail using buggy inmate kiosk
Congress grills Zuckerberg, day one: How does this online stuff work?
On Tuesday, senators began their questioning of the virgin-to-Congressional-grilling, Mark Zuckerberg. Continue reading Congress grills Zuckerberg, day one: How does this online stuff work?
YouTube illegally collects data from kids, group claims
A coalition has filed a complaint with the FTC, charging that Google’s YouTube is breaking COPPA: the law to protect children’s privacy. Continue reading YouTube illegally collects data from kids, group claims
Another company’s been harvesting Facebook user data
Like Cambridge Analytica, Cubeyou also gobbled users’ data with personality quizzes, under the guise of “research.” Continue reading Another company’s been harvesting Facebook user data
5 Facebook facepalms (just last week)
Facebook has been in the news of late for all the wrong reasons, and it’s only getting worse. Continue reading 5 Facebook facepalms (just last week)
Thousands of Google employees call for company to cancel Pentagon work
Google’s helping the Pentagon to build AI for drones, and a vocal group of employees have asked the company to drop the project. Continue reading Thousands of Google employees call for company to cancel Pentagon work
Facebook’s new fake news strategy is… decide for yourself!
Facebook is getting rid of fact-checkers and leaving it up to readers to decide what’s real Continue reading Facebook’s new fake news strategy is… decide for yourself!
Washington DC “awash” with fake cell towers
DHS has detected IMSI catchers that track phones and intercept calls Continue reading Washington DC “awash” with fake cell towers
Hooray! Facebook ditches searching for people by phone number or email
The account recovery feature allowed for scraping of any public profile data. Also this: CA actually may have gotten 87m users’ data. Continue reading Hooray! Facebook ditches searching for people by phone number or email