Collaborate Disseminate
Molly Russell’s grieving father has backed a psychiatrists’ report, saying that tech companies must be forced to hand over anonymized data. Continue reading Teen entered ‘dark rabbit hole of suicidal content’ online
The Spinner personalises “subconscious influencing” for a specific target. Continue reading Facebook and Instagram ban alleged ‘brainwashing’ service
Relax: Nic Cage deepfakes aren’t going anywhere. It’s only “maliciously misleading” impersonations that are now verboten. Continue reading Reddit bans ‘impersonation,’ but satire and parody are still OK
Quick-n-sleazy edits are still OK, such as the 75% slowdown that made Nancy Pelosi slur or the edit that turned Joe Biden into a racist. Continue reading Facebook bans deepfakes, but not cheapfakes or shallowfakes
The latest attempt to prove it’s not under China’s thumb: TikTok’s first transparency report. Continue reading US military branches ban TikTok following Pentagon’s warning
Facebook clearly likes to use as much of your personal data as it feels it can, and that includes the phone number linked to your 2FA setting. Continue reading Facebook will stop mining contacts with your 2FA number
They hijacked the Epilepsy Foundation’s hashtags and name during national epilepsy awareness month, when the most people follow the feed. Continue reading Twitter trolls attack epileptics with seizure-inducing images
Does Facebook continue to track the locations of its users even when they’ve told it not to? Yes! Continue reading Facebook’s location tracking policy still worries US Senators
Instagram’s expanding its fact-checking program but, like Facebook, says it won’t keep political speech away from “public debate and scrutiny.” Continue reading Instagram hides ‘false’ content, unless it’s from a politician
He allegedly stole over $88,000 from Wells Fargo’s vault, then posed with cash and “his” Mercedes-Benz in posts and an Instagram rap. Continue reading Alleged bank vault robber posed with cash on Instagram, Facebook