Collaborate Disseminate
A new scam is targeting people, particularly Instagram models, by cloning their profiles and using them to create fake OnlyFans or JustForFans accounts. Continue reading Young People’s Instagram Profiles Are Being Used for Fake Porn Accounts
Dalit Indians working at U.S. tech companies tell VICE News they try to hide their identities to avoid caste-based discrimination they thought they had left behind. Continue reading Silicon Valley Has a Caste Discrimination Problem
“We got no warning, no violation warning or anything like that. It just was gone the next day.” Continue reading Big Tech’s Morality Police Are Going After Adult Content
This is the result of a 20-year collaboration of several hundred scientists from around 30 different institutions worldwide. Continue reading Astrophysicists Have Made the Largest-Ever 3D Map of the Universe
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Zoom have all said they will stop complying with government orders to hand over data. And that’s exactly what Beijing wanted. Continue reading China’s Great Firewall of Censorship Is Already Going Up Around Hong Kong
This U.S. program provides encryption technologies to journalists and activists living under repressive regimes. But a Trump appointee wants to tear it all down. Continue reading Inside the Plot to Kill the Open Technology Fund
Discord determined the server violates their community guidelines for “threatening and encouraging violence” after VICE News reported its existence. Continue reading Discord Just Shut Down the Biggest ‘Boogaloo’ Server for Inciting Violence
VICE News analysis shows darknet drug markets are emerging from coronavirus lockdown stronger than ever, with increased sales and more robust defences against hackers. Continue reading Online Drug Markets Are Entering a ‘Golden Age’
An investigation by Privacy International showed that some companies are advertising on Facebook using the data of people they have never interacted with. Continue reading Happn, Universal and Other Brands Accused of Misusing Data to Advertise On Facebook
We spoke to people from the Isle of Wight who have been using the app for the last month. Continue reading Five Things to Expect From the NHS Track and Trace Coronavirus App