Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to ask Apple to remove the app
Here's What We Know ABC Columbia : Apple removes ICE tracking apps Joe Sommerlad / The Independent : Apple pulls ICE tracking apps after pressure from the White House thesun.my : Apple pulls immigrati...
SCOTUS upholds a Texas law that requires porn websites to verify that their visitors are 18 or older, rejecting a First Amendment challenge to the law
[This distinction is illusory. Today's AV technology is similarly prohibitive. No adult wants to provide their face just to watch porn.] … Evan Greer / @evangreer : this is bad in a variety of ways ...
An internal NSA memo in February 2025 warned staff of a “Signal Vulnerability”; Signal says it was a phishing warning and “had nothing to do with” its core tech
Good morning. The latest Nielsen numbers are out … HuffPost : Trump's CIA Director Blames Biden Team For Allowing Communications On Signal App James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : NSA warned about vulnerab...
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed “legal and policy landscape” around DEI in the US
Meta is ending its DEI programs Bradley Cortright / New York Sun : Meta Abandons its DEI Programs Days Ahead of Trump's Inauguration Edith Olmsted / New Republic : Mark Zuckerberg Goes Full MAGA With ...
ByteDance asks SCOTUS to block the US law that could ban TikTok on January 19; when asked about the law, Trump says he has a “warm spot” in his heart for TikTok
Small business owners love TikTok for marketing and sales. Stella Martorana / Research Live : TikTok appeals to supreme court against US ban Fox Business : TikTok calls on Supreme Court to issue emerg...
Elon Musk appears to confirm that X deprioritizes posts with links in their main text, to stop “lazy linking”, and tells users to “put the link in the reply”
Anyway, here's the biggest loser of all, admitting to throttling links and blaming the user for wanting to link: — https://www.mediaite.com/... Bluesky: @davidjoffe64.bsky.social : More reasons to a...
Filing: Clearview AI proposes settling a class action lawsuit by collectively giving a 23% stake, worth ~$52M, to Americans whose faces are in its database
https://arstechnica.com/... h/t @Nonya_Bidniss Evan Greer / @evangreer@mastodon.online : I spoke with the NYT about why giving people harmed a stake in Clearview AI is not a solution. — #FacialReco...
Whenever US politicians talk about changing Section 230 or regulating Big Tech and websites, they are almost always talking about imperiling the First Amendment
The First Amendment is one of America's most distinctive pieces of law. But as the midterm — and, quickly, the presidential … Tweets: @evan_greer , @thedextriarchy , @navinram999 , @reckless , and @s...
A letter to Senate leaders from ~250 industry groups urges a Senate floor vote for FCC nominee Gigi Sohn to end a 21-month deadlock and enable Biden's agenda
Almost 250 groups will send a letter Friday to congressional leaders, calling for the Senate to vote to confirm Democratic nominee Gigi Sohn Tweets: @digiphile , @efffalcon , @cat_zakrzewski , and @ev...
Meta and Google's content rules are restrictive for many abortion-rights groups worldwide, while abortion ads on Google aren't permitted in dozens of countries
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol : Tweets: @issielapowsky , @rti_digital , @evan_greer , @issielapowsky , @issielapowsky , and @issielapowsky Tweets: Issie Lapowsky / @issielapowsky : Meanwhile on Facebook,...