Amazon's IMDb launches Freedive, an ad-supported streaming service offering movies and TV shows in the US; site now lists 130+ free movies and 29 shows
with ads Erin Carson / CNET : FreeDive, new streaming service from Amazon's IMDb, offers free films, TV Matt Novak / Gizmodo : IMDB Launches Free Movie and TV Streaming Service Called Freedive Richard...
Tumblr says it will permanently ban adult content from its platform beginning December 17
Tumblr will ban 'female-presenting nipples … Heather Kelly / CNN : How Tumblr's adult content crackdown could alienate users Andy Meek / BGR : Tumblr is banning all adult content in a major shift for ...
Google says it will make arbitration optional for individual sexual harassment claims, provide more info about investigations, expand training, and more
Amazon Wants to Get America Scanning for the Holidays James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : After global walkout, Google rewrites policy on sexual misconduct cases Brian Heater / TechCrunch : Google CEO high...
Amazon updates the $179.99 Ring Stick Up camera and adds a wired version with an ethernet cable, available for preorder now and shipping Oct. 18
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Facebook adds Community Help, its tool for users to provide or request help in the aftermath of natural disasters, to Facebook Lite in 100+ countries
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Facebook changes authorization process for users who manage Pages with a large US following, requiring them to use 2FA and confirm their primary location
Pages give businesses … Mallory Locklear / Engadget : Facebook requires Page managers to complete authorization process Laura Hautala / CNET : Facebook adds requirements for page managers amid concern...
Policy paper from Sen. Warner lays out 20 ways to address issues posed by big tech platforms, from putting a price on users' data to mimicking GDPR rules
NYT Jeff Pundyk / Techonomy : Senator Warner: 20 Ways to Tame Social Media Thomas Claburn / The Register : Make Facebook, Twitter, Google et al liable for daft garbage netizens post online - US Senato...
Facebook says it's notifying ~800,000 users who were hit by a bug in Facebook and Messenger from May 29 to June 5 that unblocked some people they had blocked
this time with a new software bug that ‘unblocked’ people Amy Pollard / Slate : Facebook Accidentally Unblocked a Bunch of Blocked Users Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz : Facebook's latest screw-up unblocked...
Boston authorizes Aptiv's nuTonomy to expand testing of autonomous vehicles with a safety driver to all public roads citywide
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US Treasury sanctions three Russian individuals and five firms, saying they helped Russia conduct cyberattacks, including NotPetya, against US and its allies
Even as Trump was working hard … Alfred Ng / CNET : US announces more sanctions over Russian hacking Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard : Founder of Cybersecurity Company Says His Firm Was Sa...