In a rare public protest at Facebook, hundreds of staff staged a virtual walkout, pushing back on Zuckerberg's choice to let Trump's inflammatory posts stand
Since macOS 10.12 there's … Theodore Schleifer / Vox : Change will be harder for Silicon Valley than just donating money Wall Street Journal : Social Media Becomes Battleground Over Days of Street Pro...
Facebook's subtle disclosure about storing millions of Instagram passwords in plain text before a holiday weekend shows it has mastered the art of the news dump
the data was also utilised to “improve ads.” Rob Price / @robaeprice : NEW: Facebook's harvesting of 1.5 million users' email contact data without consent may have broken US and EU law, experts say. F...
Facebook says it unintentionally collected email contacts of 1.5M users who used email password verification, will notify affected users and delete contacts
the data was also utilised to “improve ads.” Rob Price / @robaeprice : SCOOP: Facebook harvested 1.5 million people's email contacts without their consent. It says it “unintentionally uploaded” them a...
AirPods' rapid ubiquity and wireless design, letting users keep them in constantly, has become a source of annoyance for service industry workers and others
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Facebook says it “mistakenly deleted” some of Zuckerberg's old Facebook posts that were public and reported on, including a post about the Instagram acquisition
and his promise that Facebook would keep the app independent. Years later, he has walked back this commitment and its cofounders have quit. (Screenshot via TechCrunch article from the time.) pic.twitt...
Some Reddit users who installed the Facebook Research VPN say they knew of its extensive data collection, but had little expectation of privacy to begin with
and thrilled at the price. http://slate.com/... http://twitter.com/... Rob Price / @robaeprice : Internally, Facebook is dancing round whether Facebook Research broke Apple's rules, saying that's “App...
Sources: Google+ bug gave outsiders potential access to private data from 2015 to mid-2018; no disclosure made amid fear of blowback and no evidence of misuse
Google's top executives stopped using it up to 3 years ago Shira Ovide / Bloomberg : No, Google, We Did Not Consent to This — The company knew … Craig Timberg / Washington Post : Google to overhaul ...
Overview of the Senate hearing on foreign influence in social media, which heard testimony from Sheryl Sandberg and Jack Dorsey
Facebook and Twitter Finally Face the Music Matt Binder / Mashable : Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweets opening testimony during congressional hearing Don Reisinger / Fortune : Watch Here: Twitter and Fac...
Sources describe how Mark Zuckerberg arrived at the decision to take down Infowars, finally making up his mind after seeing news of Apple's removal of podcasts
and Twitter didn't Remy Smidt / BuzzFeed News : This Mom Of A Sandy Hook Victim Says That She Is Constantly Harassed On Twitter Because Of Alex Jones And InfoWars Laura Hudson / The Verge : Twitter is...
While Apple's decision to remove five of Alex Jones' podcasts has caused many platforms to follow suit, Infowars' app is still available in the App Store
hint: It's a fudge Karissa Bell / Mashable : The InfoWars app is still alive and well in the App Store and Google Play Aja Romano / Vox : Apple banned Alex Jones's Infowars. Then the dominoes started ...