NPR decides to “no longer be active on Twitter” after the platform took “actions that undermine our credibility” by implying NPR is not editorially independent
The broadcaster said that the label undermined its credibility “by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.”
NPR decides to “no longer be active on Twitter” after the platform took “actions that undermine our credibility” by implying NPR is not editorially independent
The broadcaster said that the label undermined its credibility “by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.”
Researchers identify over a thousand fake LinkedIn accounts with computer-generated profile pictures being used for lead generation and product promotion
Loading... At first glance, Renée DiResta thought the LinkedIn message seemed normal enough.
Stephen Wilhite, one of the lead creators of the GIF, died last week at 74; Wilhite invented the GIF while he was employed by CompuServe in the 1980s
It's pronounced ‘jif’ — Stephen Wilhite, one of the lead inventors of the GIF, died last week from COVID at the age of 74 …
Some Australians say Domm Holland, CEO of one-click checkout startup Fast, “ripped off” a lot of people before moving to the US and remaking his identity
Bobby Allyn / NPR : Tweets: @npr , @kenwattana , @davidgura , and @bobbyallyn Tweets: @npr : Venture capitalists have lined up in droves, pouring millions into the payments startu...
A month-old ransomware attack on Kronos' workforce management software has disrupted ~8M US employees' payroll; Kronos is aiming for a fix by the end of January
Twitter permanently suspends one of Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's accounts for repeated violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy
(CNN)Twitter has permanently suspended Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter account @mtgreenee, the company confirmed to CNN Sunday morning.
Sources detail Zuckerberg's decisions putting growth over safety, like censoring “anti-state” posts in Vietnam and opposing a US voting info center in Spanish
Late last year, Mark Zuckerberg faced a choice: Comply with demands from Vietnam's ruling Communist Party …
Internal docs detail Facebook's struggles with violence-inciting content in India, including failure to designate some politically-connected groups as dangerous
good and bad. This has risks (as these leaks show) but are the only honest way to tackle the problem. Would love to see the same from https://abc.xyz/ Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal : I...
Internal docs detail Facebook's struggles with violence-inciting content in India, including failure to designate some politically-connected groups as dangerous
Internal documents show a struggle with misinformation, hate speech and celebrations of violence in the country, the company's biggest market.
Facebook's research on teens and mental health is not as conclusive as it appears, relying on teens' self-reported views and a small sample size
With each Facebook crisis, we become savvier … Jean Twenge / The Conversation : Facebook's own internal documents offer a blueprint for making social media safer for teens Maxwell ...
Facebook shares two annotated internal research docs about Instagram's impact on teen mental health, after being notified of WSJ's plans to publish the docs
accusing the company of putting profits ahead of children's wellbeing and concealing the harms that its apps pose to young people. The hearing came days after Facebook “paused” wor...
Senators grilled Facebook exec Antigone Davis at a hearing about Instagram's impact on teens and were frustrated by her reticence to answer questions directly
Last night, Facebook published two annotated slide decks in an attempt to contextualize the documents that the Wall Street Journal published … Source: Senate Commerce Committee .
Company officials, victims, experts, and intel officials discuss the SolarWinds hack, which successfully compromised ~100 companies and a dozen govt. agencies
Company officials, victims, experts, and intel officials discuss the SolarWinds hack, which successfully compromised ~100 companies and a dozen govt. agencies
“This release includes bug fixes, increased stability and performance improvements.” — The routine software update …
Interview with CEO of SkySilk, the hosting company that helped bring Parler online, who says he did it to spite tech giants like Amazon who abuse their might
On Jan. 10, just days after pro-Trump rioters blitzed the U.S. Capitol, Amazon Web Services pulled the plug on the conservative social media site Parler. Tweets: @gelliebeans1 , @n...
Biden revokes Trump's freeze on green cards for immigrants and temporary work visas for skilled workers in H-1B and other categories
President Biden on Wednesday revoked a freeze that his predecessor had put on many types of visas due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the order …
ByteDance has agreed to a $92M class action settlement over data privacy claims from some US TikTok users, according to court documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - ByteDance has agreed to a $92 million class-action settlement to settle data privacy claims from some U.S. TikTok users …
Interview with Rob Monster, CEO of Epik, on serving sites like Gab, why his company severed ties with 8chan and The Daily Stormer, Parler shutdown, and more
Bobby Allyn / NPR : Tweets: @bobbyallyn , @wexler , @kuow , @fark , and @npr Tweets: Bobby Allyn / @bobbyallyn : I went to the woods of Washington to talk to Rob Monster, the CEO ...
Researchers say YouTube's policy loopholes for election videos have led to an onslaught of videos aiming to undermine the legitimacy of the election
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg :