2025-11-21
Never thought this would be possible. @Android devices, starting with the Pixel 10 can finally share files with iPhones using AirDrop. Quick share will act as the bridge. Currently limited to AirDrop's “Everyone for 10 minutes” mode & the Pixel 10 series phones. @DigitalTrends [image]
The Keyword
Google updates Quick Share to work with Apple's AirDrop to make file transfers between iPhones and Android devices easier, starting with the Pixel 10 family
Will Apple Kill It? Isaiah Richard / Tech Times : QuickShare Now Interoperable With AirDrop: Send Files From Android to Apple via Pixel 10 Corey Blackwell / WebProNews : Google's A...
2024-02-02
Imagine the kind of power behind a pay-to-hack Indian firm named Appin, which got the likes of Reuters & Internet Archive to pull their story on this firm. Some secrets are apparently too sensitive for the weapon to be laid bare. Won't be surprised if guv dealings are exposed.
Wired
How the EFF, Techdirt, MuckRock, and DDoSecrets are pushing back against legal threats aiming to censor reports on Appin's alleged hacker-for-hire past
A loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to highlight the legal threats aimed at making reports of one Indian company's hacker-for-hire past disappear.
2022-10-11
It appears that @Meta wants to stay away from political heat and seeks to preserve its sweet sweet market share at the cost of plunging an entire country into a pit of hatred and violence. It's a familiar pattern @andymstone mind answering emails? Stellar work by @jahnavi_sen https://twitter.com/...
@andymstone
Meta says documentation in The Wire's article alleging Instagram removed posts flagged by a BJP member in India without oversight “appears to be fabricated”
@JeffHorwitz Where to even begin with this story?! X-check has nothing to do with the ability to report posts. The posts in question were surfaced for review by automated systems, ...
It appears that @Meta wants to stay away from political heat and seeks to preserve its sweet sweet market share at the cost of plunging an entire country into a pit of hatred and violence. It's a familiar pattern @andymstone mind answering emails? Stellar work by @jahnavi_sen https://twitter.com/...
The Wire
Source: Instagram removed 705 posts without oversight in India in September, after being flagged by Amit Malviya, the head of BJP's IT Cell, as part of XCheck
So, Meta has put one of the country's worst people at spreading hate and misinformation on a privilege list that allows him to bypass all moderation and even get posts removed on priority without any checks. Hey @mosseri is this how it works? https://thewire.in/...
The Wire
Source: Instagram removed 705 posts without oversight in India in September, after being flagged by Amit Malviya, the head of BJP's IT Cell, as part of XCheck
So, Meta has put one of the country's worst people at spreading hate and misinformation on a privilege list that allows him to bypass all moderation and even get posts removed on priority without any checks. Hey @mosseri is this how it works? https://thewire.in/...
@andymstone
Meta says documentation in The Wire's article alleging Instagram removed posts flagged by a BJP member in India without oversight “appears to be fabricated”
@JeffHorwitz Where to even begin with this story?! X-check has nothing to do with the ability to report posts. The posts in question were surfaced for review by automated systems, ...
2022-07-15
Hey @Meta if you're as committed to a net positive social impact, why not publicly relase the human rights impact assessment (HRIA) India report that actually shows the real observations of the entity that compiled it? Why release a whitewashed version that hides your complicity? https://twitter.com/...
Reuters
Meta releases its first annual human rights report, covering 2020 and 2021 due diligence and summarizing a controversial human rights impact assessment of India
Katie Paul / Reuters :
2021-10-25
Facebook is shit-scared right now. Just ahead of the next wave of scoops and leaks coming this weekend and early next week, the company wants to do everything it can to unsuccessfully get some sympathy. The language here is almost desperate! #Facebook https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
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...
An undated case study into “adversarial harm networks in India” examined the RSS, and its use of groups and pages to spread inflammatory and misleading content. The investigation found that a single user in the RSS had generated more than 30 million views. https://www.theverge.com/...
Washington Post
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 …
One solution could be to penalize RSS accounts. But the group's ties to India's nationalist government made that a delicate proposition. “We have yet to put forth a nomination for designation of this group given political sensitivities,” the authors said. https://www.theverge.com/...
Washington Post
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 …
Facebook is shit-scared right now. Just ahead of the next wave of scoops and leaks coming this weekend and early next week, the company wants to do everything it can to unsuccessfully get some sympathy. The language here is almost desperate! #Facebook https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
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 …
An undated case study into “adversarial harm networks in India” examined the RSS, and its use of groups and pages to spread inflammatory and misleading content. The investigation found that a single user in the RSS had generated more than 30 million views. https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
Internal Facebook docs detail its opaque tier system for providing protection to users in certain countries, leaving gaps in Myanmar, Pakistan, and Ethiopia
Leaked documents reveal a huge, opaque system — This story is part of a group of stories called
One solution could be to penalize RSS accounts. But the group's ties to India's nationalist government made that a delicate proposition. “We have yet to put forth a nomination for designation of this group given political sensitivities,” the authors said. https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
Internal Facebook docs detail its opaque tier system for providing protection to users in certain countries, leaving gaps in Myanmar, Pakistan, and Ethiopia
Leaked documents reveal a huge, opaque system — This story is part of a group of stories called
2021-08-19
@PranavHegdeHere @r3dash @whipalash Apple employs former U.S. intelligence and FBI agents to control leaks! And a lot more! https://www.vice.com/...
VICE