2024-11-21
Must read of the week: Ronan Farrow is looking at how governments (including the US) use spyware tech on individuals, activists, and journalists. www.newyorker.com/news/news- de...
New Yorker
The Trump administration's promises of mass deportations may lead to increased use of spyware like Graphite; ICE has a $2M contract with Graphite maker Paragon
Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups.
2023-07-05
“Threads, an Instagram app by Facebook, owned by Meta.” — Funny how they no longer push the bad Facebook brand. They don't even want to use Meta to brand a new project. [embedded post]
The Verge
Instagram briefly launched a basic Threads web UI, offering an early look at what to expect before its July 6 launch; the service appears to have 2,500+ users
Instagram's new Threads app, a Twitter competitor, isn't supposed to launch until July 6th, but the web interface went live for a few hours today for everyone to explore.
“Threads, an Instagram app by Facebook, owned by Meta.” — Funny how they no longer push the bad Facebook brand. They don't even want to use Meta to brand a new project. [embedded post]
TechCrunch
Meta plans to launch Instagram's standalone Twitter competitor Threads on July 6, per the pre-order App Store listing, which shows screenshots of some features
Amanda Silberling: — Instagram's rumored Twitter competitor … PC Gamer : With Elon Musk's Twitter in chaos Mark Zuckerberg sees his chance: Meta's Threads launches Oli Welsh / Po...
2023-07-04
“Threads, an Instagram app by Facebook, owned by Meta.” — Funny how they no longer push the bad Facebook brand. They don't even want to use Meta to brand a new project. [embedded post]
TechCrunch
Meta plans to launch Instagram's standalone Twitter competitor Threads on July 6, per the pre-order App Store listing, which shows screenshots of some features
Instagram's rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the US. The app will be called Threads …