Arnold Zafra
Arnold Zafra is tech blogger that's enthusiastic about cryptocurrency, social networking, security, and privacy, as well as search engine technology. His work has been featured on Android Authority and Droid Life before joining Reclaim The Net. [email protected]
Google and Twitter met at Facebook HQ with Homeland Security and FBI about 2020 election “disinformation”
Also discussed during the meeting were plans for better coordination of security efforts between tech giants and government agencies.
Facebook to redirect searches about vaccines to CDC and WHO information
The pop-out window also appears whenever a user visits vaccine-related Facebook groups or pages, or even when a user taps on vaccine-related hashtags on Instagram.
Jeremy Renner closes app, can’t “condone” users pretending to be OJ Simpson, Jar Jar Binks and Jeffrey Epstein
“Due to clever individuals who were able to manipulate ways to impersonate me and others within the app I have asked ESCAPEX, the company that runs this app to shut it down immediately.”
South African government admits conducting mass surveillance on all communications
The surveillance was supposedly designed to cover information about organized crime and acts of terrorism.
The only demographic not leaving Facebook is those aged 50+, research shows
Young people are leaving the platform in droves.
Swedish ISP Com Hem criticized for sending customer passwords in plain text
Com Hem says they’re reviewing the policy.
US Department of Defense to start scanning articles, photos, videos, and audio to combat “fake news”
The Pentagon wants to fight “fake news”
China tech giant Tencent sues blogger who criticized the company on WeChat
Tencent own stakes US companies Reddit and Snapchat.
Facebook and Twitter to meet with FEC to discuss fake news and 2020 elections
Google has not responded whether it will send a representative or not.
Pinterest alters vaccine search results to say “Vaccines work” and “Vaccines are safe and effective”
Pinterest has announced that it will start displaying information from public health organizations whenever users search for vaccines and vaccine-related terms.
New UK Home Secretary Priti Patel says anti-encryption summit “exciting moment for the UK”
The war against encryption is underway.
Gawker’s relaunch shelved indefinitely, all staff laid off
It’s starting to look like the site won’t be relaunching after all.