Author: 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.

Sep 5, 2019
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…

Sep 5, 2019
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…

Sep 5, 2019
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.

Sep 3, 2019
The only demographic not leaving Facebook is those aged 50+, research shows

Young people are leaving the platform in droves.

Sep 3, 2019
Swedish ISP Com Hem criticized for sending customer passwords in plain text

Com Hem says they’re reviewing the policy.

Sep 2, 2019
US Department of Defense to start scanning articles, photos, videos, and audio to combat “fake news”

The Pentagon wants to fight “fake news”

Sep 2, 2019
China tech giant Tencent sues blogger who criticized the company on WeChat

Tencent own stakes US companies Reddit and Snapchat.

Aug 30, 2019
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.

Aug 30, 2019
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…

Aug 29, 2019
New UK Home Secretary Priti Patel says anti-encryption summit “exciting moment for the UK”

The war against encryption is underway.

Jul 31, 2019
Gawker’s relaunch shelved indefinitely, all staff laid off

It’s starting to look like the site won’t be relaunching after all.

Jul 31, 2019