Cindy Harper
Cindy Harper blogs mostly about social media censorship and culture stories. [email protected]
YouTube, Snapchat, Gmail, Nest, Discord, and more is down after Google Cloud goes down, and takes a chunk of the internet with it
Google Cloud is behind the major outage.
Twitter bans the Trump-bashing accounts of the Krassenstein brothers for “purchasing account interactions”
The #resistance bros were a source of contention and amusement for many on Twitter.
Many Firefox browser addons just suddenly stopped working due to the expiration of a signing certificate
It’s looking like a major outage.
Amazon staff can tie your Alexa recordings to your home address, new investigation shows
Amazon staff can use location data to link your voice recording to your home address.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey met President Trump, discussed the “health” of the platform
Conservatives have long since believed that their views are being suppressed on Twitter
Instagram blocks the hashtag #easter from the ‘Recent’ tab
#Easter is actually the top hashtag being used by Instagramers,
Clever use of encrypted messaging apps slowed down Robert Mueller’s investigation
Everyone should be using end-to-end encryption for privacy.
Instagram considers hiding ‘likes’ to make the platform less toxic
The ‘Instagram like’ has supposedly been demoralizing users at times from posting content on the platform.
Mainstream media organizations are republishing and selling The Mueller Report as ebooks for easy profit
Rehashed versions of the report are coming to an Amazon page near you.
The Art of The Meme: HBO does’t like President Trump using Game of Thrones references
It’s not the first time President Trump has been warned against skirting the line on the use of intellectual property.
38% of “abusive” Twitter content is flagged by algorithms, not users
Users can still expect more changes in the platform aimed at regulating “offensive” tweets.
Facebook are developing the smart speaker no one asked for
Facebook have shown again and again that they can’t be trusted with users’ privacy.