Naga Pramod
Naga Pramod is a computer science major and tech news reporter with a passion for cyber security, networking, and data science. [email protected]
Glawischnig-Piesczek vs. Facebook could determine the future of social media upload filters
Back in 2016, a Facebook post containing an article with a photograph of the Austrian politician was posted alongside comments calling her a “corrupt oaf,” “lousy traitor” and so on.
Snapchat dossier containing Facebook anti-competitive practices to be handed to the FTC
Titled after the antagonist of the famous Harry Potter series, the document is known as the “Project Voldemort.”
Local authorities want to sue Facebook for Alienstock Area 51 event
The Lincoln County Sheriff expressed his frustration at the fact that people had already started arriving at the inn and that his county has to spend a quarter of a million dollars.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to meet with Google and Facebook to crack down on violent content
Ardern highlighted the fact that tech and social media companies never worked with their competitors and that they must do so to prevent online terrorism.
Twitch streamer Greekgodx suspended by Twitch for gender joke
As of now, the length of Antonatos’ ban hasn’t been confirmed.
Facebook stores Portal voice recordings by default
Facebook enables voice data storage by default wherein consumers are responsible for disabling the option, if they wish to.
Twitch accused of double standards as employee GeersArt creates “NSFW” art on livestream
An employee of Twitch who streams under the username of GeersArt had recently done a live art stream where he worked on an image depicting a nude woman’s body with her bare breasts being partially displayed.
Microsoft president says Taylor Swift “tried to sue” them over controversial AI chatbot Tay
According to Smith, it was revealed that the popstar’s lawyer accused Microsoft of violating federal and state laws by misleading the association between the chatbot and the singer.
Privacy-focused browser Brave reaches top of Google Play store in Japan
The privacy-focused browser has been gaining steady popularity and user-base over time.
India considers new legislation to force big tech companies to sell their data
This new guideline will also ensure the fact that there will be greater scope for competition as all players, either big or small will have access to the customer data.
Twitch streamer Amouranth suspended after rolling over and flashing genitals to viewers
2 hours after the streaming incident took place, Twitch ended up shutting down the account of Amouranth.
Finnish politician’s bible quote on Facebook lands her with a “hate crime” investigation
Congresswoman Räsänen had posted a status update criticizing the Church’s participation in LGBT events along with a picture of Romans 1:24-27 from the Bible.