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NHS email blunder leaks HIV patients’ details
A simple email blunder had a dramatic impact for HIV patients in Scotland, UK.
Canadian Justice Committee recommends prosecuting “online hate” under Canadian Human Rights Act
This is part of Canada’s continued quest to stamp out what it deems to be “online hate.”
Pinterest attempted to censor reports exposing its internal blacklists, Project Veritas cease and desist letter says
This indicates that Pinterest was behind multiple privacy complaints which led to the removal of at least two YouTube videos and one tweet.
Yahoo! Japan’s new system looks suspiciously like a social credit score
Yahoo! may be all but dead everywhere else, but it’s still big in Japan.
Amazon-owned Twitch just acquired social app Bebo, amidst growing antitrust scrutiny
Bebo’s recent focus on esports has made it valuable for Twitch.
Free and open source software is being sold commercially in the Microsoft Store
Microsoft doesn’t appear to be bothered about the practice.
Google Calendar is down, causing mass disruption
It’s the 2nd time this month that Google has had a major outage.
Apple CEO Tim Cook says tech companies should accept responsibility for “hate speech”
Cook has previously said that what he deems to “hate” has no place on Apple’s platforms.
Google’s advertising monopoly will be its antitrust downfall, report suggests
Google is behind almost 40% of all advertising across the entire web.
Facebook wants to create “a safe space for trustworthy news”
Facebook is more determined than ever to crack down on what’s allowed on the platform.
Millions of Venmo transactions are still exposed and easily scraped
Venmo transactions are made public by default and they’re easily available to mass-scraped.
Mass spying – UK human rights group challenges intelligence services
Liberty is a UK-based group that’s taking the government to court for breaching human rights legislation.