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First of its kind: Australian man charged for “revenge porn”
This is the first person to be charged with such an offense in the country.
Australian PM proposes oppressive new social media laws
It would be some of the strictest laws in the world for social media use.
The EU will investigate Spotify’s complaint against Apple’s anti-competitive App Store practices
Apple’s 30% “tax” on Apple Store developers gives it a competitive advantage, Spotify says.
YouTube quietly removes “Broadcast Yourself” motto from its official blog
It’s the latest sign that YouTube no longer cares about the independent content creators that helped grow its platform.
Profreehost suspends a developer’s account just for hosting an open source torrent software
“Torrents and torrent related content is strictly prohibited on our service.”
Microsoft will now police Xbox players’ language. Stick to approved “trash talk” only – or else
Tech companies striving to police language is the new nightmare.
These people don’t exist – they’re generated by AI
Improper use may lead to the creation of propaganda that can otherwise confuse the public to believe something to be real.
The public removal of Instagram’s likes will hurt “influencers” and make Facebook more money
Advertisers will rely more on Facebook’s official ads instead of paying influencers directly.
German Justice Minister sets her sights on Amazon Alexa privacy
She called Amazon’s vaguely-worded privacy policy “unacceptable”.
Many Firefox browser addons just suddenly stopped working due to the expiration of a signing certificate
It’s looking like a major outage.
Ex-Reddit CEO suggests conservative subreddits like “The Donald” shouldn’t exist
Pao hasn’t lost her love for the ban hammer.
UN criticizes the UK’s treatment of Julian Assange, says they’re “deeply concerned” by his arrest
Assange is spending 23 hours per day in a cell for a “minor violation”.