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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.
Android apps with over 50M downloads were involved in adfraud and data harvesting
Now, what in the world does a flashlight need 31 authorizations for?
Facebook left millions of Instagram passwords unenecrypted on a server, buries the announcement in an old blog post
Facebook also published the update just before the release of the long-awaited Mueller report – a move that’s likely to reduce the public’s awareness of Facebook’s mistake.
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.
Google starts promoting alternatives to Google Search and Google Chrome to Android users in Europe following record fine from the EU
This follows Google being fined a record €4.3 billion ($4.8 billion) by the European Commission and being ordered to change its anti-competitive business practices in relation to the Android operating system.
Utah bans warrantless searches of your digital data
With Utah’s example the hope is that other states will follow this path.
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.
The war against so-called “misinformation” seems to always ignore mainstream websites
The conundrum then becomes: who will guard the guards themselves?
Microsoft says it refuses to sell face recognition tech to law enforcement
Apparently, Californian police wanted to run a face scan whenever they pull someone over.
UK political candidate Carl Benjamin’s r/SargonofAkkad subreddit quarantined just days after media smear
The quarantine also follows a number of media hit pieces which have attempted to misrepresent Benjamin and his online community.