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Help Scout suddenly cuts off service for free speech social media platform Gab, leaving Gab users with error pages
The ban caused Gab’s help and FAQ pages to be taken down and left Gab’s 800,000+ users unable to access any support pages.
Facebook wants the password to your email account
“To continue using Facebook, you’ll need to confirm your email (…)” and then asking for their email password in a separate box underneath.
France shoots itself in the foot, gets blocked on Twitter because of their own dumb “fake news” law
Facebook and Google are reported to have already complied with the law by updating their services in France – but not Twitter.
Facebook screws up yet again: Private info from users is found on the cloud, accessible by anyone
The sad part is that handful equals to 540 million records or 146 gigabytes worth of private data.
Project Veritas Strikes Again: Hidden camera video shows Twitter developer saying how algorithms are written to shadowban conservative voices
It seems that one of the methods used by Twitter to determine which types of speech are permitted on the platform is equating conservative users to bots.
Brett Easton Ellis slams “hysterical” language policing and jumping to judgements on Twitter
Considering the impact of the platform, concerns voiced by Ellis and many other prominent public figures are more than justified.
New Russian law will require all domestic traffic to be encrypted with government-controlled tools
The law would make it easier for Russian authorities to control and censor the internet and the domestic encryption tools may also have undiscovered security vulnerabilities.
New Firefox feature is designed to make websites less annoying
The main idea behind this experiment is to study how users interact with notifications and collect valuable data about types of notifications that should be blocked by default.
Google Stadia product manager addresses the privacy issue of the “online only” games platform
As a user’s Stadia account is built on top of their Google account, it would be easy for Google to implement targeted advertising on the platform as a revenue stream.
Google helps law enforcement by handing over data without a warrant, EPIC claims
The scanning involves the use of a proprietary algorithm to investigate files and data uploaded by their users.
“Giant copyright troll” Getty Images is being sued for trying to copyright public domain images
But beyond this, Getty is accused of selling non-existing public domain copyright licenses – with the goal of convincing customers “into thinking the company owns the copyrights of all images it sells.”
How there’s a chance Article 13 could still be stopped
Much hope hinges on Sweden and Germany.