News
6 Key Takeaways From the Facebook Research App Scandal
Facebook has been caught mining data again and Apple has responded forcefully. Here’s everything you need to know.
Newly Surfaced Tweets Suggest Apple Has Been Aware of the FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug for Over a Week
The tweets suggest Apple support was notified about the bug on January 21 but did not disable Group FaceTime (the source of the bug) until nine days later on January 29.
Facebook Employees Have Been Caught Leaving 5-Star Amazon Reviews For Their Own Portal Product
Amazon says the practice isn’t allowed. Facebook say they don’t encourage employees to leave reviews for their own products.
Private Search Engine DuckDuckGo Hits a Record 9 Billion Private Searches in 2018 as Consumers Become More Privacy Conscious
This represents the company’s biggest ever year-on-year increase in the number of total private searches.
New Study Reveals Many Popular Android Apps Have Been Sending Data to Facebook (Even When You Don’t Have a Facebook Account)
This data was sent to Facebook regardless of whether app users were logged into their Facebook accounts.
YouTuber Attorney Lior Leser Announces Plans to File an FTC Complaint Against Patreon and PayPal
A legal expert has laid out his plans to file an FTC (federal trade commission) complaint against the payment processor PayPal and the fan funding website Patreon.
Patreon Responds to Banning Sargon of Akkad: “We Take a Strong Stance Against Hate Speech”
In the statement, Patreon said Sargon violated its community guidelines around hate speech and referred to a number of comments Sargon made in a past live stream.
Sam Harris Closes His Patreon Account to Protest the Platform’s Political Bias
Best selling author Sam Harris has closed his Patreon account to protest a string of recent bans on the platform which appear to be politically motivated
Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin Announce Plans for a Patreon Alternative
Peterson said he’s been working on a system for six months which will allow creators who engage publicly on intellectual issues to interact more effectively with their audience.
PayPal Bans SubscribeStar After the Site Is Targeted by Activitists
Activists who started to target SubscribeStar after its recent surge in popularity are taking responsibility for the PayPal account closure.
Banning Sargon of Akkad Could Have Big Consequences for Patreon
The company has shown that it doesn’t honor its commitments or community guidelines and is willing to punish creators for words and actions that take place outside of the platform.
YouTube Rewind 2018 Becomes YouTube’s Most Disliked Video Ever in Just 7 Days
YouTube Rewind 2018 has just become the most disliked video on the site, racking up a staggering 10 million dislikes in one week.