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Man sells his baby for $11,000 and spends the cash on tipping female streamers
The man is charged with child trafficking.
YouTube responds to claims it will delete channels for not making enough money
The new terms caused panic among creators who believed that YouTube would be deleting accounts that it believed were no longer commercially viable.
Facebook Pay is here – for those that think it’s a good idea to let Facebook process their payments
It’s rolling out in the US this week.
Google wins lawsuit against South London’s Goooglie Cars, a single-owner taxi cab company
The cab owner was ordered to pay $12,800 in legal fees.
Surveillance provider marketed a product as being able to detect Uyghur minorities
Uyghurs have been called the world’s most surveilled minority.
In the world of deekfakes, Britain’s election frontrunners Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn endorse each other
The videos were created to draw attention to deepfakes.
AOC suggests her questioning of Mark Zuckerberg led to Twitter banning political ads
When asked about her questioning of Zuckerberg, Ocasio-Cortez said: “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Twitter announced that they were going to be pulling political ads the following weeks.”
Google begins testing changes that will eventually break ad blockers on Chrome
The end of the road is in sight for the current crop of ad blockers in Chrome, unless significant changes can be made.
Like YouTube, now Instagram wants to pay celebs to create content
Platforms seem interested in keeping celebs happy on the platform.
iPhone bug shows Facebook app accessing camera while users browse Facebook
A video of the issue shows Facebook actively using the camera during and after users open photos and videos in the app.
Twitter wants to know when it’s right to take action against people who share “manipulated media”
Twitter is asking users to fill out a survey.
Campaigners push back against San Diego County’s policy of auto-deleting government emails after 60 days
Campaigners say it will result in less accountability for public officials.