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Facebook bans grieving mother after she invited friends to her son’s memorial page
The mother was even denied her appeal. It was only fixed when media got involved.
Developer-focused email service Mailgun bans Gab after three years of business
Mailgun is the latest of many companies to deplatform Gab but despite these obstacles, the free speech social network has almost doubled its traffic this year.
Elementary OS is the latest group to ditch Medium for their own blog
Organizations are ditching Medium after pushing back against restrictions Medium tries to impose on users and readers.
Facebook staff to start “curating” the news for users
“Our goal with the News Tab is to provide a personalized, highly relevant experience for people,” said Campbell Brown, Facebook’s head of news partnerships.
Gizmodo Media bans reporters from using encrypted communications, wants access to their tweets
The employers want access to quite a lot.
The YubiKey 5Ci is the first dual USB-C two factor authentication key
This makes two-factor authentication easier with more modern devices.
Google employees complain about company contracts with ICE and CBP
Google employees say the company is violating human rights laws.
MoviePass reportedly exposes 50,000 customer card numbers, hundreds of emails, and credit card numbers
Earlier this month, MoviePass was also accused of changing customer passwords to encourage them to use the service less.
Twitter complies with India’s pressure to ban US and UK citizens
Indian IT Act’s Section 69A allows the country to block any website or account that harms its interests or persists to be a national threat. Twitter appears to just act without discretion.
Tech companies push back against India’s plan to link social media accounts to Aadhar state identity numbers
The state wants social media usage tied to identity.
FTC chairman says Facebook merging with Instagram and WhatsApp will make it difficult to break up
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to unify the messaging features of Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Kevin Williamson’s book The Smallest Minority says “antidiscourse” is the cause of social media outrage mobs
Antidiscourse – whose goal is to demean the opponent, and where the result has “more in common with dogs barking at one another than it does with actual political discourse.”