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Instagram censors fishmonger’s produce photos, says they’re “offensive or disturbing”
Rex Goldsmith, suspected it might have been the work of “vegan warriors.”
Nintendo lawsuit aims to take down RomUniverse
Nintendo’s filing also alleges unfair competition on the part of the pirate site.
Australia wants to implement the UK’s abandoned privacy-invasive porn ID system
It was described as “one of the worst ideas ever” when the UK was looking for ways to implement it
Nintendo successfully persuades court to order ISPs to block access to websites
The litigious gaming company was able to persuade the court to require UK internet providers to block accesses to websites that enable Switch game piracy.
eBay is investigating why its logo turned into a photo of a topless woman
The circumstances under which the mistake happened would still not go a long way towards explaining why the image was stored on eBay’s – or Microsoft’s – computers in the first place.
Snapchat and Instagram down in Europe and the US
Snapchat has acknowledged the outage on Twitter and says it’s looking into the issue but as of yet, it’s unresolved.
Google bans family cafe for “offensive content” for posting photo of British dish, faggots and peas
“I don’t really associate the word ‘faggots’ with anything offensive, and yet someone has made a decision that’s affecting my livelihood.”
Wikipedia is down, experiencing sustained DDoS attack
A “massive and very” broad DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack is hitting the Wikimedia Foundation servers
UK NHS starts using social media influencers to improve its image
Chief nursing officer Ruth May is quoted as saying that the organization wants “next generation of health care tech” to be promoted online by its “extraordinary staff.”
Facebook blunder: phone numbers of over 60% of US users exposed online
Yet another privacy blunder from Facebook.
YouTube’s anti-conspiracy theory algorithm expands outside the US
After piloting in the US, the algorithm has now reached the UK and will expend to other countries soon.
CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube will continue to push “authoritative voices” and reduce “borderline content”
YouTube’s continued push towards “authoritative voices” has left many independent creators feeling neglected by the site.