Facebook is bringing back its ineffective one-week ad ban for the 2022 midterms
The social media giant carried out a similar ban in 2020.
On Aug 18, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
Mark Zuckerberg’s new Metaverse selfie is so bad people can’t believe it’s real
Posted from the Meta VR platform Horizon Worlds, this selfie is being mocked for its clunky graphics.
On Aug 17, 2022 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Only one pregnancy tracking app has adequate privacy, security policies, study finds
Mozilla points out 18 health apps that it believes consumers should avoid.
On Aug 17, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
Top TikTokers are organizing to fight for overworked Amazon employees
Creators are refusing to monetize their accounts for Amazon unless the company meets workers’ demands.
On Aug 16, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
‘It leaves you in this never-ending existential crisis’: Tech worker says tech industry isn’t ‘chill’ like TikTok portrays it, sparking debate
‘Super stressful industry. Don’t even get me started on the interview processes.’
On Aug 12, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
Tech worker explains what to do if your iPhone is stolen and they try to extort you via text by threatening to release its contents
‘Should I just delete it?’
On Aug 11, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
Facebook handed over a teen’s DMs to police, who then arrested her for having an abortion
Police in Nebraska charge a 17-year-old and her mother after obtaining Facebook messages.
On Aug 9, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
‘Overrepresented among America’s super rich’: Facebook’s new Blender Bot 3 chatbot makes antisemitic comments
‘Can you tell me about your weekend plans?’
On Aug 8, 2022 by David Covucci
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked documents reveal TikTok’s online and IRL efforts to keep employees from talking about ties to China
Employees are told to keep quiet about it.
On Aug 5, 2022 by Chris Stokel-Walker
FTC sues to block Meta from acquiring VR competitor
‘Instead of competing on the merits, Meta is trying to buy its way to the top’
On Jul 27, 2022 by Jacob Seitz
EXCLUSIVE: Inside Tesla’s $68 million tax break with public schools—where diversity is someone else’s problem and jobs aren’t guaranteed
Tesla has offloaded concerns about diversity to public schools employees.
On Jul 21, 2022 by Camryn Garza
Unfair Instagram moderation of women’s bodies highlighted in a new exhibit
It aims to platform the deplatformed.
On Jul 19, 2022 by Viola Stefanello
Democrats reportedly preparing bill to codify net neutrality
The news comes as the Senate has failed to advance the nomination of Gigi Sohn.
On Jul 18, 2022 by David Covucci
Homeland Security purchased location data for millions of American phones—all without warrants
The ACLU made the documents public today.
Congressional Republicans demand TikTok turn over documents about user data being accessed in China
Two committees sent a notice to TikTok today.
On Jul 14, 2022 by Jacob Seitz
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