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Insane CA election fraud claim
Instagram says Saint Hoax, an influencer with 2.8M+ followers, will livestream from this year's Met Gala red carpet as its first-ever Meme Correspondent
Investigation finds ransomware hackers are publishing sensitive information of schoolchildren on the dark web; over 1,200 US K-12 schools had data leaks in 2021
Facebook rolls out new security features for people in Afghanistan, including a one-click tool to quickly lock accounts and limit account discoverability
Call center operator Teleperformance, which counts Apple, Amazon, and Uber as clients, wants to monitor staff working from home in Colombia, via AI-powered cams
A look at the state of vaccine passport apps, which have raised concerns over privacy and verification accuracy, as cities like NYC mandate proof of vaccination
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Florida's Stop Social Media Censorship Act from going into effect, which was scheduled for Thursday
YouTube reinstates Right Wing Watch
As "security robots" get deployed across the US by local governments and companies, there is little to no evidence they can effectively fight crime
Drought-stricken communities in the US push back against data centers' water usage; a typical data center uses same water per day as a city of 30K-50K people
Sources: in 2019, major labor union Teamsters refused a ransomware demand of $2.5M, against the FBI's advice, and instead rebuilt its systems from scratch
Pro-Palestinian activist campaign targets Facebook's app store ratings via 1-star reviews; Facebook's internal chats show Apple declined to remove the reviews
Twitter was Trump's megaphone. His new blog isn't as powerful.
Colonial Pipeline says it has restarted operations, after being shut down for five days due to DarkSide's ransomware attack
Officials say the DHS has started building a warning system to gather and analyze intelligence about domestic terrorism threats from public social media posts
Florida governor to sign into law a bill punishing social media firms for "deplatforming" politicians, which would likely face a constitutional challenge
A look at The News Alerts of Beaver County, a 43,000-member Facebook Group in PA that fills the local news void but often hosts exaggerations and falsehoods
A look at the challenges in building workable vaccine passport apps, including dealing with forged records, protecting privacy, and interoperability
YouTube declines to ban video with anti-Asian lyrics amid staff outcry
Fired, interrogated, disciplined: Amazon warehouse organizers allege year of retaliation
Reddit · 6 months ago
Analysis shows DoorDash has added supplemental local fees in 57 of the 68 locations that imposed caps on the size of commissions it could charge restaurants
Part of Wright brothers’ 1st airplane on NASA’s Mars chopper
Mission To Clean Up Space Debris Around Earth Is Poised For Launch – Low-Earth Orbit, A Narrow Band Of Space Around Earth, Is Crowded With Thousands Of Tons Of Space Junk.
NASA successfully tests SLS rocket core
Tenant screening software faces national reckoning
Facebook, Google fight bill that would help U.S. news industry
Uber and Lyft partner with background screening service HireRight to share data on drivers deactivated after being accused of serious offenses
Current and former Google employees say the company's HR routinely offers mental health counseling and medical leave when staff complain about racism and sexism
U.S. issues warning after Microsoft says China hacked its mail server program
Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft are having mixed results in building statewide vaccination sign-up websites, due to difficulties in integrating county systems
7.3 earthquake near Fukushima in Japan
Family of Robinhood user who died by suicide sues company
India restores 4G mobile internet in Kashmir after 18-month ban
Medical records "in the tens of thousands" from two U.S. hospitals have been published on the dark web, including diagnoses and other personal identifying info
Amazon will pay $61.7 million to settle claims it withheld tips from delivery workers
Reddit · 8 months ago
Just 1 in 10 companies expect all employees to return to the office
YouTube suspends Giuliani from partner program, cutting access to ad revenue
Twitter launches ‘Birdwatch,’ a forum to combat misinformation | Twitter said it hopes to build a community of "Birdwatchers" that can eventually help moderate and label tweets in its main product.
Twitter debuts Birdwatch, in testing since last year, which lets select users flag and add notes about tweets they think are misleading or false
California technologists create website to track vaccinations
Big Tech has big power over online speech. Should it be reined in?
Profile of Jessica Rosenworcel, the second woman to lead the FCC as acting chair and a big proponent of net neutrality and expanding broadband access
House oversight head asks FBI to investigate Parler
USAGM CEO Michael Pack, who oversaw the Open Technology Fund, has resigned at the request of the Biden administration
Sources: Facebook has no plans to lift Trump's indefinite suspension following his departure from the White House
Russia’s SolarWinds hack has no easy fix, cybersecurity company says
‘Too little, too late’: Extremism experts criticize payment companies
Right-wing extremists move to encrypted channels to plan for Inauguration Day violence
Amazon removes QAnon merchandise from its marketplace
Reddit · 8 months ago