Sequoia's Shaun Maguire speculated in an X post that an innocent Palestinian student was behind the Brown University shooting; the post was later deleted
and unleash chaos Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Sequoia partner spreads debunked Brown shooting theory, testing new leadership Media Matters for America : After the Brown University shooting, right-med...
Coinbase says hackers accessed data of a “small subset” of users, but not credentials, expects to incur $180M-$400M in costs, and refuses to pay a $20M ransom
and the investigators who saw it coming Sead Fadilpašić / TechRadar : Personal information leaked in Coinbase cyberattack, cost could be $400 million Bloomberg : Coinbase Hack Could Cost Company $400 ...
WhatsApp says it disrupted a campaign in which 90 journalists and other members of civil society were targeted using spyware from Israel-based Paragon
What You Need To Know Türkiye Today : WhatsApp claims Israeli spyware targeted 90 journalists Business Today : WhatsApp exposes spyware targeting journalists, some users by Israeli firm Rimjhim Singh ...
Google says there are no plans to remove the News tab on search results pages, after testing temporarily removing the filter for “a small subset of users”
but the deck is often stacked against them. Threads: Sheila Dang / @sheiladangit : I don't understand how removing the News tab is helpful to anyone https://www.niemanlab.org/... Kali Hays / @kalihays...
Some experts say trolls who built businesses and media careers on Twitter have had to escalate shock value tactics as the audience of “normal people” shrinks
Elon Musk's business model depends on “triggering” liberals — but he's now running out of progressives to bait Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to , @timfordwrites@mstdn.ca , and @bruno_j_navarro … . Blues...
NYC police officers and critics describe the NYPD's growing use of post-9/11 digital surveillance tools, initially used for counterterrorism, in minor cases
because of 9/11, because of other terrorist attacks and things that have happened — unquestionable, unchecked power."https://www.nytimes.com/ ... Arthur Holland Michel / @writearthur : Crazy tidbit he...
Sources: Cambridge Analytica said it had completely wiped Facebook user data in 2016, which may be true, but it retained models derived from that data into 2017
and what Mark told Congress. @facebook : We remain determined to audit Cambridge Analytica so we can confirm what data they still have - and we're working with the UK Information Commissioner to make ...