Roskomnadzor says it is blocking Facebook in Russia, citing 26 cases of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources” since October 2020
Russia is being cut off from the rest of the online world … France 24 : Russia blocks Facebook over ‘discrimination’ of state media Brittany Bernstein / National Review : Kremlin Blocks Access to Face...
Security researchers say Apple and EU plans to monitor phones for illicit material are ineffective and could embolden government surveillance
In August, Apple announced a system to check all our iPhones for illegal images … Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg : Apple's Child-Porn Tracking System Is Flawed, Report Says arXiv.org : Bugs in our Pocke...
Adobe ends support for Flash and will start blocking Flash content from January 12; major browsers will block Flash content from Jan. 1
Flash had to die. It had too many knocks … Caleb Chen / Privacy News Online … : Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: January 1, 2021 Jenn Gidman / Newser : Adobe Flash Is Officially No More Kevin Col...
Google says it will ban stalkerware ads from August 11, but leaves a loophole for stalkerware vendors to get around the ban by posing as “family safety” apps
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After announcing the Clear History privacy tool over a year ago, Facebook finally begins rolling it out in Ireland, South Korea, and Spain
from the news they read, to the shopping websites they visit, to, yes, the porn they watch https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Geoffrey A. Fowler / @geoffreyfowler : Using Facebook's new “Off-Facebook A...