Trump says a 25%+ tariff “must be paid by Apple” on iPhones not made in the US, and he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US
will other tech companies face the heat? Here's what the US President said The Economic Times : Trump threatens 25% tariff on iPhones not made in US, targets India production Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, ...
YouTube plans to restrict some content pertaining to the real use of guns from viewers under 18 starting on June 18, a year after a watchdog group report
New York City issues a public health advisory officially designating social media as an “environmental toxin”, blaming it for a youth mental health crisis
but NYC needs to go even further X: Mayor Eric Adams / @nycmayor : Social media companies are fueling a mental health crisis, especially for our young people. But we won't let Big Tech endanger our ki...
A federal appeals court rules that plans for 3D-printed “ghost guns” can be posted online without US State Department approval, reinstating a Trump admin order
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Plans for 3D-printed, self-assembled “ghost guns” can be posted online without U.S. State Department approval …
Two dozen US state AGs sent a letter to the White House requesting the administration pull blueprints for Defense Distributed's 3D-printed guns offline
Adi Robertson / The Verge : Tweets: @teamtrace Tweets: @teamtrace : A coalition of Attorneys General wants the Trump administration to crack down on the online sharing of 3D-printed-gun blueprints. h...
How the firearms industry relies on female influencers to skirt the restrictions imposed by social media platforms on advertising guns and related services
Kaitlyn Tiffany / Vox : Tweets: @fraying , @kozinets , and @dancharvey Tweets: Derek Powazek / @fraying : If I ran Instagram, this kind of paid “influencer” crap would be a one-strike account deletio...
How the firearms industry relies on female influencers to skirt the restrictions imposed by social media platforms on advertising guns and related services
Companies can't advertise on social media — so they have female influencers do it for them. — When Kimberly Matte captions …
Facebook outlines topics it considers “issue ads”: abortion, civil rights, crime, foreign policy, government reform, guns, terrorism, poverty, and more
Facebook is defining what it considers “issue ads” through an initial list of ad topics, ranging from abortion to guns …
Starting in April, YouTube will ban videos that promote or link to sites selling guns and videos showing how to assemble guns; some accounts already affected
Google's new policy prohibits promotion of guns, bump stocks — At least one video gun blogger ditched YouTube for PornHub
Department of Justice and Europol announce takedown of dark web marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa Market, both focused on drugs and fraudulent IDs
Two Dark Web Markets — Have Been Shut Down Kim Crawley / Naked Security : Global police swoop shutters Hansa and AlphaBay dark web markets Carly Page / Inquirer : Dark web crackdown sees AlphaBay and ...