Matt Mullenweg says WordPress is “forking” Advanced Custom Fields, a plugin developed by WP Engine; ACF's team says the plugin was taken away “without consent”
It's super late at night on Thanksgiving weekend in Canada. Edward Targett / The Stack : Wordpress Wars: Forking crazy nuclear takeover triggers fury Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : WordPress Forcefully Take...
A look at AI age scanners, which websites use to verify a person's age by analyzing their facial patterns via webcam to help safeguard kids online
Drew Harwell / Washington Post : Threads: @drewharwell . X: @webdevlaw , @eff , @notjessewalker , and @enbrown Threads: Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : New: Age-verification systems that scan your face...
Sources: the UK plans talks this month with Apple, Meta, and others to push a voluntary charter granting parents more control of social media use by young teens
Ellen Milligan / Bloomberg : X: @arollingsloane , @jamesrbuk , @alecmuffett , and @webdevlaw X: @arollingsloane : they shouldn't agree too it bcos the ‘disturbing content’ is literally just gonna be ...
Signal's president says the TikTok bill won't offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but will further entrench the dominance of US social networks
Earlier this month, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act … Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @olaf@social.secr...
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg sparred with a trans Tumblr user over an account ban, revealing her side blog names, which are private, sparking community outcry
I wanna emphasise prev tags and ramble cuz it hits the nail on the head exactly. Exactly!! elerium on Tumblr : moscovium enthusiast — it almost goes without saying but for posterity's sake i want p...
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart warns UK ministers against undermining encryption in the Online Safety Bill, arguing the move would embolden authoritarian regimes
Moves to undermine messaging encryption could embolden hostile nation states, Will Cathcart says Tweets: @webdevlaw , @mattnavarra , @webdevlaw , @webdevlaw , and @pt Tweets: Heather Burns / @webdevla...
Sources: the UK Home Office is seeking changes to the Online Safety Bill to require platforms monitor “legal but harmful” content, worrying the tech industry
Radical powers in online bill would increase liability of global internet groups beyond current global regulation Tweets: @tim , @matthewlesh , @martinsfp , @jimkillock , @webdevlaw , @sjhmorris , @ut...
The UK government hires ad agency M&C Saatchi to run a publicity campaign criticizing Meta's plans to make Messenger end-to-end encrypted by default
only because the UK gov would be happy to let competitors throw Facebook under the bus. But not the long term. Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green : If somehow it looked like we were headed to a world wi...
UK government hires M&C Saatchi ad agency to run a publicity campaign criticizing Meta's plans to make Messenger e2e encrypted by default
The Home Office has hired a high-end ad agency to mobilize public opinion against encrypted communications — with plans that include some shockingly manipulative tactics Tweets: @jamesrbuk , @rupertg ...
A look at the relationship between Frances Haugen and anti-tech lobbying group Reset, which has guided her EU tour
As soon as Frances Haugen landed in Europe, she was given the VIP treatment. She met senior officials in Paris, Berlin and London. She testified to lawmakers in Brussels. Tweets: @markscott82 , @web...