Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid NSO news, saying the industry should not exist and “they don't make vaccines—the only thing they sell is the virus”
the only thing they sell is the virus. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson : This explanation of the Pegasus spyware and how it no longer even requires a target to click a dod...
Companies like Facebook and Twitter, which have positioned themselves as the new public square, should absolutely be questioned on their role in cancel culture
Last week, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan asked a question at a Congressional hearing that seemed to come out of nowhere. Tweets: @carnage4life , @jimwaterson , @bradesposito , @mrjkilcoyne , @verba_et_ve...
In a rare public protest at Facebook, hundreds of staff staged a virtual walkout, pushing back on Zuckerberg's choice to let Trump's inflammatory posts stand
Since macOS 10.12 there's … Theodore Schleifer / Vox : Change will be harder for Silicon Valley than just donating money Wall Street Journal : Social Media Becomes Battleground Over Days of Street Pro...
UK's Communication Workers Union says it's had reports of about 120 cases of abuse, including murder threats, directed at engineers believed to be working on 5G
Telecoms engineers have told Radio 1 Newsbeat they're being threatened and harassed by people who believe they're working on 5G … Tweets: @jimwaterson , @ldrogen , @offbeatorbit , and @cwunews Tweets:...
Microsoft now offers NewsGuard, a plug-in that guides users on which news websites can be trusted, as an option on mobile versions of its Edge browser
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Sources detail meeting in India between Twitter's Jack Dorsey, Vijaya Gadde, and others, after photo of Dorsey holding sign criticizing caste system goes viral
#MyTrollOurTroll Barkha Dutt / @bdutt : While I had no knowledge of the poster, Brahminical Patriarchy is a fair & entirely mainstream phrase in the way that we now know the intersectionality of Femin...
Sources reveal how UK political parties spent ~£3.2M on online ads during 2017 general election, including efforts to coordinate ad targeting on- and off-line
Jim Waterson / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @ruskin147 , @jsavagetweets , @stevenkellow , @josephmdurso , @kadhimshubber , @wallaceme , @g_price , @andydangerfield , and @jimwaterson Tweets: Rory Cellan-Jones ...
Sources reveal how UK political parties spent ~£3.2M on online ads during 2017 general election, including efforts to coordinate ad targeting on- and off-line
Jim Waterson / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @ruskin147 , @g_price , @jsavagetweets , @stevenkellow , @josephmdurso , @andydangerfield , @wallaceme , @kadhimshubber , and @jimwaterson Tweets: Rory Cellan-Jones ...