The Iranian government says it has restricted internet access in response to Israeli cyberattacks; some Western communication apps have reportedly been blocked
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Sources: after more than six months, the FBI has resumed limited outreach to some US tech companies about foreign propagandists using their platforms
NBC News : X: @ericgeller and @kevincollier X: Eric Geller / @ericgeller : “Employees at two companies that had previously received the briefings said the agency had resumed limited outreach but that...
Sources: FBI has suspended briefings to social media companies about Russian, Iranian and Chinese influence campaigns, due to GOP attacks on information sharing
The FBI put a pause on briefings with tech companies due to an ongoing lawsuit, adding to a broader breakdown in a system meant … X: @kevincollier X: Kevin Collier / @kevincollier : New and big: The f...
Netflix cracks down on password sharing in the US and offers paid sharing, which lets some accounts add an extra member outside their household for $7.99/month
Starting today, we will be sending this email to members … LinkedIn: Dan Rayburn : Netflix password sharing notifications started rolling out in the US, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, and Middl...
After Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, sources say shipments to Pegatron's factory, used by Microsoft, Tesla, and others, were being held by Chinese customs
iPhone manufacturer denies reports Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : So far, Apple's Pegatron shipments have been spared Chinese slowdown Tweets: Cheng Ting-Fang / @chengtingfang : The move ...
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...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is tying the fate of $2,000 stimulus checks to the repeal of Section 230
in a Bill That Would Also Eliminate Section 230 Dell Cameron / Gizmodo : McConnell Doesn't Care About Section 230 or the Election—Just Keeping Your Relief Check Small Tweets: Donald J. Trump / @realdo...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is tying the fate of $2,000 stimulus checks to the repeal of Section 230
in a Bill That Would Also Eliminate Section 230 Dell Cameron / Gizmodo : McConnell Doesn't Care About Section 230 or the Election—Just Keeping Your Relief Check Small Ted Johnson / Deadline : Mitch Mc...
Recording of Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Section 230 where Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sundar Pichai testified
bringing in Zuckerberg, Pichai, & Dorsey to defend their content moderation under threat of gutting Section 230, days before the election—feels like a last-ditch effort to spook them out of enforcing ...