In a letter to Zuckerberg, the FTC called Facebook's initial claim it cut off NYU researchers' access to comply with an FTC privacy agreement “inaccurate”
But Only If You're an Advertiser Danny Bradbury / IT PRO : FTC scolds Facebook for citing it in researcher ban Pluralistic : Facebook's official disinformation research portal is a bad joke (permalink...
Uncensored Library, a Reporters Without Borders project in Minecraft, lets people anywhere read articles from censored journalists and get info on press freedom
in Minecraft Brooke Sjoberg / The Daily Dot : Minecraft's new library lets journalists share uncensored information Lauren Morton / Rock, Paper, Shotgun : The writing of censored journalists has been ...
Investigation finds that books dominating Amazon's search results on COVID-19 are often plagiarized from news outlets, with authors lacking verifiable IDs
and promise — of instant Amazon books in the time of coronavirus Louise Matsakis / Wired : Amazon Quietly Removes Some Dubious Coronavirus Books David Covucci / The Daily Dot : Amazon ebooks about cor...
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says Mark Zuckerberg's influence is staggering and that it is time to break up Facebook
and that's made Facebook dangerous Bloomberg : Facebook Breakup Call From Co-Founder Easier Said Than Done Charlotte Henry / The Mac Observer : Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Says The Company Should...
OpenBazaar, a decentralized peer-to-peer marketplace that uses Bitcoin, launches version 1.0
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Dutch government backs strong encryption, condemns backdoors
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Senator Dianne Feinstein to seek legislation to “pierce” through encryption with warrant, working with Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Burr, others
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Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs
Trammell Hudson's Projects Darlene Storm / Computerworld : Macs can be remotely infected with firmware malware that remains after reformatting JC Torres / SlashGear : These OS X malware are like zombi...
Hackers find vulnerabilities in Industrial Ethernet Switches used in hydroelectric dams, nuclear power plants
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Senate advances USA Freedom Act, but vote on bill likely won't come for several days, causing temporary shutdown of some Patriot Act powers
For Now — Senate to Vote on USA FREEDOM Act on Tuesday Eric Geller / The Daily Dot : Patriot Act spy powers to expire as Rand Paul blocks USA Freedom Act vote Reuters : Senate lets NSA spy program l...