The FBI's seizure of Mastodon server Kolektiva.social in May, part of a raid over unrelated charges, should serve as a wakeup call to fediverse users and hosts
We're in an exciting time for users who want to take back control from major platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
A federal judge ruled Cleveland State University violated the Fourth Amendment when it used monitoring software to scan a student's bedroom before a remote test
A federal judge said Cleveland State University violated the Fourth Amendment when it used software to scan a student's bedroom …
Facebook has emerged in Mexico City as a low-cost alternative to food delivery services like Uber Eats and Rappi, as restaurateurs seek to avoid high fees
The platform has emerged as a hack around Uber Eats and Rappi's high fees. — • XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO Tweets: @anirvan , @khushbuoshea , @leomschwartz , @lenton_chris , @cowvala , @k...
Doctors say the rise of fantasy sports apps has led to a spike in gambling addiction in India, where gambling is illegal but fantasy gaming has no clear laws
https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : One soldier racked up online gambling losses six times the size of his annual income. He was suicidal and spent 20 days at a psychiatric ...
A look at TropeTrainer, beloved Torah learning software that helped rabbis prepare kids for bar and bat mitzvahs, which became obsolete after its creator died
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How an Argentinian govt. program that issued netbooks to 4M low-income students from 2011 to 2015 helped indirectly create a new generation of teen musicians
Working-class teens turned junked machines into musical instruments. — • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA Tweets: @rossdawson , @restofworld , @thatericalper , @sub8u , @restofworld , @re...
Koo, the Indian microblogging app that has positioned itself as a government-friendly alternative to Twitter in India, is taking a similar approach in Nigeria
Rest of World : Tweets: @anirvan , @architmeta , @peterguest , @cengizyar , @nilchristopher , @iatalkspace , @yinkawrites , and @evelyndouek Tweets: Anirvan Chatterjee / @anirvan ...
Facebook says it fixed a proxy error in its Discover app after researchers found it removed images from other websites more frequently than Facebook's services
An ex-ByteDance employee recounts the inner workings of the company's complex content moderation system and the role of China's internet censorship policies
because the human rights of *all* users matter. For more: https://www.hrw.org/... https://twitter.com/... Emily Birnbaum / @birnbaum_e : This is the story of a former content moder...