Jay Graber steps down as Bluesky CEO, saying a “seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution” is needed; Bluesky names VC Toni Schneider as interim CEO
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky's board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
Jay Graber is stepping down as Bluesky CEO, saying a “seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution” is needed; VC Toni Schneider is named interim CEO
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky's board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
Apple removes Eyes Up, which simply archives videos of ICE abuses, from the App Store; unlike ICEBlock, Eyes Up doesn't share ICE officers' real-time locations
and it's not masked agents of ICE www.404media.co/apple-banned... Benn Jordan / @bennjordan : Your smartphone manufacturer doesn't think you deserve 1st or 4th amendment rights. —...
House Republicans introduced language to the Budget Reconciliation bill that would ban US states from enforcing any law regulating AI models for 10 years
triggered by official GOP tweet — fire back at ‘worthless’ reps Adam Rowe / Tech.co : Republicans Push Bill to Ban State AI Regulation for 10 Years Bluesky: Rep. Rheingans / @reprh...
TikTok restores its service in the US, thanking Donald Trump for “the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties”
The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for …
SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, says free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
The Supreme Court upheld a law that threatens to shut down the wildly popular TikTok social media platform in the US as soon as Sunday …
A US official says the Biden administration won't force TikTok to go dark in the country on January 19 and will leave it up to Trump to implement the law
The ban goes into effect on Sunday unless the Supreme Court intervenes. — TikTok logo on a smartphone.
An official says the Biden administration is “exploring options” to implement the law without causing TikTok to go dark for US users on January 19
Barring action by the Supreme Court, a ban in the U.S. on the popular app is set to begin on Sunday.
Docs: The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” volunteer Wikipedia editors who it says are “abusing their position” to publish antisemitic content
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism
After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them
and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, I...
After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting the profiles
Earlier this week, Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times that the company is going to roll out AI character profiles …
A roundup of Elon Musk's newly released text messages show the inner workings of Silicon Valley dealmaking and how Musk lost interest in his Twitter acquisition
Newly released text messages shine a light on how tech's most powerful do business — and perhaps why Musk lost interest in Twitter.
Some online disinformation experts criticize Twitter's stance on Libs of TikTok, as some US children's hospitals face threats inspired by the anti-LGBTQ account
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A detailed look at how Facebook and Instagram for iOS open links with a custom in-app browser, letting Meta track every interaction including entering passwords
How the seemingly innocuous “in-app web browsers” on iOS/Android are a really bad thing, and a proposal for how to fix that. With a little web history thrown in. https://www.holova...
How El Salvador President Nayib Bukele weaponized bitcoin to whitewash his government's growing authoritarianism on the world stage and spread local propaganda
and lining their pockets — at the expense of our rights and livelihoods.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Alex Gladstein / @gladstein : “Bitcoiners aren't supposed to trust government....
How El Salvador President Nayib Bukele weaponized bitcoin to whitewash his government's growing authoritarianism on the world stage and spread local propaganda
SAN SALVADOR — Bitcoiners — enthusiasts of the world's most popular cryptocurrency — aren't supposed to trust government. Tweets: @timmuth , @fredbenenson , @schwarz , @stalfel , @...
Telegram says it is blocking Kremlin-backed media outlets in the EU, including all RT channels, starting for users who signed in with an EU-based phone number
RT, in English, Spanish, Germany, French & Russia, have a colletive audience of over 1 million people via their official accounts. FWIW, these break EU sanctions https://www.politi...
Analysis: many right-wing personalities saw their followers surge on sites like Telegram, Gab, and Gettr after the January 6 riot, but growth has since stalled
possibly to be joined soon by Trump's long-promised social network, Truth Social — can build a sustainable business solely by catering to a radicalized right.” https://www.washingt...
Tesla agrees to release a software update that blocks its Passenger Play gaming feature while the vehicle is in motion, after the NHTSA opened an investigation
Tesla has agreed to modify software in its cars to prevent drivers and passengers from playing video games on the dashboard screens …
Tesla agrees to release a software update that blocks its Passenger Play gaming feature while the vehicle is in motion, after the NHTSA opened an investigation
Tesla has agreed to modify software in its cars to prevent drivers and passengers from playing video games on the dashboard screens …