When it comes to the coronavirus, Elon Musk’s sustained incompetence long ago took a turn for the dangerous. Now, an internal data leak from the Fremont...
Violent white extremists are sick of getting doxxed on Discord, and will “likely” move their organizing efforts to an encrypted messaging alternative created by Gab, an...
Let’s say it together: Facial-recognition technology is a dangerous, biased mess. We are reminded of this obvious fact again with the news Friday that an innocent...
Analyzing all your dumb tweets is big business, and for the big data company Dataminr that business just so happened to involve helping police surveil Black...
Coinbase is getting ready to “moon.” According to Reuters, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange is secretly preparing to go public, possibly as early as this year....
Because the internet is a strange and complicated place, the fate of your digital privacy is, at this very moment, intertwined with that of online message...
“This site is free” is a common refrain on Twitter. Meant to be read in the tone of sarcastic disbelief, it’s often brought out to highlight...
In the face of mounting advertiser pressure over its handling of hate speech, Mark Zuckerberg today met with the leaders of the NAACP, the Anti-Defamation League,...
Oh hey would you look at that: Twitter and Facebook just did something good. The two tech giants took a stand, albeit a temporary one, for...
So you’ve deleted your Facebook account. Good. Now let’s talk about Instagram and WhatsApp. The two Facebook-owned services often get a pass whenever hate speech, misinformation,...
