Twitter threatens legal action against US nonprofit that tracks hate speech ~tech social media Article 425 words 113 votes
We found Joe Biden’s secret Venmo. Here’s why that’s a privacy nightmare for everyone. ~tech privacy security Article 1630 words 17 votes
Employees at law enforcement agencies across the US ran thousands of Clearview AI facial recognition searches — often without the knowledge of the public or even their own departments ~tech privacy Article 5855 words 9 votes
Amazon will remove the Parler site from AWS ~tech social media amazon.web services Article 739 words 35 votes
6,600-word internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist details how the social network knew leaders of countries around the world were using the site to manipulate voters — and failed to act ~tech facebook social media Article 3563 words 21 votes
Facebook fired an employee who collected evidence of right-wing pages getting preferential treatment ~tech facebook social media Article 2644 words 14 votes
"The Black Lives Matter Foundation" raised millions. It's not affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement. ~finance Article 2668 words 21 votes
Childcare workers at SpaceX are afraid of the coronavirus spreading as Elon Musk forces them to stay open ~space Article 1891 words 9 votes
Tesla’s Fremont factory will reduce its workforce from 10,000 to 2,500 workers ~tech Article 756 words 8 votes
Elon Musk told workers they're more likely to die in a car crash than from coronavirus ~finance business Article 958 words 14 votes
Clearview AI claims its facial recognition software identified a terrorism suspect in New York City last year, but the NYPD says they played no role in the case ~tech Article 4078 words 10 votes
Elon Musk hired a convicted felon to investigate the cave rescuer who is now suing him ~news Article 2550 words 13 votes
Ring says it doesn't use facial recognition, but it has “a head of face recognition research” ~tech amazon privacy security.home Article 1200 words 16 votes
Ring is using its customers’ doorbell camera video for ads. It says it's allowed to ~tech privacy amazon security.home Article 1420 words 18 votes
Some high-profile male tech executives accused of sexual misconduct are getting second chances ~tech Article 3795 words 4 votes
Mark Zuckerberg's biggest problem: Internal tensions at Facebook are boiling over ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 2198 words 12 votes
Departing Facebook security officer's memo: "We need to be willing to pick sides" ~tech facebook privacy security social media Article 1894 words 6 votes