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Amazon deletes 20,000 product reviews written by seven of its top ten UK reviewers after a Financial Times investigation found they were written for profit amazon Article 1119 words 18 votes
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How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism - A new, short book by Cory Doctorow that looks at big tech as a monopoly problem privacy social media Article 28 088 words 18 votes
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Disappearance of multiple Saudi Arabian dissidents tied to Twitter data accessed in 2015 by employees allegedly spying for the government social media privacy Article 7 votes
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Bill Gates on vaccines, Trump, and why social media is “a poisoned chalice” social media Article 3114 words 7 votes
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CyberBunker: The "bulletproof web hosting" company based in a German Cold War bunker that became a dark-web empire Article 11 053 words 10 votes
Lawyers demand US Military stop violating free speech on Twitch social media Article 1119 words 10 votes
The war between alt.tasteless and rec.pets.cats social media Article 3718 words, published May 1 1994 20 votes
I have cancer and now my Facebook feed is full of "alternative care" ads social media facebook Article 991 words 36 votes
Friction, snake oil, and weird countries: Cybersecurity systems could deepen global inequality through regional blocking internet security.cyber Article 8027 words 5 votes
Why is a tech executive installing security cameras around San Francisco? security Article 2853 words 10 votes
Trump, Twitter, Facebook, and the future of online speech - The debate over censorship and Section 230 is thorny, contentious, and, above all, outdated social media facebook Article 4674 words 8 votes
I joined Parler, the right-wing echo chamber’s new favorite alt-Twitter social media Article 1258 words 27 votes
Apple switches to its own chips for Mac computers as it adds features, privacy controls apple privacy Article 324 words 25 votes
Shows of support for racial justice from social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube don’t address the way the platforms have been weaponized by racists and partisan provocateurs social media google facebook Article 1886 words 11 votes
Twitter labels Donald Trump video tweet as "manipulated media" as it cracks down on misinformation social media Article 278 words 13 votes
Dating apps exposed 845GB of explicit photos, chats, and more privacy amazon.web services Article 619 words 11 votes
Obscure Indian cyber firm spied on politicians, investors worldwide security.cyber Article 1017 words, published Jun 9 2020 5 votes
An army of volunteers is taking on vaccine disinformation online social media internet Article 2902 words 6 votes
Scuba divers could send sea life shots in real time using an aquatic internet service internet Article 493 words 3 votes