April 18, 2019 Facebook says it ‘unintentionally uploaded’ email contacts of 1.5 million users: report Facebook said on Wednesday it “unintentionally uploaded” email contacts of 1.5 million new users since March 2016, a report said.
April 17, 2019 Conservatives demand answers from Twitter after it reportedly cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center Conservative leaders who have been calling for tech giants to end partnerships with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) are demanding that Twitter confirm its Trust and Safety Council has severed ties with what they call an “anti-Christian, anti-conservative” organization.
April 17, 2019 Justin Haskins: I advertised a video criticizing socialism, then Facebook banned my account When those on the left can’t win an argument, they silence their opponents.
April 17, 2019 Twitter users epically troll Jack Dorsey with #AskJackAtTED during talk A TED Talk conversation with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took a bizarre turn when countless users of the platform trolled him using the hashtag #AskJackAtTED that was projected onto a screen behind him.
April 16, 2019 Amazon has a major problem with thousands of fake reviews, report claims Amazon has been inundated with tens of thousands of potentially fake five-star reviews, according to a new consumer report in the United Kingdom.
April 16, 2019 Technology is 'a crime scene' and Facebook 'broke democracy,' journalist who exposed Cambridge Analytica says A journalist whose work helped prompt the Big Tech backlash roiling Silicon Valley excoriated Facebook, labeled technology a 'crime scene,' and blamed tech platforms for precipitating a crisis in Western democracy.
April 15, 2019 Notre Dame fire: YouTube slammed after live footage appears with link to 9/11 info YouTube was slammed Monday after live footage of the devastating Notre Dame blaze appeared above a link to information on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
April 15, 2019 Pelosi heralds 'new era' of Big Tech regulation, says 230 protections could be removed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the United States is in a "new era" for regulating Big Tech firms like Facebook, Google and Amazon.
April 15, 2019 'Hitler would have loved social media,' says Disney chief Bob Iger Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger rebuked social media and the state of discourse in the United States while being honored with a humanitarian award on Thursday.
April 12, 2019 Google under fire for dubbing 'Unplanned' film 'propaganda' Google is the latest tech giant to be accused of bias against the newly released pro-life film “Unplanned,” with the search engine listing the movie as “propaganda.”