Facebook prompts nonbinary, LGBT, trans users to confirm gender selection in New Jersey
TRENTON, NJ . — Facebook is notifying nonbinary and transgender users in certain states, including New Jersey, about new privacy protections for gender identity and asking them to confirm whether they want…
Lafayette Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping a Gay Man as Part of Scheme to Kidnap and Murder Grindr Users
LAFAYETTE, La. – Chance Seneca, 21, of Lafayette, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays, to one count of kidnapping. According to his plea agreement, Seneca admitted that on…
Facebook Spied On Conservative Users’ Private Messages, Fed ‘Leads’ To The FBI: REPORT
Facebook Spied On Conservative Users’ Private Messages, Fed ‘Leads’ To The FBI: REPORT Gabe Kaminsky on September 15, 2022 Facebook reportedly spied on the private messages of “conservative right-wing individuals” and provided…
Zoom down for thousands of users – Downdetector.com
(Reuters) – Zoom Video Communications was down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were nearly 10,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the audio-streaming platform,…
Meta’s Facebook revamping main feed to attract younger users
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms said on Thursday it was revamping the main feed on its Facebook app to prioritize “discovery” of new content, instead of posts from accounts users follow, a bid to…
Big Tech Indirectly Censored Millions Of Users, Watchdog Report Finds
Big Tech Indirectly Censored Millions Of Users, Watchdog Report Finds Max Keating on July 20, 2022 Social media users experienced at least 144,301,713 instances of “secondhand censorship” in the first quarter of…
CHANG: It’s Time To Liberate TikTok Users From China
CHANG: It’s Time To Liberate TikTok Users From China Gordon Chang on July 10, 2022 TikTok has just confirmed that parent company ByteDance in China has had access to sensitive U.S. user…
Chinese Internet Users Mock Japan And Celebrate Abe’s Assassination
Chinese Internet Users Mock Japan And Celebrate Abe’s Assassination Harold Hutchison on July 8, 2022 Users on Chinese social media sites celebrated the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe…
Google Will Erase Location Data For Users Who Visit Abortion Clinics
Google Will Erase Location Data For Users Who Visit Abortion Clinics Micaela Burrow on July 5, 2022 Google said it will automatically erase location data for users who visit abortion providers in…
KDDI aims to restore service Sunday after 40 million users affected
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO -Japanese mobile carrier KDDI Corp said it aimed to restore services Sunday evening after nationwide network troubles affected up to nearly 40 million users, making calls and getting…
Do spam bots really comprise under 5% of Twitter users? Elon Musk wants to know
By Sheila Dang, Katie Paul and Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – Since 2013, Twitter has downplayed the spread of fake accounts on its platform, holding that “false or spam” accounts make up less…
Russian users sue Apple after payment service pulled -lawyers
(Reuters) – A Russian law firm on Friday said it had filed a lawsuit against U.S. tech giant Apple seeking 90 million roubles ($1.28 million) in damages for consumers affected by Apple…
Brazil, Mexico WhatsApp users report problems with service – Downdetector
(Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc’s widely used WhatsApp messaging service was presenting problems for Brazilian and Mexican users, website Downdetector reported on Thursday. (Reporting by Carolina Pulice and Peter Frontini; Editing by…
Meta spreads cheer on Wall Street as Facebook adds more users
(Reuters) – Shares of Meta Platforms Inc rose 17% in a relief rally on Thursday after having lost nearly half their value this year, as the social media giant surprised Wall Street…
Amino Health Adds New Dashboard Functionality, Prompts Users to Prioritize Preventative Care
‘Provider Team’ Feature Encourages Regular Check Ups to Improve Member Health & Lower Care Costs SAN FRANCISCO, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Amino Health, the leading digital healthcare guidance company, launched a set of…
Crypto exchange Coinbase launches NFT marketplace for some U.S. users
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON – Major U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase Global Inc launched its NFT marketplace on Wednesday, in a sign of confidence in the niche digital asset even as the market…
Walmart’s Mexico unit aims to double mobile phone service users in 2022
MEXICO CITY – Walmart’s Mexico unit is aiming to double the number of users connected to its mobile phone service in 2022, an executive said at the company’s investors day Tuesday. The…
Monaca Man Distributed Cocaine to Lower Level Dealers and Drug Users
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Monaca, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, United…
PayPal stops accepting new users in Russia
By Paresh Dave, Elizabeth Culliford and Sheila Dang – Online payments company PayPal Holdings Inc stopped accepting new users in Russia on Wednesday given current circumstances, a company spokesperson told Reuters. PayPal,…
Yandex warns Russian users of unreliable information online after Moscow threatens media
By Alexander Marrow and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW – Russian tech giant Yandex has started warning Russian users looking for news about Ukraine on its search engine of unreliable information on the internet,…
Texas AG Sues Facebook Parent Company For Allegedly Lying To Users About Sharing Biometric Data
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent company Meta on Monday alleging the company illegally shared biometric data on its users. The lawsuit alleges Meta concealed from…
Meta shares sink 20% as Facebook loses daily users for the first time
By Elizabeth Culliford and Nivedita Balu – Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc’s shares plunged more than 20% late on Wednesday after the social media company posted a weaker-than-expected forecast, blaming Apple’s privacy…
Twitter Users Dunk On AOC For Claiming Kavanaugh Was ‘Credibly Accused’ of Sexual Assault
Twitter users mocked Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for claiming that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was credibly accused of sexual assault on Wednesday. “Reminder that Brett Kavanaugh *still* remains credibly…
Twitter Users Mock NBC Op-Ed Claiming Wanting A Say In Kids’ Education Is Like Interfering With Surgery
Twitter users criticized an NBC op-ed which argued that parents wanting a say in their children’s education is equivalent to parents interfering with a surgical operation simply because the patient is their…
DC Lawsuit Alleges Mark Zuckerberg Personally Had The Idea To Let Companies Harvest Facebook Users’ Data
Democratic Attorney General Karl Racine of Washington, D.C., announced Wednesday he was adding Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to a lawsuit filed against the tech giant alleging it allowed companies to harvest…
Snapchat Is Trying To Stop Young Users Buying Fentanyl On Its Platform, But It’s ‘Too Little Too Late’ For Some
Snapchat is putting in place new safety measures to try and stop young users buying and selling fentanyl on its platform, the company announced Thursday. The company unveiled an in-app education portal…
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