All posts tagged "policy"
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1.1KFutureMark Zuckerberg Forced to Apologize In Senate to Parents of Children Victimized on Social Media
On January 31st, a charged US Senate hearing saw Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, apologizing to the parents of children who...
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938FutureObama Admits ‘Naivety’ About People Becoming Coders to Escape Poverty
If dozens of the most respected mathematicians and scientists couldn’t get traction when they warned us about AI, perhaps former president Obama...
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Byte-Sized Equality For All! Help Close The Digital Divide
The COVID-19 pandemic and flexible work structures inspired discussions about broadband access. Oddly, these monumental global impacts were still not enough to...
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4.6KFutureIs the Rise of Electric Vehicles Sparking a New Manufacturing Revolution?
Electric vehicle (EV) sales are setting yearly records as more appear on the roads. While more consumers want to buy them, some...
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1.1KFutureSouth Korea Will Pay $490 Per Month to Reclusive Teenagers to Get Them to Leave Their Houses
Is it videogame addiction, dating apps, the constant dopamine hit provided by current technology, or the late-stage capitalism crushing the youths of...
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2.2KSecurityPutin Just Gave Edward Snowden A Russian Citizenship: Could the NSA Whistleblower Be Drafted?
In a move that will surprise very few people familiar with Vladimir Putin’s tactics, the Russian president granted citizenship to famous NSA...
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5.8KSocialLeaked Uber Files Reveal Emmanuel Macron Rewrote Laws In Uber’s Favor
In what is shaping up to become Drivergate, a Watergate-type scandal for the ride-sharing giant, the Uber Files reveal a lot of...
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2.5KSocialWhistleblower Says Facebook Intentionally Banned Australian News & Created Chaos As Negotiating Tactic
One of the biggest, most controversial Facebook actions happened last February, when it banned Australian news sources in protest of a proposed...
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3.3KSecurityFacebook Will Stop Using Facial Recognition To Tag You In Photos
In a move few anticipated but many wanted, Facebook will stop using facial recognition to tag people in photos and delete data...
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1.6KSocialTrump Signs Executive Order to ‘Prevent Online Censorship’, Goes After Social Media Companies
Donald Trump is once again feuding with social media companies and this time it’s not just a Twitter spat. After Twitter fact-checked...
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3.4KMiscFBI Warns Popular FaceApp Is A “Significant Counterintelligence Threat” From Russia
Well, it seems some conspiracy theories might have some truth to them! Earlier this year, jokes (and warnings!) made the rounds that...
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2.7KMiscU.S. Bill to “Stop Big Tech” Companies From Offering Digital Currencies
Just days after U.S. President Donald Trump said cryptocurrencies are “based on thin air” and slammed Facebook’s Libra digital currency, Reuters reports...
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2.6KSecurityFrance Slams Google with $57 Million GDPR Fine for Tracking Users
Months after the groundbreaking user privacy regulation GDPR went into effect across Europe, Google gets its first massive fine. The French watchdog...
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3.0KMiscMultiple GDPR Complaints Just Filed Against Google’s Location Tracking
Months have passed since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in Europe, promising huge fines to companies that misuse...
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1.8KMiscTwitter CEO Heading to Capitol Hill to Explain Why Social Media Silences Conservatives
[adrotate group=”12″] After months of Facebook finding itself under fire from governmental agencies and public opinion alike, it’s now Twitter’s and other...
