Big TechSocial MediaWebThe metaverse as a playground for the great reset & the fourth industrial revolutionTim Hinchliffe2 months ago16.2KFacebook's rebranded Meta company envisions a metaverse that plays directly into the hands of the World Economic Forum's great reset...
Big TechSocial MediaTwitter bans ‘media of private individuals’ with exceptions for corporate media after Agrawal replaces DorseyTim Hinchliffe6 months ago6.09KOne day after Jack Dorsey resigns as CEO of Twitter and Parag Agrawal takes his place, the social media company...
Big TechGovernment and PolicySocial MediaFacebook ‘whistleblower’ Haugen felt betrayed by Facebook after it dissolved Civic Integrity division: Senate hearingTim Hinchliffe7 months ago8.6KFacebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen tells Congress "it really felt like a betrayal" when Facebook dissolved its Civic Integrity team, and...
Big TechSocial MediaFacebook ‘working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible’ after outageTim Hinchliffe8 months ago6.61KAs Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram go offline today, Facebook tweets that it is "working to get things back to...
Big TechGovernment and Policy‘Corporations act like feudal lords over big data & we need a set of digital rights’: Senate testimonyTim Hinchliffe8 months ago9.2KGlobal Guerrillas Report writer John Robb tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that corporations act like feudal lords over big data,...
WebA tiny taste of what a cyber pandemic could look like? Big tech, bank, media & airline websites go downTim Hinchliffe10 months ago30.1KNot even two weeks pass since the Cyber Polygon cyber pandemic preparedness exercise concludes, and websites belonging to big tech,...
Big TechGovernment and PolicyTechnology‘When I walked the streets, cameras would recognize me, police would come running’: Uyghur camp survivor testifiesTim Hinchliffe1 year ago6.29KA Uyghur survivor of the Chinese Communist Party's concentration camp system in Xinjiang tells Congress how she faced horrendous torture...
Big TechGovernment and PolicyBig tech’s addictive business model makes us ‘attention vampires,’ distracts from urgent threats like China: ‘Social Dilemma’ star testifiesTim Hinchliffe1 year ago5.25KEx-Google design ethicist and star of the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma" Tristan Harris tells lawmakers that no amount of...
Big TechGovernment and PolicyNo federal civilian agencies confirmed to be compromised in Microsoft Exchange hack so far: CISATim Hinchliffe1 year ago3.05KNo federal civilian agencies are confirmed to be compromised by last week's Microsoft Exchange cyberattack, but the investigation is still...
Government and PolicyNations may soon send code instead of missiles to do their fighting: Microsoft president warns senatorsTim Hinchliffe1 year ago3.53KMicrosoft President Brad Smith warns lawmakers that the US needs to strengthen its digital infrastructure and defenses because in the...
Big TechYouTube CEO Wojcicki explains what went down with Trump suspension & where it’s at today: WEFTim Hinchliffe1 year ago8.52KYouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki tells the World Economic Forum (WEF) that due to "concerns of violence," we'll have to "wait...
Big TechSocial MediaTwitter to strip blue checks from some accounts, add new verification criteria in policy updateTim Hinchliffe1 year ago4.86KTwitter is taking a "new approach to verification," updating criteria for granting new blue check marks, along with a foundation...
Big TechSocial MediaIf Twitter really wants to give ‘links to a broader conversation’ on disputed posts, why not show both sides?Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago5.62KIf the idea behind flagging posts as "disputed" and directing users to alternative links on Twitter is really about providing...
Government and PolicyTechnologyYour digital identity can be used against you in the event of a great resetTim Hinchliffe1 year ago65.7KWhen a sweeping solution to a hyper-generalized problem oversteps the boundaries of personal privacy and liberty, the solution poses a...
Big TechGovernment and PolicySocial MediaFacebook & Twitter CEOs to testify on big tech censorship during ‘disputed’ presidential electionTim Hinchliffe2 years ago9.37KAs information warfare exposes two completely different versions of reality concerning the presidential election, the Senate is slated to grill...
Big TechGovernment and Policy‘Rectify fake news, anti-socialist content or be dealt with severely’: China’s cyber police tells its big tech companiesTim Hinchliffe2 years ago4.59KBoth the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and American big tech companies seek to regulate fake news, out-of-context headlines, and content...
Big TechSocial Media‘Twitter is sabotaging public discourse regarding important national and homeland security issues’: DHS acting secretaryTim Hinchliffe2 years ago4.12K"Twitter is sabotaging public discourse regarding important national and homeland security issues," writes the Department of Homeland Security acting secretary...
Big TechGovernment and PolicySocial MediaFacebook ‘relied heavily on FBI’ briefings before trying to prevent NY Post story from ‘spreading wildly’: ZuckerbergTim Hinchliffe2 years ago4.78KFacebook took its cue from the FBI before it decided to limit the distribution of the NY Post's "smoking gun"...
Big TechGovernment and PolicyTwitter censored the NY Post for ‘showing direct material’ to back up claims, violated hacked materials policy: DorseyTim Hinchliffe2 years ago5.25KFacing a grilling in the Senate, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies that Twitter censored the New York Post for "showing...
Big TechGovernment and PolicySocial MediaTechnologySenate is hovering over Twitter & Facebook: Dorsey, Zuckerberg to both testify before & after electionTim Hinchliffe2 years ago6.22KTwo Senate committees are hovering over two big tech targets, with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey...