Internet Accountability Project launches to take on big tech’s ‘bad acts’
A former senator is taking a stab at big tech through the non-profit Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which aims to...
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Capitol Hill is getting to grips with cryptocurrency
The past 10 days has seen a presidential tweet regarding Bitcoin, the treasury secretary holding a news conference on cryptocurrency,...
Exposing echo chambers to eradicate the plague of propaganda
Five years after Dmytro Potekhin's 48 horrendous days in captivity at the hands of pro-Russian terrorists in Ukraine, the civic activist...
As big tech and govts differ over hate speech, should AI neutralize it?
As big tech platforms and governments have their own policies on hate speech, should society task AI with neutralizing it...
Facebook the accidental philanthropist with Libra?
Surprised to see ‘philantropist’ and ‘Facebook’ in the same sentence? I’m as surprised as anyone, yet I came to write...
Dissecting Facebook’s ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’ removal policy
Facebook announces it has removed dozens of pages and accounts from Iran that were involved in what the social media...
Tech giants seek to exorcise privacy woes to win back user trust
While companies like Google and Facebook want to show that they are taking ‘privacy’ very seriously, they will have to...
Facebook in crypto-related advertising U-turn
Earlier this week, social media giant Facebook reversed elements of its ban on blockchain and cryptocurrency related advertising. Is this...
Tech giants explore uncharted territories to diversify, chase growth
Big tech companies like Apple and Facebook are diversifying out of their comfort zones into new businesses to ensure growth...
Are you really buying Facebook’s privacy-focused vision? Op-ed
TheFacebook launched on the exact same day DARPA's LifeLog project was reportedly killed. The vision of LifeLog is congruent with...
Facebook ‘breaches user trust’ once again with two factor authentication
Facebook has come under fire once again for breaching users trust with the misuse of their data, this time through...
Facebook edging stealthily towards cryptocurrency launch?
Can Facebook achieve what Bitcoin hasn’t been able to - mass market adoption? Reports indicate that the social media giant...
Facebook considering blockchain use case
Facebook CEO and Founder Mark Zuckerberg is expressing an interest in utilizing blockchain technology for account authentication and validation. The...
Facebook disguised sponsored ads as regular posts, Adblock Plus fixed that
Facebook disguised sponsored post as regular posts to bypass adblockers, but Adblock Plus just implemented a way to shut that...
LinkedIn jumps on ‘Stories’ trend with new feature for students
Dubbed 'Student Voices', the new feature introduced by LinkedIn promises students to boost their academic and professional job prospects by...
A look into big tech user data requests from governments worldwide
Facebook came out with its biannual Transparency Report yesterday, and we decided to take a look at big tech companies...
Time to “log out”: Why Facebook’s data scandal isn’t the only thing we should be worried about
Facebook has been shoved into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons this year. A level of mistrust has amounted...
Facebook’s Portal born out of Pentagon-inspired Building 8
Facebook has a new hardware product called Portal, a video sharing device which has Amazon's voice assistant Alexa built-in, and...
Epic fails: 5 ways to destroy your brand on Social media
Social media channels have repeatedly turned into an expensive graveyard of failed campaigns. We look at the five most tragic...
Why Privacy in the Age of AI Is an Outdated Concept
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Chances are, you’ve already heard about #DeleteFacebook and the recent upheaval over Cambridge Analytica’s internationally explosive breach of privacy. Though...
