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iOS 14’s notifications have revealed other unexpected behavior from several apps

We discovered a security vulnerability in Apple’s iOS that causes connections to remain unencrypted even after connecting to VPN.

Members of the 15,000 person Facebook group say they were silenced or kicked out for posting about anti-racism and white fragility.

Contractors reportedly tracked approximate locations gleaned from IP addresses.

After a wave of account takeovers, screenshots of an internal Twitter user administration tool are being shared in the hacking underground.

On behalf of millions of workers, the unions are calling on the FTC to investigate the company’s dominance over workers and markets.

In an email sent to victims of the massive hack, Twitter apologizes, informs them of what happened, and suggests a series of actions to keep their accounts safe.

“Anything that allows us to connect more people more often is *de facto* good,” a vice president wrote in 2016.

Antitrust panel says the messages show Zuckerberg trying to buy out his competition.

Facebook Chief Financial Officer David Wehner on Thursday said upcoming changes to Apple's iOS 14 could hurt the social network's ability to target ads to users.

If we’re gonna talk about how Marvel does literally nothing about giving a leg up to marginalized creators and staff members, I’ve got another story to tell. Towards the end of my time there, I’d been...

Content warnings: slurs, racism, white power, sexual abuse, threats of violence

Today, Abhay is looking at Warren Ellis, the culture born, cultivated and promoted on his (in)famous message board, and the hardwork of enabling performed by his sycophantic, careerist supporters.

Been thinking about emails like this (not the full thing) since finding out that he still does shit like this a decade later...

one of my fave all time best nycc memories is watching snyder get booted from the image party at a bar after telling a bouncer "do you know who i am?!" because he wouldn't pay the $10 cover charge that was A DONATION TO THE HERO INITIATIVE!

The DOJ has antitrust concerns

The antitrust probe comes after ProPublica detailed how the takeover could reduce competition in the tax prep business.

“A technical error caused a number of hashtags to not show related hashtags. We've disabled this feature while we investigate.”

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Four former and current Marvel editors described a lack of diversity in the editorial division, particularly in leadership roles.

According to internal discussions, Facebook removed "strikes" so that conservative pages were not penalized for violations of misinformation policies.

Facebook was worried about the "PR risk" of applying its rules..

The Markup obtained internal documents that coach new employees to avoid creating “very real legal risks” in using words like “market” and “network effects”

"the word "Antifa is in violation of our acceptable use policy and not permitted on @teespring"

Teespring is not a fascist company. Due to the recent increase of violent Antifa content, we have removed all Antifa related listings until we are able to review the intent behind the designs. Reviewing this content will take some time, so we appreciate your understanding.

this you?

3 votes and 6 comments so far on Reddit

“This type of content has always gone against the spirit of our hate speech policies.”

Fewer pieces of suicide, child nudity and exploitation content were removed after staff were sent home

Pinterest has always been about aspiration. It is a platform for sharing beautiful images, curating galleries of an idealized world. Users…

Mainstreet Drafthouse. // Photo by Travis Young It began, as these things so often do these days, as a Facebook thread. On July 2, Sam Cable, a former employee of the Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet, posted on his page about a poor work experience at the Kansas City location of the Texas-based movie theatre chain. “One of the things that blew...

Facebook took down many of these accounts months ago

The most high-profile gender discrimination suit since Ellen Pao

“The delay in notification eliminated any potential options for recovery of the equipment.”

Update 6/1/22: Looks like Credit Karma has readded Equifax again. This page says reports are updated weekly. Update 3/15/21: Some people that had Equifax

Uber's PR push reminds us that Uber's business model relies on mistreating its drivers, and now it's threatening to leave California 'for a while' if it has to make them employees.

Facing new laws and legal challenges, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote in the New York Times that Uber would create a benefits fund to preserve drivers' status as 'independent contractors'—but only with a law that forces other companies to do the same.

Uber and Lyft have threatened to leave the state by August 20th if their legal efforts fail.

But it says it doesn’t prohibit fact-checking on climate change

Facebook takes aim at Apple over the App Store, again.

Workers are calling for solidarity with three high-profile women who’ve recently accused Pinterest of retaliation.

Someone save me from this hell.

As Facebook's bias is under federal scrutiny, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg points to his philanthropic arm, CZI. But Black employees there say his efforts are hamstrung by race bias and fear of the right

Dozens of scientists funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urged Mark Zuckerberg to enforce stricter policies around the spread of misinformation and incitements to violence.

A week of internal debates shows widespread anxiety over how the company will handle abuse going into 2020, according to a trove of internal documents obtained by The Washington Post.

JUMP wanted to create a better, more bike-friendly world. Former employees told Motherboard how getting acquired by Uber led to JUMP bikes being destroyed by the thousands.

Facebook’s uneven moderation strategy is exposed yet again.

A self-described militia group has been removed from the platform

The company banned “cultural affinity” targeting in August