Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:38:03 +0000
Mark Zuckerberg personally promised that the privacy feature would launch by default on Messenger and Instagram chat. WIRED goes behind the scenes of the company’s colossal effort to get it right.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000
A WIRED analysis of more than 100 restricted channels shows these communities remain active, and content shared within them often spreads to channels accessible to the public.
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Credit to Author: Reece Rogers| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000
With Meta’s recent update to its 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use.
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Credit to Author: Deidre Olsen| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Poverty, fentanyl, and lack of public funding mean morgues are overloaded with unidentified bodies. TikTok and Facebook pages are filling the gap—with AI proving a powerful and controversial new tool.
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Credit to Author: Reece Rogers| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:18:52 +0000
Meta now offers users an ad-free option, but it’s only available in Europe for those who can afford the €10-a-month subscription.
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Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:23:10 +0000
The third GOP debate is sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition and will be livestreamed on a platform favored by one of America’s most notorious white nationalists.
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Credit to Author: K.G. Orphanides| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:52:58 +0000
A complaint filed with the EU’s independent data regulator accuses YouTube of failing to get explicit user permission for its ad blocker detection system, potentially violating the ePrivacy Directive.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000
The slow-motion implosion of Elon Musk’s X has given rise to a slew of competitors, where privacy invasions that ran rampant over the past decade still largely persist.
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Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:03:22 +0000
TikTokkers are using a little-known livestreaming feature to falsely represent Israelis and Palestinians—and the company is taking a cut of costly in-app gifts viewers give to participants.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Inauthentic accounts on X flocked to its owner’s post about Ukrainian president Vlodymr Zelensky, hailing “Comrade Musk” and boosting pro-Russia propaganda.
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