Tech
Shane Dawson And Jenna Marbles Represent The End Of A YouTube Era
I grew up watching YouTubers like Shane Dawson and Jenna Marbles. Their recent controversies have soured my nostalgia.
Jaime Gordon
Data Collection And State Surveillance Put LGBTQ People At Risk Online And Off
Apps that harvest data, dark web marketplaces, and state surveillance are just some of the dangers LGBTQ people have to think about online.
Jane Lytvynenko
Amazon Said Its Memo Forcing Employees To Delete The TikTok App Was An "Error"
Citing "security risks," the company had said TikTok must be deleted for Amazon employees to access their work email accounts.
Tanya Chen
Zoom Is Fighting Rumors In India That It's A Chinese Company
Following the Indian government's ban of 59 apps owned by Chinese companies, the video app company is reminding people it's American.
Pranav Dixit
Facebook Removed Hundreds Of Fake Accounts Connected To Roger Stone, Proud Boys, And PR Firms
The social media company said four different networks of accounts were removed for inauthentic coordinated behavior.
Jane Lytvynenko
Facebook Said It “Stands Firmly Against Hate.” It Still Ran A White Nationalist Ad.
For four days in July, Facebook ran an ad from a page called “White Wellbeing Australia.”
Ryan Mac
The Leaders Of Sleeping Giants Are Splitting Over A Dispute On Credit And Titles
Nandini Jammi is leaving the activist organization she helped build with Matt Rivitz over a dispute about titles, credit, and equality.
Megha Rajagopalan
Mike Pompeo Said The US Is Considering Banning TikTok
“I don’t want to get out in front of the president, but it’s something we’re looking at," Pompeo said.
Pranav Dixit
New York's Attorney General Ordered The Black Lives Matter Foundation To Stop Collecting Money
Following a BuzzFeed News investigation into donor confusion between the California-based foundation and the Black Lives Matter movement, authorities are stepping in.
Brianna Sacks
Police Departments Are Using Gunshot-Tracking Technology To Pinpoint Fireworks
ShotSpotter was designed to pinpoint gunshots. Now police are using it to find people setting off illegal fireworks.
Caroline Haskins
Facebook Has Been Profiting From Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War And Unrest
Facebook said on Tuesday it was banning content associated with the "Boogaloo" extremist group. BuzzFeed News found the company has been running Boogaloo ads advocating for violence for months.
Ryan Mac
India Just Banned TikTok
The government ordered 59 Chinese-owned apps to be blocked following border clashes with China that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
Scott Lucas
Jenna Marbles Said She’s Quitting YouTube Over Past Racist Videos
“I want to make sure the things that I put into the world are not hurting anyone,” she said a new video.
Krystie Lee Yandoli
Almost 17,000 Protesters Had No Idea A Tech Company Was Tracing Their Location
Data company Mobilewalla used cellphone information to estimate the demographics of protesters. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says it’s “shady” and concerning.
Caroline Haskins
Boston Just Banned Its Government From Using Facial Recognition Technology
Citing “racial bias in facial surveillance,” the Boston City Council voted unanimously to stop the use of facial recognition by public agencies.
Caroline Haskins
Boompilled: Fireworks Conspiracy Theories Are Bursting Across The Internet
There's no evidence that the fireworks lighting up US cities are caused by anything other than oversupply and understimulation. That hasn't stopped the conspiracies.
Craig Silverman
Here Are The Things You Need To Know From Apple's Big June Event
Shiny new updates for your shiny Apple toys.
Pranav Dixit
Tesla Told Employees On Juneteenth That It's A Holiday, But They Still Had To Use PTO
"It does require use of a paid-time-off day, which is true of many other holidays," Elon Musk said.
Ryan Mac
Black Lives Matter Activists Say They're Being Silenced By Facebook
As the platform regulates speech, social justice advocates want it to stop perpetuating the same structures of racism they experience offline.
Craig Silverman
Facebook Removed Trump Campaign Ads That Invoked Nazi Symbols
But one lawmaker had more tough questions for the company.
Jane Lytvynenko
Facebook Is Suing Two Developers It Says Sold Fake Likes And Scraped User Data
It’s the latest example of Facebook suing people it says have abused its platform.
Craig Silverman
Trump Is Proposing Stripping Social Media Sites Of The Discretion To Remove “Objectionable” Content
The president is following through on his threat to "strongly regulate" social media companies.
Paul McLeod
People In Brooklyn Were Setting Off Fireworks. Then Police Showed Up In Riot Gear.
Monday’s incident is a sign of the tension between police and the community after officers violently broke up peaceful protests around the city weeks before — and tension around gentrification in the community itself.
Caroline Haskins
The UK May Ban Tear Gas Sales To The US
A letter signed by 166 members of Parliament calls for the UK to stop selling riot control weapons to US police departments.
Megha Rajagopalan
Microsoft Says It Won't Sell Facial Recognition To The Police. These Documents Show How It Pitched That Technology To The Federal Government.
Last week, Microsoft said it would not sell its facial recognition to police departments. But new documents reveal it was pitching that technology to at least one federal agency as recently as two years ago.
Ryan Mac
Thousands Of Gig Workers Can’t Make A Living Unless They Install A Controversial Contact Tracing App First
Workers say the platforms are exploiting them by making it mandatory to install the Indian government's contact tracing app.
Pranav Dixit
Facebook And Instagram Will Let You Turn Off Political Ads
“For those of you who’ve already made up your minds and just want the election to be over, we hear you."
Pranav Dixit
Six eBay Staffers Have Been Charged With Disturbing Harassment Of A Couple Who Criticized The Company
After a bloody pig mask was sent to the couple's home, an eBay employee allegedly sent a message to one of the victims asking, "DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION NOW."
Salvador Hernandez
"The Black Lives Matter Foundation" Raised Millions. It's Not Affiliated With The Black Lives Matter Movement.
Employees of Apple, Google, and Microsoft have raised millions of dollars for the Black Lives Matter Foundation thinking it's the international racial justice movement seeking to end police brutality. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
Ryan Mac
“Black Lives Matter,” Say These Companies That Sell Skin Lightening Products
"We believe Black people should have the right to live without fear,” wrote Olay on Instagram — at the same time it sold "White Radiance Light Perfecting Essence."
Megha Rajagopalan
