shireen mitchellFacebook sued for allegedly enabling human traffickingverified_publisherEngadget - Mallory LocklearBackpage.com was named in the lawsuit as well. A Texas woman is suing Facebook for allegedly facilitating sex trafficking on its platform. The woman, identified as Jane Doe, claims that at the age of 16, she was friended by another Facebook user, with whom she had friends in common, and he later …
shireen mitchellErasing yourself from the Internet is nearly impossible. But here’s how you can try.verified_publisherThe Washington Post - Abby OhlheiserFor those of us who spend a lot of time on the Internet, there will be the occasional urge to simply disappear — delete your accounts, roll back your Google results and become invisible. At this particular moment in time, a lot of people seem to be interested in making that a reality — or at least …
shireen mitchellSteven Universe Artist Quits Twitter Over Fan Harassmentio9 - Beth ElderkinSteven Universe storyboard artist Lauren Zuke has left Twitter and deleted her account after days of harassment from an aggressive subsection of …
shireen mitchellResearch shows deleted WhatsApp messages aren’t actually deletedverified_publisherTechCrunch - Kate CongerChat logs from WhatsApp linger on your phone even after you’ve deleted them, according to new research published by iOS expert Jonathan Zdziarski. Forensic traces of chats linger on the phone even after a user archives or deletes them, Zdziarski found, and could be accessed by someone with physical …
shireen mitchellFacebook and Instagram still can't agree on rules about breastsDaily Dot - Lyz LenzOne woman is starting a #30DaysofBreastfies campaign after being banned on Facebook, but not Instagram. Rules about breasts have long been a gray area …
shireen mitchell5 of Twitter's top execs are leavingverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Steven TweedieFive of Twitter's top execs are leaving the company, Re/code's Kurt Wagner and Kara Swisher reported on Sunday, along with Mike Isaac of The New York Times. Twitter's product head Kevin Weil, media head Katie Jacobs Stanton, senior vice president of engineering Alex Roetter, vice president of human …