Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsEncryption Signal is back after an outage that lasted more than 24 hours verified_publisherThe Verge - Kim LyonsAfter experiencing technical difficulties Friday, the Signal messaging app appears to be back up and running. The company tweeted Saturday night that it was “back,” although added that some users may see...
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsQAnon Conspiracy Theory Facebook, QAnon and the world's slackening grip on reality verified_publisherThe Guardian - Alex HernAs with many others in Britain, lockdown hit Rachel and her husband, Philip, hard. Almost overnight, the couple, both in their early 50s, found themselves cut off from friends, family and colleagues. the...
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsTwitter How Twitter, on the front lines of history, finally decided to ban Trump verified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Nitasha TikuTwo days after the riot at the U.S. Capitol, Twitter’s most senior policy executive faced her 5,200 colleagues on a video conference and made an impassioned appeal. Vijaya Gadde‘s voice was breaking as...
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsNarendra Modi Trump social media ban sparks calls for action against other populist leaders verified_publisherThe Guardian - Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro, Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi, Shaun Walker in Budapest and Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco“I do not celebrate or feel pride,” the Twitter boss Jack Dorsey said this week after banishing Donald Trump. But for many around the world the decision brought hope: might similar action soon be taken...
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsTwitter Twitter’s vision of decentralization could also be the far-right’s internet endgame verified_publisherTechCrunch - Lucas MatneyThis week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finally responded publicly to the company’s decision to ban President Trump from its platform, writing that Twitter had “faced an extraordinary and untenable circumstance”...
Enrique Dansflipped into Enrique Dans' articlesTikTok Why Has It Taken Four Years For TikTok To Finally Move To Protect Its Underage Users? Forbes - Enrique DansFinally, a little over four years too late, TikTok has decided to change the default privacy options for accounts of underage users, an issue many of us have criticized it for and proof of its failure...