Tag: Tech
Donald Trump Is Still Banned From Facebook, But That’s Not The Final Decision
Facebook’s Oversight Board said it “upheld” the platform’s suspension of former president Donald Trump from posting for the time being — but also kicked the ultimate decision back to Facebook, saying it “must reexamine the arbitrary penalty.” For now, Trump will not be allowed back on Facebook. The board said…
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Bill And Melinda Gates Are Getting Divorced
Bill and Melinda Gates, among the world’s wealthiest couples and most prominent philanthropists, are getting divorced. In a tweet posted Monday by the Microsoft cofounder, the couple said they will end their marriage of 27 years “after a great deal of thought and a lot of work.” They added that…
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If You Have More Than 600 Followers, You Can Now Host A Twitter Space
Twitter is opening up Spaces, its Clubhouse competitor, which lets you start or listen to live conversations. Starting today, you’ll be able to host a Space as long as you have 600 or more followers “Based on what we’ve learned so far, these accounts are likely to have a good…
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I Won’t Turn Off App Tracking On My iPhone, Because I’m A Total Cuck
Mega / Apple Mark Zuckerberg photographed in Hawaii and Apple’s new iPhone feature that blocks most apps from tracking your activity across the phone. This past Monday, Apple released an update to its iOS that, by default, stops Facebook (and others) from tracking you across apps. As a technology journalist,…
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COVID-19 Is Devastating India. Modi’s Government Is Trying To Censor Social Media.
Anadolu Agency / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A worker adjusts a funeral pyre of those who died from COVID-19 during a mass cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi on April 29, 2021. India, a country with 1.4 billion people, has been gripped by a deadly second wave of…
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Facebook Temporarily Hid Posts With #ResignModi
Facebook temporarily hid posts calling for the resignation of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, marking the platform’s latest foray in a series of controversial decisions affecting free speech in a country experiencing a full-blown COVID-19 crisis. On Wednesday, the world’s largest social network said that posts with the hashtag or…
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