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1 min read 2021-11-25 21:26:56

New platform to monitor digital rights violations in Palestine

Working on a laptop at the Unit One startup in Gaza City, 18 April 2015 Aziza Nofal reports in Al-Monitor: Palestinians now have a resource where

1 min read 2021-07-10 00:53:13

Over the last few months, politicians in many states across America* have introduced and/or passed bills that allow individuals to file civil

1 min read 2021-06-22 05:16:43

Facebook recently lifted its ban on postings about a possible man-made origin of the Covid-19, after the theory about a virus leak from the Wuhan

2 min read 2021-04-29 23:00:00

Instagram Live Rooms is getting a small but notable update. During Live broadcasts, hosts will be able to mute their audio like you would in a Zoom

2 min read 2021-04-29 20:30:00

Snap engineers are working to root out racial bias from the company's products, even as improving diverse representation in the company's workforce

2 min read 2021-04-25 01:11:09

Be careful who you criticize on Twitter. According to MediaNama, an Indian news outlet with a focus on tech policy, the San Francisco-based social

2 min read 2021-04-14 07:36:27

Discord just put Apple customers at the kids' table. The group chat service quietly announced Tuesday that, going forward, it will block iOS users

2 min read 2021-04-14 01:14:46

The world is still waiting on what will undoubtedly be the biggest decision from Facebook's new Oversight Board: Whether former President Donald

2 min read 2021-04-12 04:18:41

Over the past few weeks, an intrepid reporter by the name of Kacey "Lego" Montagu has been able to ask White House press secretary Jen

2 min read 2021-04-10 00:46:36

The front page of the internet may be getting a voice. Reddit is quietly exploring a new feature that would enable moderator-run voice chats,

2 min read 2021-04-09 05:24:51

UPDATE: April 8, 2021, 7:27 p.m. EDT Just under two hours after initial reports of outages, Facebook shared that it restored service. And we’re

2 min read 2021-04-06 16:04:50

Clubhouse has introduced a new feature called payments, allowing users to send money directly to creators. Even better, Clubhouse does not take a

2 min read 2021-04-05 04:28:41

A two-year-old problem is coming back to haunt Facebook in 2021, and in the process serving as a reminder to users that personal data, once leaked,

2 min read 2021-04-02 02:13:40

It's April Fools' Day, again, and that means another predictable onslaught of bad brand jokes. However, in a service to us all, Twitter took the time

2 min read 2021-03-31 18:56:19

One of the features Facebook has always been incredibly sneaky about is the order of posts appearing in the News Feed. By default, it's algorithmic