Tag: Tech
Facebook Employees Are Accusing Their Own Company Of Bias Against Arabs And Muslims
BuzzFeed News / Getty Images Earlier this month, a Facebook software engineer from Egypt wrote an open note to his colleagues with a warning: “Facebook is losing trust among Arab users.” Facebook had been a “tremendous help” for activists who used it to communicate during the Arab Spring of 2011,…
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WhatsApp Is Suing The Indian Government To Protect People’s Privacy
Messaging service WhatsApp is suing the Indian government in the Delhi High Court, challenging new rules that would force it to break its encryption, potentially revealing the identities of people who had sent and received billions of messages on its platform. Reuters first reported the lawsuit, which a WhatsApp spokesperson…
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The Israeli–Palestinian Conflict Kicked Up Anti-Muslim Bias In A Surprising Place: India
Marwa Fatafta’s Twitter mentions were flooded. As violence escalated in Israel–Palestine earlier this month, Fatafta, who is Palestinian and works as a policy analyst for an online think tank focusing on Palestinian human rights in Berlin, had been posting pictures and stories about families killed in the Gaza Strip to…
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A Picturesque Cabin In The Woods Was Listed On Airbnb. The Catch? No COVID-Vaccinated Guests Allowed.
Thiago Prudencio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Nestled in the woods of western Montana sits a two-bedroom cabin that, according to its Airbnb listing, promises guests “a safe place to rest, relax, enjoy nature and the surrounding activities.” There is just one big catch: no vaccinated visitors allowed. “WE ARE RESTRICTING…
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Police In Delhi Have Descended On Twitter’s Headquarters In The Country
On Monday, a team of officers from the Special Cell, an elite branch of the police in charge of investigating terrorism and organized crime in New Delhi, descended on Twitter’s offices in the city to “serve a notice” to the head of Twitter in India. Police also attempted to enter…
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Venmo Exposes Old Profile Photos, With No Way To Remove Them
Venmo has a privacy loophole that exposes any profile photos you’ve uploaded — and leaves you with no way to delete them or even view what old photos you have. The peer-to-peer payment app, owned by PayPal, allows you to upload a new profile photo to replace your old one.…
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