February 19, 2018 Governments are stepping in to regulate social media, but there may be a better way Whose responsibility is it to keep fake news and terrorism off social media? An NYU Stern study suggests social networks, not the government, should be responsible for moderation, but not liable.
February 15, 2018 Amazon sex toys mystery: Unsolicited parcels sent to strangers Amazon has become known as "the everything store," selling everything from pots and pans to books and furniture. It's racked up hundreds of billions in revenue and is now worth over $700 billion, making it the third-largest company in the S&P 500 by market cap, behind only Apple and Google.
February 14, 2018 YouTube allows Instagram ad next to video from Hamas cleric Sheikh Bassam Jarrar YouTube, which has suffered a rash of recent embarrassments over content that is violent, hurtful to children or part of a “fake news” scam—can’t even seem to protect a fellow tech company advertising on its platform.
February 12, 2018 German court rules several Facebook settings violate laws BERLIN (AP) — A German court has ruled that Facebook's insistence that users provide their real names violates the country's data protection laws.
February 12, 2018 Unilever threatens Facebook, Google with online advertising cuts Unilever, one of the world's largest advertisers, is threatening to pull its investment and marketing from tech giants such as Google and Facebook if the platforms “create division,” fuel hateful views or fail to protect children, Reuters reports.
February 10, 2018 Steve Hilton: Silicon Valley’s surveillance capitalism has resulted in Big Tech killing off human privacy The case against Big Tech seems to be building by the week. And interestingly, some of the most powerful evidence is being provided by those who really know what they’re talking about: tech insiders.
February 10, 2018 Amazon’s new grocery store threatens to obliterate cashier jobs No cashiers. No line. No interaction with another human being while shopping ever again. Great, right? Not really.
February 8, 2018 Ex-Silicon Valley workers plead for help in battle against 'addictive' technology Think about the children.
February 7, 2018 More trouble for Facebook as Seattle claims it violated city campaign finance law Facebook could be facing major penalties after the executive director of the Seattle Ethics and Election Commission accused the social media giant this week of violating city campaign finance laws.
February 7, 2018 Social media surveillance unfairly targeted Muslims, report says BOSTON (AP) — A social media monitoring tool used by the Boston Police Department to identify potential threats swept up the posts of people using the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter and a lawmaker's Facebook update about racial inequality, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.