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TikTok and WeChat downloads to be blocked in the U.S. from Sunday
In a move that pretty much everyone saw coming, it looks like the U.S. Commerce Department is planning to issue an order that will prevent people in the U.S. from downloading WeChat and TikTok from Sunday, Sep 20.
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Aimee Pearcy
, written on From the News desk
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Palantir just got its hands on the UK’s post-Brexit border and customs data
Palantir is already buried deep into the heart of the United States. Now, it’s getting cozy with the United Kingdom.
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Aimee Pearcy
, written on From the News desk
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Apple handed over iCloud data to help the FBI track down a George Floyd protestor
Apple has helped the FBI to track down George Floyd protestor Kelly Jackson, who was accused of firebombing police cars, by handing over vital evidence from the protestor’s iCloud.
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Aimee Pearcy
, written on From the News desk
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The invisible labor of content moderation
Have you ever taken a look at Facebook’s content policies? Or Twitter’s? Probably not — they’re decently hard to find, and most social media platforms don’t necessarily go out of their way to advertise their moderation policies.
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Gaby Goldberg
, written on From the Culture desk
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An Uber safety driver was just charged with negligent homicide for the fatal 2018 crash
The morning after an autonomous Uber vehicle killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg in Tempe on March 18, 2018, Police Chief Sylvia Moir blamed the victim.
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Aimee Pearcy
, written on From the News desk
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“After the pandemic ends, there won’t be a return to normal,” says futurist P.W. Singer
P.W. Singer is a strategist, author, and Senior Fellow at New America. The Wall Street Journal as described him as “the premier futurist in the national-security environment".
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Evan Selinger
, written on From the Interviews desk
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TikTok bid winner Oracle is at the heart of the modern surveillance state
When it comes to collecting data, Oracle (and probably the State Department) has decided that maybe it’s not ideal to outsource its technology needs to China for once. Instead, surveillance technology will be “Made in the USA” moving forward. Designed in Redwood City. Deployed from Redwood City.
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Aimee Pearcy
, written on From the News desk
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Facebook just went full circle and launched 'Campus'
Having thoroughly demolished democracy, Facebook is panicking that kids and teens might not want to use it anymore.
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Aimee Pearcy
, written on From the News desk
