YouTube was the slowest major platform to disallow misinformation during the 2020 U.S. election and almost three years later, the company will toss that policy out altogether. The company announced […]
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Back to news homeTwitter technical issues crash Ron DeSantis’s 2024 campaign announcement
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was set to announce his 2024 presidential campaign on a Twitter Space with Elon Musk today, but Twitter itself had other ideas. The livestreamed group voice chat […]
Conservative capitalists are funding their vision of the future
Given the political climate and Peter Thiel’s political views, it initially seemed ironic that Thiel Capital chose now as the ideal time to back 28, a self-described “femtech” company that […]
Share your carbon-adjusted earnings per share number, you cowards
If my PR inbox is anything to go by (trust me, it is), companies, and especially stock-market listed megacorps, are scrambling to out-green each other with tales of how the […]
Meltem Demirors on why society isn’t ready for a crypto-driven revolution yet
Meltem Demirors hasn’t just been working in crypto for seven years — she’s been shaping its trajectory. Demirors, chief strategy officer at publicly traded European digital asset manager CoinShares, got […]
Meta consolidates its privacy policy to appease regulators
In an effort to make its notoriously dense user agreements less labyrinthine, Meta has rewritten and redesigned how that information is presented. The company insists that the changes are in […]
Changing how we approach data privacy to unlock economic opportunities
Vivek Narayanadas Contributor Vivek Narayanadas serves as General Counsel for MetaMap, which helps online services become borderless through user-centric, privacy-forward trust and safety workflows. From securing a loan to renting […]
Navigating data privacy legislation in a global society
Daniel Barber Contributor Daniel Barber is the CEO and co-founder of DataGrail. China, the most populous nation in the world, passed its first significant data privacy legislation in August. Moving […]
Perm Shooting Tragedy Highlights the Necessity for Colleges’ Security Structures to Be Overhauled
According to specialists contacted by Izvestia who remarked on the Perm tragedy, the law banning the possession of weapons from the age of 21, which enters into effect in June […]
Assad Turns to Kremlin as Last Hope
Image credit: EPA The discussions in Moscow between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad surprised onlookers. The meeting had not been publicized, and Assad’s last trip to […]