In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
Sunday Times defends racist Facebook photo story
Following criticism from last week’s story about a “racist Facebook photo” the Sunday Times has published a series of articles vigorously defending its earlier…
TechCrunch’s Arrington resigns to start VC fund
TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington has left the popular blog to start a venture capital fund aimed at investing in tech startups. Arrington has partnered with…
WikiLeaks threatens release of newly uncensored US cables
WikiLeaks is once more threatening to release a series of uncensored cables following an online poll it is conducting with its Twitter followers. A…
Microsoft hit with lawsuit for illegal phone-tracking
Microsoft has found itself facing a potentially disastrous lawsuit in which it is charged that smartphones running Windows 7 have been illegally tracking user…
