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• Twitter's refusal to dox a cow stymies Republican's $250M lawsuit

  US Rep. Devin Nunes can't seem to catch a break. First, despite his memo blaming Obama and the FBI for all the evils in the ...

  • Tristan Greene

• How Hong Kong protesters are embracing 'offline' messaging apps to avoid being snooped on

  As pro-democracy rallies rage in Hong Kong, protestors are increasingly switching to peer-to-peer mesh networking apps like ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account has been hacked

  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's had his account hacked. Several tweets have been sent from his verified @Jack account, many of them containing racist epithets, threats, and extortion demands. https://twitter.com/TwitterComms/status/1167528672523210752   At approximately ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Instagram tests Threads app for 'intimate sharing' with close friends

  Facebook is internally testing a new chat app for Instagram called Threads in what appears to be the company's "latest assault ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Australia's plan to block sites hosting extremist content during crisis events seems flawed

  Australia is taking the first step of cutting off access to any internet domain that hosts terrorist material during a crisis ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google plays politics with China as it quietly bans state-sponsored YouTube accounts

  Google yesterday announced it'd banned 210 YouTube accounts “related to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong” and the discovery was “consistent with recent observations and actions related to China announced by Facebook and Twitter.” If you're not an avid reader of social ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Researchers propose aggressive new method to eradicate online hate groups

  A team of researchers from George Washington University and the University of Miami recently published the results of a study to determine the ecological makeup of online hate groups. Based on their findings, they've come up with four strategies to disrupt these groups and, hopefully, ...

  • Tristan Greene

• 4chan users pose as Jews to peddle anti-Semitic propaganda on Twitter

  A group of 4chan users have taken to Twitter, impersonating Jews and promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories following a call to arms on the popular message board. In the original post, the unknown user urged readers to “create a massive movement of fake Jewish profiles on ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Former Texas Governor Rick Perry fell for an old-school Instagram hoax

  Rick Perry: "im not owned! im not owned!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob

  • Matthew Hughes

• Louisiana State University Twitter warns of armed intruder, tells students to “Run, Hide, or Fight” UPDATE: Normal operations have resumed on campus

  The official Twitter account for the Louisiana State University (LSU) today tweeted a warning to students, faculty and staff ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Reddit tests live broadcasting with a Public Access Network

  Reddit today revealed it's testing its own livestreaming service, called RPAN or Reddit Public Access Network. It'll be running ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Twitter announces complete advertising ban on state-run media outlets

  Twitter earlier today announced it's banned more than 900 accounts purported to be linked to a China-sponsored disinformation ...

  • Tristan Greene