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Back from the dead: Facebook & Instagram online again for some users after massive 6-hour outage

Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer tweeted around 6:45 pm ET that company’s services were “coming back online,” noting that…

3 years ago

‘Illegitimate protesters?’ Boris Johnson roasted online as he announces crackdown on climate activists over road blockades

“We can’t have people’s lives unfairly disrupted by those who are blocking motorways, gluing themselves to the tarmac,” Johnson said…

3 years ago

‘Canceling women’? Democrats draw online flak after $3.5trn spending bill uses non-gendered terms for mothers and women

In all, the spending package – one part of the Biden administration’s ‘Build Back Better’ program – uses the word…

3 years ago

The ‘say anything, do nothing’ nature of online activism is abjectly failing to improve the world

If you’re an activist of any variety, you’re living in a golden era. While there have been more troubled periods…

3 years ago

China combs through online content that ‘bad-mouths’ its economy

The National Cyberspace Administration of China on Friday launched a “special rectification” action targeting illegal procurement and misinterpretation of financial…

3 years ago

Facebook apps responsible for nearly 50% of all online CHILD GROOMING cases during UK lockdown in 2020 – report

In a new report, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) noted that the various Facebook-owned…

3 years ago

Florida doctor ‘walkout’ spawns online fight over obesity & Covid-19 vaccination. Turns out it was fake news

Around 75 of doctors and nurses in Palm Beach gathered outside their hospital early on Monday to talk to local…

3 years ago

Ex-Facebook data scientist says Russia not driving Covid-19 conspiracies online, warning Americans really have themselves to blame

In an article for the UK’s The Guardian on Wednesday, former Facebook data scientist Sophie Zhang said that the allegations…

3 years ago

German cops identify over 1,600 suspects in sting op on online chat groups where child porn & zoophilia materials were distributed

While most of the suspects came from across the country, digital forensic experts had picked out people from the US,…

3 years ago

As US social media giants censor free speech online, Russia & China lead the charge to break free from American control of the Web

Over the past few years, China and Russia have taken the lead in nationalising the internet, putting their own mark…

3 years ago