The privacy implications of Lime’s ARAT e-scooters traveling down our streets and neighborhoods equipped with proprietary surveillance cameras is much more invasive than Ring surveillance cameras. Why are Lime’s e-scooters more invasive than Ring […]
Amid a mortgage crisis in China, which has sparked protests and homebuyers threatening to boycott payments, social media companies have stepped up censorship; blocking messages, keywords and videos of demonstrations. In China, social media […]
Following pressure from journalists, Twitter has followed Reddit and has started censoring the word “groomer,” suggesting that it is an anti-LGBT slur. Cultural and political commentator James Lindsay was locked out of Twitter after […]
In another effort to control the content consumed by people online, the Canadian government announced a $2.4 million funding to combat “harmful online disinformation.” In a statement, the Heritage Ministry said the project’s purpose […]
Last year, officials in a municipality in Denmark were ordered to conduct a risk assessment on Google’s processing of personal data. Last week, the country’s data protection agency Datatilsynet ruled that Google services used […]
The Sri Lankan government has introduced digital fuel passes in an effort to provide all citizens with fuel in an “orderly manner.” Amidst fuel shortages, there have been fights at fuel lines and people have […]
YouTube announced it will begin cracking down on “abortion misinformation” by removing videos with false claims. “Starting today and ramping up over the next few weeks, we will remove content that provides instructions for […]
Earlier this week, YouTube removed a video posted on Brazil’s President Jair Blosonaro in 2021 about electronic voting machines. Since he became president, Bolsonaro has said the electoral process in the country is not […]
A Canadian traveller who complied with the use of ArriveCan app at the border and went through without issue has nevertheless been ordered into quarantine by the government service. David Crouch of Ridgeway, Ont., […]