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The popular social media account Libs of TikTok was suspended from Instagram for allegedly violating community standards this week. However, Instagram eventually backtracked and reversed the decision after much backlash online. On Thursday, Libs of TikTok announced the Instagram suspension on...

During a World Economic Forum “Freedom of the Press Panel” on Thursday, journalists and rights group heads complained about the way social media has allowed anyone to speak without “journalistic accountability” and called for social media companies to be held accountable when their algorithms...

A new report revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) secretly collected the personal information of over three million Americans. Government agencies can gather foreign intelligence after obtaining a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant. Section 702 of FISA says...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is on track to be at the center of defining what the future metaverse will look like by inserting itself in the metaverse’s creation early on. WEF’s “multistakeholder initiative” wants to assume a leadership role in defining and building the metaverse, Facebook...

Maryland has joined the ever-growing plan by Apple to get people to carry digital IDs. Citizens of the state can now connect their ID and driver’s licenses to Apple Wallet to get a digital identification. A similar feature has already been rolled out in Arizona. At certain TSA checkpoints at...

“The left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing” among Facebook’s army of “fact-checkers,” specifically on the topic of whether or not the US is an energy-independent country, and at what point in time this may have been true or false. They also disagree on what facts should be used to...

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Georgia Senate Candidate Herschel Walker has suggested that a government agency be set up to monitor the social media accounts of young men and women in the wake of Tuesday’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school where the shooter killed 19 students and two adults before being fatally shot...

Sweden’s “Psychological Defence Agency,” which is dedicated to preventing and countering “malign information” and “disinformation,” has taken aim at “misleading” memes in its new “Do Not Be Fooled” campaign. On a page titled “Laughter that can hurt,” the agency warns that: Not only is the...

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The Covid pandemic is truly turning into “a gift that keeps on giving” when it comes to governments and organizations using it to usher in long-term policies and schemes that are questionable, from the privacy, data security, and even national sovereignty point of view. Related: How vaccine...

“Disconnecting” children from the physical world and “plugging them” into a virtual one is the way to go when it comes to the future of education, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). This is one of the “gems” that have come out of this year’s gathering in Davos, with a post on WEF’s...

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has ruled that three police officers in the state’s St. Tammany Parish violated the law when they arrested a man for criticizing them. We obtained a copy of the order for you here. The man, Jerry Rogers Jr., was expressing his...

In 2015, we became one of the first VPN providers to ever be independently audited. We took this step because we want to offer the most secure and privacy focussed service we possibly can. This is also why we joined the i2coaliton and the VPN Trust Initiative. And now we’re happy to share that...

Simple Ways to Reduce Your Digital Footprint More businesses and individuals are using remote options than ever before. Whether online payment services, remote offices, or video conferencing tools like Zoom and Teams, the remote working world is growing fast. Yet, not without risk. In 2020...

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), Ireland’s oldest human rights organization, has warned against the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by law enforcement agencies and in public spaces. In its submission to the parliament (Oireachtas) on the Grada Digital Recordings Bill...

You’ve probably heard the word blockchain before, because it seems to be everywhere these days. This technology is a core part of cryptocurrencies and NFTs, two subjects that continually make headlines, but understanding blockchain can be difficult. So what is blockchain technology? And how does...

An important and confidential call. An online exchange of sensitive data. In these tense and stressful situations, you want everything to be safe and secure, so you use a VPN. And then a “VPN not working” error hits you. Sounds terrible? It could be even worse if you’re{‘ ‘} connecting from a...

Three main bodies of the EU — the European Commission, European Council, and European Parliament — have reached a “political agreement” on the Digital Services Act (DSA). The new law mainly deals with regulating illegal and harmful content online, which will have wide-reaching effects for...

GLAAD, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media watchdog has called for Netflix to cancel comedian Ricky Gervais’s latest comedy special “SuperNature.” Some Twitter users are also using the #cancelnetflix to encourage viewers to cancel their subscriptions. The cancel...