[ PFIR ] Twitter's implicit endorsement of violence

2016-09-22 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
Twitter's implicit endorsement of violence https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/Wu1Rva6Wdeb [Right Wing] USA Today Columnist Suspended on Twitter For Charlotte Protest Post: 'Run Them Down': "Run them down." Twitter is hopeless. They've already let him back on. They've permanently su

[ PFIR ] Snowden's rants re Google's Allo

2016-09-22 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
Snowden's rants re Google's Allo https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/6nFYSekg4WA Putin's boy Snowden is of course trying to drum up new publicity by blasting Google's new Allo chat app. Personally, I'm satisfied with the privacy options in the system. However, to tamp down the rants,

[ PFIR ] Motherboard: Trump Backs Cruz's Plan to Sabotage the US Internet Transition

2016-09-22 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
Motherboard: Trump Backs Cruz's Plan to Sabotage the US Internet Transition http://motherboard.vice.com/read/trump-backs-cruzs-plan-to-sabotage-the-us-internet-transition Despite Cruz and Trump's ominous warnings, internet policy and technical experts say the transfer will not so

[ PFIR ] Yahoo confirms major breach that could be the largest hack of all time

2016-09-22 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
Yahoo confirms major breach that could be the largest hack of all time http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-hack-by-state-sponsored-actor-biggest-of-all-time-2016-9?op=1 Yahoo revealed a massive data breach of its services on Thursday. Yahoo "has confirmed that a copy of certain

[ PFIR ] Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Near Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine

2016-09-22 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Near Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/22/palmer-luckey-the-facebook-billionaire-secretly-funding-trump-s-meme-machine.html A Silicon Valley titan is putting money behind an unofficial Dona