[ PFIR ] Lauren's Blog: "Tragically, the YouTube Shooting Attack Is Not a Complete Surprise"

2018-04-04 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
Tragically, the YouTube Shooting Attack Is Not a Complete Surprise https://lauren.vortex.com/2018/04/04/tragically-the-youtube-shooting-attack-is-not-a-complete-surprise I didn't get much sleep last night. For many years I've feared the kind of attack that occurred at YouTube headquarters

[ PFIR ] Google Workers Urge C.E.O. to Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project

2018-04-04 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
Google Workers Urge C.E.O. to Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/google-letter-ceo-pentagon-project.html Thousands of Google employees, including dozens of senior engineers, have signed a letter protesting the company's

[ PFIR ] Facebook admits Cambridge Analytica hijacked data on up to 87M users

2018-04-04 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
Facebook admits Cambridge Analytica hijacked data on up to 87M users https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/04/cambridge-analytica-87-million/ Facebook will warn 87 million users, mostly in the U.S, that their data "may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica by

[ PFIR ] 'Absolutely No Link' Between YouTube Attacker And People She Shot, Police Say

2018-04-04 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
'Absolutely No Link' Between YouTube Attacker And People She Shot, Police Say https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/04/599415999/absolutely-no-link-between-youtube-attacker-and-people-she-shot-police-say?utm_medium=RSS_campaign=news The woman who opened fire on YouTube

[ PFIR ] [Glad you never used FB, right???] Facebook said the personal data of most its 2 billion users has been collected and shared with outsiders

2018-04-04 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
[Glad you never used FB, right???] Facebook said the personal data of most its 2 billion users has been collected and shared with outsiders

[ PFIR ] Police Say YouTube Policies Motivated Shooter

2018-04-04 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
Police Say YouTube Policies Motivated Shooter https://www.wired.com/story/police-say-youtube-policies-motivated-shooter/ In a press conference on Wednesday, Ed Barberini, San Bruno's police chief, said police suspect Aghdam's primary motive was her frustration with "the

[ PFIR ] Tragic YouTube shooting casts new light on creators' "adpocalypse" complaints

2018-04-04 Thread PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
Tragic YouTube shooting casts new light on creators' "adpocalypse" complaints https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/04/how-youtubes-adpocalypse-may-have-figured-in-its-tuesday-campus-shooting/ The shooting has put a massive spotlight on this topic, which, up until now, has been