Hacker NewsJun 27, 2024
Identity Verification Used by X, TikTok, and Uber Exposed Driver's Licenses
https://gizmodo.com/identity-verification-firm-used-by-x-tiktok-and-uber-1851562934
#ycombinator #TikTok #Uber #tiktok #UpWork #End_to_end_encryption #PAYPAL #Alt_tech #Elon_Musk #Telegram #Technology #Internet #Coinbase #TWITTER #Internet_culture #Cross_platform_software #Computer_security #Gizmodo
Identity Verification Firm Used by X, TikTok, and Uber Exposed Users' Driver's Licenses

AU10TIX promised to keep user data safe but the company appears to have badly bungled its own security.

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 Hacker NewsFeb 6, 2024
TikTok Is Destroying Itself from the Inside Out
https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-is-destroying-itself-from-the-inside-out-1851227491
#ycombinator #TikTok #TikTokers #YouTube #Entertainment #Culture #Internet_culture #Mobile_applications #ByteDance #Adam_Mosseri #Taylor_Swift #Instagram #Technology #Internet #Musical_ly #Reels #META #Steve_Jobs #Insider_Intelligence #Cultural_impact_of_TikTok #Pivot_to_video #Kim_Kardashian #Jasmine_Enberg #universal_music_group #Video_software #Social_networking_services #Gizmodo
TikTok Is Destroying Itself From the Inside Out

TikTok is fumbling critical business partnerships and cluttering its app with unpopular features. It could be the beginning of the end.

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 Hacker NewsJan 9, 2024
YouTube Bans True Crime Videos That Reanimate Dead Children with AI
https://gizmodo.com/youtube-bans-ai-reanimated-dead-kids-true-crime-videos-1851150159
#ycombinator #YouTube #Tim_Berners_Lee #Video_hosting #Internet_culture #Denise_Fergus #Internet_memes #James_Bulger #Law #Crime #Artificial_intelligence #Applications_of_artificial_intelligence #Social_media #Rody_Marie_Floyd #Deepfake #TikTok #Gizmodo
YouTube Bans True Crime Videos That Reanimate Dead Children With AI

Grifters on YouTube will have to find new ways to make money off of the suffering of real murder victims.

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Music News FeedAug 9, 2023

The Montgomery Brawl Is Music to the Internet’s Ears #2023_08_09 #vulture #zoe_guy #music #extremely_online #montgomery_brawl #sheryl_lee_ralph #news #internet_culture #twitter

>> http://www.vulture.com/2023/08/montgomery-brawl-songs-sheryl-lee-ralph-gmac-cash.html?utm_source=flipboard.com&utm_medium=social_acct&utm_campaign=feed-part

nopeAug 6, 2022
The Internet as Existential Threat
(2017) : Raph Koster
url: https://www.raphkoster.com/2017/06/27/the-internet-as-existential-threat/
#big_data #internet #internet_culture #internet_of_things #redundancy #security #single_point_of_failure
#my_bibtex
The Internet as existential threat

Some days I wonder if we are completely screwed. So today’s post is a perhaps slightly hysterical outburst. The news is not paying enough attention to the Petya/NotPetya ransomware, and the e…

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Ferdi F. Zebua 🌏Sep 16, 2020

I'd wanted to know more about what the #cyberbullying controversy in Japan was/is like, in late 2019/early2020, that caused it so mastodon.cloud and mstdn.jp concluded they had to move their servers out of Japan jurisdiction in order to continue to operate.

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2020/06/cyberbullying-japan/

#fz_links #internet_culture

Cyberbullying in Japan: Will the Country Ever Find a Solution to This Ongoing Abuse? | Tokyo Weekender

It’s time to initiate fundamental changes before cyberbullying takes another innocent life in Japan.

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