[ad_1] Apple has given investigators details from Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani’s iCloud account, but it rejected a plea from the FBI to unlock the phones. The company has claimed complying with such a request could set a precedent that may compel it to unlock a device whenever a federal agency asks it to. The Justice Department […]
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Airbnb bans ‘party houses’ following Halloween shooting
[ad_1] The executive vowed tighter scrutiny as well, including a rapid response team devoted to party houses and expanded human screening for “high-risk” rentals the company’s technology flags for closer review. These combined initiatives could take effect relatively quickly, as Chesky vowed a “10 day sprint” to review and speed up its new safety efforts. […]
Cloudflare cuts off extremist site 8chan after multiple shootings
[ad_1] Cloudflare has been reluctant to pull its services from extremist websites, citing free speech issues. One of the few times it has notably done so in the past, it ended support for another white extremist site, the Daily Stormer. At least 20 people were killed and 24 injured in El Paso attack, which Texas […]
Christchurch shooting videos are still on Facebook over a month later
[ad_1] One variation had been around since the time of the attack. All of the videos Feinberg found were sitting on Arabic-language pages. Facebook has removed one of the videos as of this writing, and reiterated its plans to improve its filtering technology. It’s using audio recognition to spot clips that might otherwise evade filters, […]
Facebook pulled over 1.5 million videos of New Zealand shooting
[ad_1] The shooter wore a head-mounted camera to livestream the attack, and in his social posts and manifesto suggested that he wanted to stoke tensions that supported his anti-immigrant agenda. There’s been a concern that spreading the video is giving the attacker the exposure he wanted in addition to traumatizing viewers. While the removal rate […]