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Facebook is Seeing a Decline in Teenage Users

One could say that Facebook has many problems that it needs to solve. Among them is a decline in teenage users. The Verge described the situation as “Facebook’s lost generation”. Teenage users of the Facebook app in the US had…

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Legal

ProtonMail Wins Appeal Over Surveillance Rules

Geneva-based Proton AG, the company behind ProtonMail and ProtonVPN, has won an appeal regarding its treatment under Swiss law governing telecommunications surveillance, a Swiss Court said Friday, Reuters reported. On Friday, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court upheld Proton’s appeal against…

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Twitter

Twitter Unsure Why its Algorithm Amplifies Right-Leaning Politicians

Twitter posted information about an in-depth analysis of whether its recommendation algorithms amplify political content. The study examined Tweets from elected officials in seven countries: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The study included…

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Security

U.S. Commerce Department Tightens Exports of Hacking Tools

The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has released an interim final rule that establishes controls on the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of certain items that can be used for malicious cyber activities. Here is a…

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Twitter

Twitter has Acquired Sphere

Sphere announced that it has been acquired by Twitter. In a post on Medium, Sphere wrote, “We’ve joined to accelerate our mission of bringing people closer together through community.” TechCrunch reported that a Twitter spokesperson confirmed the Sphere acquisition news…

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