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The German government is considering a ban on encrypted messaging app Telegram after it was repeatedly used as a channel for spreading anti-vaccine conspiracy theories and even death threats.This article was originally published on this […]

Researchers from the University of Toronto and University of Cambridge are looking into the ways ageism—prejudice against individuals based on age—can be encoded into technologies such as artificial intelligence, which many of us now encounter […]

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing Google in an effort to change how the company handles users’ personal data.This article was originally published on this website.

Google on Tuesday announced a new plan to stop using small files known as cookies to track people’s web browsing habits, after its previous proposals were roundly criticized.This article was originally published on this website.

The climate is changing, but misinformation about it on the major social media platforms is not.This article was originally published on this website.

Google on Thursday appealed an EU court decision to uphold the bloc’s 2.4-billion-euro ($2.8-billion) fine for abusing its search engine dominance.This article was originally published on this website.

A Paris court on Thursday ruled that Twitter must reveal its measures for fighting hate speech, in one of several cases thrashing out whether the French justice system has jurisdiction over the US social media […]

You may think the metaverse will be a bunch of interconnected virtual spaces—the world wide web but accessed through virtual reality. This is largely correct, but there is also a fundamental but slightly more cryptic […]

Nigeria lifted a seven-month ban on Twitter Inc. in the West African country, after the social network agreed to various conditions.This article was originally published on this website.

A cyberattack left a number of Ukrainian government websites temporarily unavailable Friday, officials said.This article was originally published on this website.