It’s about showing age-appropriate content, it said. Though staying safe from child-privacy lawsuits doesn’t hurt, either.
Tag Archives: Social networks
Facebook made to ‘correct’ user’s post as Singapore flexes fake-news muscle
“Facebook did a great job,” said Alex Tan, who admitted that his story about a whistleblower’s arrest was based on hearsay.
Facebook, Twitter profiles slurped by mobile apps using malicious SDKs
Hundreds of users gave permission to these third-party apps to access their social media accounts, but the apps got more handsy than that.
Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey
Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”
Instagram stalker app Ghosty yanked from Play store
It was sucking up private profiles by requiring users to hand over their logins, giving it access to whatever accounts they follow.
Two men busted for hijacking victims’ phones and email accounts
Prosecutors allege that Meiggs and Harrington took over their targets’ mobile phone and email accounts via SIM-swapping.
Wikipedia co-founder offers a Facebook/Twitter wannabe
Tired of being a tracked, ad-bedeviled product sold by social media companies? The cost to immediately join a network with no tracking/ads: $12.99/month.
Facebook fixes iPhone camera bug
Facebook was quick to reassure iPhone users this week that it wasn’t secretly spying on them via its app, after someone found the software keeping the phone’s rear camera active in the background.
Apple pulls Instagram-watching app from store
Apple has yanked an app from its iTunes App Store that allowed Instagram users to follow their friends’ activities on the social network.
No, YouTube isn’t planning to jettison your unprofitable channel
Or your small/new channel, or to shut you down if you use an ad blocker, though a clause in its new ToS is leading people to fear the worst.