"On help forums for Google Drive and its products, there are questions going back years from users who want to, but can’t, block someone from sharing unwanted content." https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/google-drive-harassment-remove-shared">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/k...
Yep: https://twitter.com/edent/status/1083110078033678337">https://twitter.com/edent/sta...
"A network of users on the platform has allegedly been using [a] hashtag to find and share explicit photos of underage children." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/meme-accounts-are-fighting-child-porn-instagram/579730/">https://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...
"The case represents a stark division between lawyers sounding an alarm over domestic abusers increasingly using smartphones and online services to track and harass their partners…" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tylerkingkade/grindr-herrick-lawsuit-230-online-stalking">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/t...
"One video […] amassed more than 11 million views for the Johny Johny Yes Papa YouTube channel, which currently boasts more than 30,000 subscribers. That same channel, apparently named after a children& #39;s meme, features dozens of videos targeted at kids." https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/daveyalba/youtube-is-still-hosting-graphic-images-of-bestiality">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/d...
Let& #39;s also not forget someone deliberately Tweeting an animated, strobing image at a journalist who has epilepsy. https://twitter.com/AmeliasBrain/status/1087772356888547328">https://twitter.com/AmeliasBr...
https://twitter.com/jina/status/1090043770802823171">https://twitter.com/jina/stat...
"The booming industry of spyware to spy on romantic partners doesn’t exist in a vacuum: Companies need financial and tech giants to process their payments and advertise their wares." https://twitter.com/motherboard/status/1098270220781785088">https://twitter.com/motherboa...
I hate to quote myself, but it& #39;s so on-point: "…terms are dictated to you, gaslighting you to extract profit. Heaps of jargon and flashy, unnecessary features are showered on you to distract from larger structural and conceptual flaws." https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1120403954200924160">https://twitter.com/propublic...
https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1135529605530411008">https://twitter.com/Max_Fishe...
https://twitter.com/anildash/status/1146183907894804481">https://twitter.com/anildash/...
https://twitter.com/H4N4W4LT/status/1156758406205595649">https://twitter.com/H4N4W4LT/...
"Dozens of top posts under the #​opioidcrisis and #​opioidaddiction hashtags contained comments touting Oxycontin, Percocet, Codeine, and other prescription opioids — along with phone numbers and usernames for encrypted messaging accounts." https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/drug-dealers-have-a-booming-marketplace-in-instagrams">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/j...
"Some of the trade has been carried out on Facebook-owned Instagram, where posts have been promoted via algorithm-boosted hashtags, and sales negotiated via private messages." https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50228549">https://www.bbc.com/news/tech...
"Twitter is banning animated PNG image files (APNGs) from its platform, after an attack on the Epilepsy Foundation’s Twitter account sent out similar animated images that could potentially cause seizures in photosensitive people." https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/23/21035855/twitter-bans-apngs-trolls-seizures-epilepsy-foundation-attack">https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/2...
https://twitter.com/dancharvey/status/1225831842999341056">https://twitter.com/dancharve...
"[Trolls] are jumping into public Zoom calls and using the platform’s screen-sharing feature to project graphic content to unwitting conference participants, forcing hosts to shut down their events." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/style/zoombombing-zoom-trolling.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/2...
"Freelancer platform Fiverr, where customers can hire people to perform all sorts of short term work, has been hosting advertisements for so-called "coronavirus healers" and people dubiously claiming to be able to source face masks from Vietnam and China." https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74ay9/fiverr-coronavirus-healers-mask-sellers">https://www.vice.com/en_us/art...
https://twitter.com/theannalytical/status/1254840276029407233">https://twitter.com/theannaly...
"Less than a year later, there are signs that the & #39;creeperware,& #39; as the researchers called it, is returning. The label comprises a broad category of abusable apps, including tools for spying, spoofing phone numbers, and secretly recording video and audio." https://onezero.medium.com/google-purged-almost-1-000-abusive-creeperware-apps-now-some-are-coming-back-b47aafd46459">https://onezero.medium.com/google-pu...
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