Earlier this year, Apple announced that it would scan your iPhone and iCloud photos for child sexual abuse. A fierce backlash ensued, and now it looks like that the company has ditched the project completely without telling anyone. Apple first announced the feature in August 2021. It was designed to scan your child’s messages, as… Continue reading Apple quietly ditches its controversial “child abuse phone scanning” feature… For now
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Twitter Mistakenly Suspends Users as Extremists Abuse New Image Rules
It did not take long for bad actors to abuse Twitter’s new image rules, and the social media company has confirmed it mistakenly suspended multiple accounts from false reports generated by “far-right” extremists. On November 30, Twitter published an update to its private information policy that specifically banned the publication of photos and videos (defined… Continue reading Twitter Mistakenly Suspends Users as Extremists Abuse New Image Rules
Artist’s Photoshopped Photo of Beat-Up Kate Middleton Sparks Outrage
Photos of Kate Middleton and other high-profile women have been heavily Photoshopped as part of a domestic violence campaign on Instagram, which has sparked anger from some users while others have praised it for raising awareness. The man behind the graphic campaign is aleXsandro Palombo, an Italian multimedia artist. Palombo’s work has been exhibited at… Continue reading Artist’s Photoshopped Photo of Beat-Up Kate Middleton Sparks Outrage