Business
Epic Games, the maker of video-game blockbuster Fortnite, agreed to pay $520 million to the US Federal Trade Commission on Monday for violating child privacy laws and duping minors and adults to make unintended purchases ...
Dec 19, 2022
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Millions of children log into chat rooms every day to talk with other children. One of these "children" could well be a man pretending to be a 12-year-old girl with far more sinister intentions than having a chat about "My ...
Aug 24, 2022
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Gaming platform Twitch on Tuesday introduced a tool that detects and blocks users who evade bans, a longstanding problem for victims of harassment.
Dec 1, 2021
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Android users in the U.S. can now join the invite-only Clubhouse, more than a year after the social audio app debuted.
May 10, 2021
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Twitter is opening its live audio chat room, called Spaces, for Android users beginniWednesday.
Mar 3, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
I don't like the idea of granting my TVs access to Facebook and allowing the social network to install a video camera and microphone in my living room.
Nov 6, 2019
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Internet
It is perhaps no accident that a trove of sensitive US documents reportedly ended up in a chat room on Discord, one of a small group of platforms that are widely seen by experts as natural haunts for online renegades.
Apr 13, 2023
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Political reform, racism, transgender rights—the audio app Clubhouse has unleashed unbridled debates about topics deemed dangerously sensitive in Saudi Arabia, but surveillance fears have spooked users in the authoritarian ...
Mar 10, 2021
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Before walking into a Norwegian mosque with a pair of shotguns earlier this month, Philip Manshaus called for a race war in a statement he posted on the dark reaches of social media.
Aug 21, 2019
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