Monthly Archives: September 2022

Meta says it’s shut down a giant Russian misinformation network

Official Facebook accounts of Russian embassies reportedly amplified misinformation. Karollyne Hubert/Unsplash Meta announced today that it has successfully dismantled what David Agranovich, the company’s director of threat disruption, called “probably the largest and most complex” Russian misinformation and propaganda social media campaign since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine earlier this year. As first…

Cloudflare takes aim at AWS with promise of $1.25 billion to startups that use its own platform

Cloudflare, the security, performance, and reliability company that went public three years ago, announced this morning that it will help connect startups that use its serverless computing platform to dozens of venture firms that have collectively offered to invest up to $1.25 billion in the companies out of their own existing funds. It’s a smart,…

Netflix shares trailer for Spotify series ‘The Playlist’

Netflix released the official trailer for “The Playlist” today, an upcoming limited series that loosely tells the story of how Spotify was created. The six-episode show will premiere on October 13. “The Playlist” will center around Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek, played by “Vikings” star Edvin Endre and how the company became one of…

FCC solicits feedback from the public on rules to stop robotexts

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed new rules to fight back against so-called “robotext” campaigns — the barrages of scam texts sent by malicious actors and large criminal organizations. In a press release, the agency said it would solicit ideas to apply caller ID technologies to text messaging and explore mandating that cell…

‘Girls Who Code’ book series temporarily banned in Pennsylvania school district

A school district in Pennsylvania temporarily banned the Girls Who Code book series, according to a report by nonprofit Pen America. In an extensive index of banned books compiled by the organisation, four titles from GWC (a national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in tech) were amongst those that have “restricted or…