Monthly Archives: September 2022

Iran restricts access to WhatsApp and Instagram in response to Mahsa Amini protests

Iran has blocked access to Instagram and WhatsApp as its government attempts to subdue protests that began last week following the death of a woman at the hands of local authorities. As of Wednesday, demonstrations across the country had been ongoing for four consecutive days. The protests began over the weekend after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini…

Florida asks Supreme Court to decide fight over social media regulation

Florida is calling on the US’ highest court to settle the dispute over social media speech regulation. The Washington Postnotes the state’s attorney general has petitioned the Supreme Court to determine whether or not states are violating First Amendment free speech rights by requiring that social media platforms host speech they would otherwise block, and…

Twitter is logging out some users following password reset ‘incident’

Twitter has disclosed an “incident” affecting the accounts of an unspecified number of users who opted to reset their passwords. According to the company, a “bug” introduced sometime in the last year prevented Twitter users from being logged out of their accounts on all of their devices after initiating a password reset. “if you proactively…

Gearbox calls Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands a “great victory”, more in development

Gearbox has called the release of Borderlands spin-off Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands a “great victory” for the studio, saying its success means it “now clearly [has] a new franchise on its hands”, with more “experiences” already in development. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands released back in March, taking the tabletop-inspired action of Borderlands 2’s much-loved DLC episode Tiny…