Monthly Archives: October 2022

New York attorney general calls for laws banning murderers’ livestreams of killings

Photo by Lev Radin / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty Images A report on this year’s white supremacist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, asks legislators to criminalize a perpetrator or their accomplice filming a murder — and let states fine people, including the operators of large web platforms, who redistribute the videos. The…

Netflix password-sharing crackdown will roll out globally in ‘early 2023’ — and here’s how it could work

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix plans to crack down on password sharing beginning in 2023. After giving users the ability to transfer their profiles to new accounts, the streamer says it will start letting subscribers create sub-accounts starting next year in line with its plans to “monetize account sharing” more widely. This…

Netflix is all-in on binge-watching

Jung Ho-yeon in Squid Game | Image: Netflix As the various streaming services try different release models, Netflix is making one thing clear: binge releases aren’t going away. In its quarterly earnings statement today, the company explained that “we think our bingeable release model helps drive substantial engagement, especially for newer titles.” It cited the…