Social Media

NYDFS proposals following the Twitter hack are a warning to everyone using centrally controlled "designated" platforms.

By Jenny Leung

Oct 23, 2020 at 5:42 p.m. UTC

Oct 23, 2020

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Tech

Community

The Digital Archipelago: How to Build an Internet Where Communities Thrive

Technology exists to serve people. Today, the situation is nearly reversed. Each of us is just propping up an engagement graph somewhere.

By Galen Wolfe-Pauly

Oct 3, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

Oct 3, 2020

CommunitySocial MediaOpinionInternet 2030

Jack Dorsey speaks at Oslo Freedom Forum 2020

Finance

Twitter

Jack Dorsey Details Twitter's Blockchain Strategy at Oslo Freedom Forum

Jack Dorsey said the nonprofit Blue Sky will use blockchain to create an open Twitter protocol and give people more control over their data.

By Leigh Cuen

Sep 25, 2020 at 3:35 p.m. UTC

Sep 25, 2020

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Finance

Privacy

Twetch Launches Encrypted Messaging, In-Chat Payments on BSV Blockchain

Twetch, a social network that runs on the BSV blockchain, has introduced an encrypted messaging feature that lets users send each other money in the chat.

By Benjamin Powers

Sep 9, 2020 at 7:45 p.m. UTC

Sep 9, 2020

PrivacySocial MediaTwetch

Finance

Scams

'Crypto Instagram' Is Becoming a Thing, Scams and All

Scams are running rampant on Instagram in 2020 – even as legitimate crypto entrepreneurs are increasingly using the platform for business.

By Leigh Cuen

Aug 6, 2020 at 8:31 a.m. UTC

Aug 6, 2020

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Markets

Social media

Can Social Media Be Redeemed? Feat. Bobby Goodlatte

An early Facebook product designer-turned angel investor discusses how social media has changed and whether it can be changed again for the better.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Aug 4, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 4, 2020

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Finance

Social media

Social Media Companies Are 'Too Big to Fail'

Social media firms are quickly becoming as important to the economy, finance and real life as Wall Street titans. TBTF companies demand special attention.

By Jenny Leung

Jul 30, 2020 at 7:54 p.m. UTC

Jul 30, 2020

Social MediaOpinion

Policy

Social Media Bans 'Highlight the Profound Censorship on Web 2.0'

Recent moves by social media companies to outlaw certain types of content raise big questions about the future of free speech in the modern internet era.

By Benjamin Powers

Jul 6, 2020 at 8:28 p.m. UTC

Jul 6, 2020