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Tourists browse a gift store featuring US President Donald Trump campaign items in Keystone, South Dakota on July 2, 2020. Social media is virtually a Trump shop full of buyers. On Twitter, Donald Trump’s 82.4 million followers dwarf Joe Biden’s 6.4 million. The president has spent years cultivating a ragtag digital “army” of meme makers and political influencers who retweet campaign messages hundreds of times daily. Trump is outspending Biden on Google and YouTube advertising by nearly 3 to 1. (Photo | AFP)

Donald Trump is way ahead of Joe Biden if this were a social media election

Trump’s ‘steady retweets of everyday users helps fans feel connected to him’ while Biden remains traditional and ‘promotes values’.

04 Jul 2020 5:02 PM

In this June 19, 2019 photo construction crews work on the replacement border wall on the boundary between the United States and Mexico near the Calexico Port of Entry. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which built the steel wall, plans to install 200 autonomous surveillance towers by 2022, after a two-year pilot project using four. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Mani Albrecht of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs)

Eye in the sky tower: AI will monitor US-Mexico border, tip off patrol agents about 'infiltrators'

Of the 2,000 mile border with Mexico, Trump’s steel wall covers just 200 miles, and border patrol agents can’t be everywhere.

03 Jul 2020 9:24 PM

Local police have been granted wider surveillance powers to monitor suspects, including wiretapping and accessing digital communications, without a judge’s approval. In this photo, blank notes are seen on a “Lennon Wall” (where people can air grievances, inspired by a wall in Prague that came up in the 1980s after John Lennon's assassination) inside a pro-democracy bubble tea shop in Hong Kong on July 3, 2020, in response to a new national security law introduced in the city which makes political views, slogans and signs advocating Hong Kong’s independence or liberation illegal. (Photo | AFP)

Hong Kongers worried about being targeted by national security law scrub social media history

With mainland China enforcing the law, views such as wanting independence became outlawed overnight.

03 Jul 2020 8:41 PM

Black workers account for 3.8% of all U.S. Facebook employees and 1.5% of all U.S. technical workers at the company. Those numbers have barely budged over the past several years, a common pattern across large Silicon Valley firms. In this picture, Zachary Greene wears a face mask while protesting in front of the Lifsey residence where the USF President Steven Currall lives on campus on July 2, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Tampa Bay Students for Democratic Society protest at the University of South Florida demanding an increase in Black student enrollment, employ more Black faculty and staff, more financial aid, and make direct connections with the surrounding community. (Photo | AFP)

Black lives don’t matter at Facebook, only on their posters, staffer files discrimination complaint

This isn’t the first criticism a Black employee has levelled at Facebook.

03 Jul 2020 6:22 PM

The moves come amid a rift in some parts of the United States on the need to wear masks, with some Americans rejecting the face coverings as government intrusion. (Photo | Pexels - Lucian Petronel)

With over 130,000 deaths in US, Facebook will advise use of face masks, despite opposition by many

The social network said it would include alerts at the top of feeds on Facebook and Instagram, starting in the United States.

03 Jul 2020 5:55 PM

Since the misinformation law came into force last year, several opposition figures and activists have been ordered to correct posts while Facebook has been forced to block pages on several occasions. (Photo | Flickr - Newtown Grafitti)

Ahead of polls, Singapore government uses misinformation law to rein in opposition parties

Under the law, ministers can order social media sites to put warnings next to posts the government considers false and order pages blocked.

03 Jul 2020 5:10 PM

Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of the maker of smartwatches and fitness trackers was unveiled in November and rang alarm bells among global regulators over antitrust and privacy worries.

Google's purchase of Fitbit will stifle the competition, say consumer groups

“Regulators around the world... must therefore give it their utmost attention,” they said, calling it a “test case” on facing down Big Tech.

02 Jul 2020 9:28 PM

It’s not clear that Mark Zuckerberg will see any reason to bend to meet protesters’ demands. (Photo | Wikipedia - Anthony Quintano)

Having 8 million advertisers, will Facebook be hurt because a few dozen boycott it?

Data of past boycotts suggests the observable impact is relatively mild, a business intelligence firm said.

02 Jul 2020 8:54 PM

The law also grant the prime minister authority to give Shin Bet additional powers if required, sparking concerns about undue surveillance. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Setting a controversial example, Israeli Parliament permits phone tracking to monitor coronavirus spread

The law grants internal security agency Shin Bet permission to track cell phones for a three-week period on a case-by-case basis.

02 Jul 2020 7:39 PM

The TikTok app, which was dropped like a hot potato, has gone offline and stopped working completely for users in India (Photo | Pixabay - Kon Karampelas)

Google, Apple quick to remove the 59 Chinese apps banned by India

Some app developers themselves also voluntarily took down apps from Play Store and App Store to adhere to local laws.

02 Jul 2020 5:57 PM

The UK Competition and Markets Authority said it was concerned that Google and Facebook have developed “such unassailable market positions” that rivals can’t compete on equal terms.

Why you end up paying more for mobile phones, hotel because of Facebook, Google ads

UK regulators say the duopoly are indulging in anti-competitive practices and wants to regulate the two US Big Tech companies.

02 Jul 2020 5:19 PM

Performers, including former actress Genelia Deshmukh (centre), feature among those trending page on Chingari, the Indian replacement for TikTok. (Combination photo | Chingari.io)

TikTok influencers unfazed by ban, confident of gaining fame and money on other platforms too

They will bear the brunt of losing income for the sake of the nation, they say

01 Jul 2020 11:52 PM

The most visible changes to Zoom included a switch that automatically protected all meetings with passwords and kept all participants in a digital waiting room until the meeting host let them in.

Zoom came into the limelight during lockdown, accelerated security fixes forced by zoombombing

When faced with a wave of lawsuits, the company said they would fix the service's weaknesses in 90 days. Now time's up and Zoom takes a bow.

01 Jul 2020 9:44 PM

The ban on Chinese applications offers an opportunity for India’s tech ecosystem. (Photo | Flickr - Limelight Leads)

Save the list: Indian apps to replace the 59 banned Chinese ones

Many of the Chinese apps have several Indian alternatives. For others, there are the Big Tech ones.

01 Jul 2020 8:44 PM

After ban, Tiktok says it never shared any Indian users' data with Chinese government

"TikTok continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under Indian law..."

30 Jun 2020 11:35 AM

The government said it received several representations from citizens and decided to act.

India bans 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, Shareit, CamScanner

"They are engaged in activities prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order"

29 Jun 2020 9:52 PM

The team developed the device prototypes with four variants, including an advanced model that offers step by step hand-washing instructions in vernacular languages to ensure proper cleaning. (Photo | Pixabay - Martin Slavoljubovski)

A device to help you wash your hands properly plays music for 20 seconds

The splash-proof device can be mounted on any liquid soap dispenser and operates using a battery.

29 Jun 2020 8:57 PM

“We must be sure that the app and its stated purpose is used for that, (and) not by governments, companies, etc, to find out who you’re talking to, or where you’re going,” United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat Head Chengetai Masango said. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Governments, companies should not use COVID apps to find out users' contacts, location: UN body official

United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat Head Chengetai Masango said privacy should be paramount.

29 Jun 2020 8:17 PM

Unlike TikTok, creators on Chingari get paid for content that goes viral, the company said. The app allows a user to download and upload videos, chat with friends or strangers, share content and browse through feed.

Nationalistic fervor nets TikTok rival Chingari 2.5 million downloads, but users want improvements fast

Indians have embraced the home-grown app with gusto: In the first 72 hours, it had 500,000 downloads, and by the next 10 days, 2.5 million.

29 Jun 2020 6:45 PM

Starbucks, which employs large numbers of racial minorities in the US, has itself faced criticism over its handling of racial issues. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

Starbucks battles racial discrimination complaints, but pauses social media ads over hate speech inaction

The company said it would continue using social media to communicate with its clients and employees.

29 Jun 2020 6:12 PM

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