Tech giants Meta and Google have been on the defensive in the landmark trial over social media addiction. As the 20-year-old plaintiff is set to testify today in L.A., here's a Flipboard Storyboard that explores the question at the centre of the case: Is Social Media Addictive?

https://flipboard.com/@tech/is-social-media-addictive-t5umdaa6a7uu1h0h

#SocialMedia #TechNews #Technology #Meta

Effective cybersecurity requires more than just data privacy measures. New technologies demand thorough privacy impact assessments (PIAs) to ensure regulatory compliance and operational security. Don't view PIAs as mere "compliance theater" – they're a crucial step in protecting your organization from security breaches and reputational damage. Get the inside scoop on why effective PIAs are essential for tech development and how to implement them successfully.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/forget-what-youve-heard-the-overemphasis-on-data-privacy-in-tech-development-leads-to-misguided-assessments

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

RE: https://flipboard.social/@miaq/116127527047637512

New episodes of @dot_social coming soon!

#DotSocial #Podcast #Technology #Tech #Decentralization

"To understand the Archive is to understand the physical reality of digital memory. It is a story of 20,000 hard drives, 45 miles of cabling, and a vision that began in 1996. . . ."

Bruce Li for HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/the-long-now-of-the-web-inside-the-internet-archives-fight-against-forgetting

#Longreads #Internet #Web #Technology #Hardware #Servers #WaybackMachine #InternetArchive

Apple is bringing age verification to the U.K. The latest iOS 26.4 beta prompts users to verify that they are over 18, and if they don't confirm their age, they will not be able to download and purchase apps or make in-app purchases. Here's more from @theverge.

https://flip.it/C7yOwH

#Technology #Tech #Apple #AgeVerification

"I consider it my business to help people understand that the networks we rely on are made of physical things, created and maintained by people, so that we can stop saying infrastructure is invisible as if the people are invisible too." —Jane Ruffino for Wired https://www.wired.com/story/say-goodbye-to-the-undersea-cable-that-made-the-global-internet-possible/?src=longreads #technology #communication #oceans #longreads #infrastructure #sharks

#lispyGopherClimate Tuesday-evening-in-the-americas (0UTC Wed.) #archive #peertube
https://communitymedia.video/w/iXYav8oAJHD2SwdGgjPEgo

#climateCrisis #haiku from @kentpitman

@ramin_hal9001 on the kill-a-billion-people-using-the-climate-crisis #3e style big business conversations happening exposed by the Epstein stuff. w t h ! #doctorStrangelove

Safety from scraping - #i2pd #i2p

#commonLisp conditions #gopher

I joined https://ontologforum.com/ #knowledgeRepresentation

Chat in #lambdaMOO! @mdhughes @rat #technology

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Floppy disks were introduced in the early 1970s and in the two decades before they became obsolete, tens of billions were produced, most of which ended up in landfills, long-forgotten storage, or libraries. Archivist Leontien Talboom has been working for the past few years to preserve the floppy disks in the Cambridge University Library, collaborating with retro-computing enthusiasts. She talked to @PopularScience about the project.

https://flip.it/Hg8Swi

#Technology #Tech #RetroComputing #LIbraries

Algorithmen auf Streife: Bremens Straßenbahnen werden zur KI-Überwachungszone

Mit #AI-Watch führt die #BSAG eine Echtzeit-Analyse von Fahrgästen ein. Was als Sicherheitsgewinn verkauft wird, markiert eine neue Stufe der #Videoüberwachung….

https://www.heise.de/news/Algorithmen-auf-Streife-Bremens-Strassenbahnen-werden-zur-KI-Ueberwachungszone-11185075.html

#Bremen #Überwachung #KI #Technology #Digitalisierung

The Age Verification Trap

Verifying user’s ages undermines everyone’s data protection

https://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verification

#security #privacy #tech #technology #news #technews #ageverification

In the U.S., police are finding suspects based on their online searches as courts weigh privacy concerns.

@AssociatedPress reports authorities "have been asking Google to reveal who searched for specific information online, seeking 'reverse keyword' warrants."

https://flip.it/FtogoN

#Privacy #Google #Tech #Crime #Technology

The next generation of tech founders might be even worse than the current one. Why? Because with the advent of artificial intelligence, all they need is to be decisive, not smart. For Harper's, Sam Kriss talked to Chungin "Roy" Lee, founder of "cheat-on-everything" tool Cluely, and Eric Zhu, whose latest startup is called Sperm Racing.

https://flip.it/_VGjkf

#Technology #Tech #Cluely #ArtificialIntelligence

"Pinterest has gone all in on artificial intelligence and users say it's destroying the site," writes @emanuelmaiberg of @404mediaco. Here's the full story.

https://flip.it/H38om-

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Technology #Tech #Pinterest

Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

The company has informed some users in the UK they may be part of "an experiment" with Persona, an age verification vendor whose investors include Peter Thiel, co-founder of ICE's premier surveillance provider, Palantir.

#Discord #ageverification #surveillance #privacy #palantir #ice #peterthiel #socialmedia #technology #tech

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/

I put up a new blog essay, The Tedious Pained, a defense of the legitimacy of technical & social critiques of "AI" tech, even as positives are claimed. Positives don't cancel negatives, in other words.

Well, it's only new if you didn't see it as a comment on someone else's post a bit ago at LinkedIn. This is me just giving it a better placement and a name for later reference. And perhaps a wider audience.

https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-tedious-pained.html

#AI #LLM #LLMs #SocialCost #critique #ethics #AIEthics #tech #technology #harm #society #politics

The use of automatic license plate readers has exploded across the country in recent years. But as President Trump's immigration enforcement crackdown has escalated in recent months, residents of various American cities are urging local leaders to stop using them. @npr reports:

https://flip.it/wvqhIA

#Tech #Technology #Surveillance #Immigration

An 18-year-old who allegedly killed eight people in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, reportedly used OpenAI’s ChatGPT in ways that alarmed the company’s staff. They debated calling police but ultimately chose not to, according to a Wall Street Journal exclusive. ChatGPT transcripts weren’t the only concerning part of the shooter’s digital footprint. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/eNooRW

#Tech #ChatGPT #AI #OpenAI #Technology #TumblerRidgeShootings

Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed, researchers say

Runs facial recognition against watchlists and politically exposed persons, screens “adverse media” across 14 categories (including terrorism and espionage), and assigns risk and similarity scores.

"pRoTeCt tHe KiDs"

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/02/age-verification-vendor-persona-left-frontend-exposed

#Persona #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #AI #technology #Discord #Roblox #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Lime

AI sovereignty has been a hot topic at India's AI Impact Summit. Eileen Donahoe and Konstantinos Komaitis write for Tech Policy about what governments need to do to make that a reality, without their countries becoming isolated — it's all about interoperability. "In an interoperable world, standards are power—and governments that ignore them will find sovereignty decided elsewhere," they conclude.

https://flip.it/XsEiLu

#Technology #Tech #AI #DigitalSovereignty #Interoperability

Mark Zuckerberg's team got into trouble with the judge at the Los Angeles trial over social media and children. Why? Some of them were apparently wearing Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. Judge Carolyn Kuhl ordered anyone in the courtroom wearing AI glasses to immediately remove them and noted that use of facial-recognition technology to identify jurors is banned. Here's more from @CBSNews.

https://flip.it/dHB_L4

#Technology #Tech #Meta

ICE nutzt Handydaten der Werbeindustrie für Jagd auf Migrant*innen

US-Behörden kaufen Informationen von Hunderten Millionen Handys – eine auch in Europa geläufige Praxis……

https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1196728.datenbroker-ice-nutzt-handydaten-der-werbeindustrie-fuer-jagd-auf-migranten.html

#ICE #Trump #USA #Technology #Surveillance #Smartphone #Europa #EU #Überwachung

@Mastodon is changing course when it comes to how people join the platform. In late 2022, the team decided to send sign-ups directly to their server in order to make onboarding more straightforward. But that didn't align with the promise of decentralization. Here, Community Director @haubles explains the new approach to server recommendation, along with some other ways Mastodon is helping build community.

https://flip.it/1bWN26

#Mastodon #SocialMedia #Decentralization #ActivityPub #Community #Technology #Tech

Privacy is at the center of child safety accusations against Apple and Meta. Here’s why.

From CNBC: https://flip.it/jiuFpm

#Privacy #Meta #Apple #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology

"Ford was opening the door to government subsidized private surveillance."

"Eventually this surveillance will not only be normalized, but our public infrastructure will depend on it."
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Author: Terra Loire Gillespie @terraloire
Publication: Ricochet Media
February 19, 2026
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#Ontario #Canada #China #Policing #Lobbying #Surveillance #Technology #Transportation
https://ricochet.media/labour/class-war/surveillance-spores-how-doug-ford-is-spreading-surveillance-technology-throughout-the-province/

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched India as a central player in the global artificial intelligence ecosystem, saying the country aims to build technology at home while deploying it worldwide.

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/bsZS9x

#AI #India #Modi #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

Discord is trying to defend its ridiculous age verification rollout, but it's too little too late, as users flock to Nitro cancellations

https://www.techradar.com/computing/social-media/discord-tries-to-share-clarity-on-disastrous-age-verification-plans-amid-mass-cancellations-but-safe-to-say-its-not-helping-its-getting-thoroughly-community-noted

#tech #technology #news #technews #security #privacy #discord #ageverification

AI-generated deepfakes, memes and misinformation are infiltrating our online community spaces, eroding an internet built by humans for humans. CNET’s Katelyn Chedraoui talks to the people fighting to save it and writes: “AI slop is an oil spill in our digital oceans. The cleanup depends on all of us doing our part.”

https://flip.it/aRIH4E

#AI #Technology #OpenAI #SocialMedia

Apathetic, Intentionally. Why I don't block AI scrapers on my website. | 🔗 https://brennan.day/apathetic-intentionally-why-i-dont-block-ai-scrapers-on-my-website/

#PersonalEssay #AI #IndieWeb #Technology

Online privacy is vital
#signal #privacy #surveillance #technology

https://youtu.be/0H9wDxfMoKo?si=mlK5qwaDL7kC4yfD

Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl at today's hearing over social media’s alleged harms to children:

"If your glasses are recording, you must take them off. It is the order of this court that there must be no facial recognition of the jury. If you have done that, you must delete it. This is very serious."

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-18/mark-zuckerberg-tesimony-la-social-media-trial

#news #USNews #technology #TechNews #meta #SocialMedia #MetaGlasses #AI

What does a Discord replacement look like, and how might the open social web play a part?
@laurenshof
looks at what needs to happen — different apps built on the same protocols, active collaboration to make sure it all fits together — and how that's already fundamental to the Atmosphere and fediverse.

flip.it/QdL.F…

#ActivityPub #Mastodon #ATProtocol #Bluesky #Blacksky #Discord #Technology #Tech

Mastodon has announced plans to make its app more approachable for newcomers, and developed new features for creators. Here's @Sarahp's story for @Techcrunch. Find the full blogpost by @renchap and @imanijoy at the second link.

https://flip.it/TKKQZS
https://flip.it/RQRRnp

#ActivityPub #Mastodon #OpenSocial #Technology #Tech

The autonomous agent world is moving fast. Socket.dev reports on how an AI agent is merging PRs into major open-source projects and using those merged PRs as credentials when cold-emailing maintainers, offering to contribute to their projects.

https://flip.it/_2jjao

#Technology #Tech #SoftwareDevelopment #OpenSource #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs

https://www.404media.co/leaked-email-suggests-ring-plans-to-expand-search-party-surveillance-beyond-dogs/

#Ring #Amazon #privacy #surveillance #AI #enshittification #dystopia #technology

Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs

https://www.404media.co/leaked-email-suggests-ring-plans-to-expand-search-party-surveillance-beyond-dogs/

#tech #technology #news #technews #ring #searchparty #security #privacy #ai

As Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify in a landmark social media trial, here’s a deep dive into how these platforms keep you clicking, the potential harms to children, and how a ruling could reshape how social media companies operate around the world.

https://flip.it/tvj3_j

#Technology #SocialMedia #MarkZuckerberg #Google

Smart devices are becoming an increasingly important part of our daily lives, but they also pose a significant threat to our personal privacy. Did you know that 78% of manufacturers comply with law enforcement requests for data without notifying users? This widespread collection and sharing of data can leave us vulnerable to cybersecurity breaches and lawsuits.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/10-privacy-vulnerabilities-that-can-sink-smart-home-and-connected-device-lawsuits

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

Your Car Is Spying on You – and Israeli Firms Are Leading the Surveillance Race - National Security & Cyber

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2026-02-16/ty-article-magazine/.premium/your-car-is-spying-on-you-and-israeli-firms-are-leading-the-surveillance-race/0000019c-6651-d2f0-a19c-7fdd81920000

> From Hands-free Systems to Tire-pressure Data, a New Field Known as CARINT Turns Vehicles Into Powerful Intelligence Tools

#privacy #technology

An internal study at Meta determined that parental supervision and controls have little impact on kids' compulsive use of social media. This was revealed during testimony at a social media addiction trial that began last week, one of several set to take place this year. Here's more from @Techcrunch.

https://flip.it/tcxjWK

#Technology #Tech #Meta #Children

#lispyGopherClimate #technology #programming #show

https://communitymedia.video/w/wQkFYMbzbvBkpYLt1tWMZB #archive

- @wm_annis reports an sbcl merge of slop (EDIT: REVERTED v) unlike #ecl viz @jackdaniel . #commonLisp
(#clisp)

Individual heterogeneity
- in #climate activism
- in the #gopher
- in The #Lisp Community
- My idea of sharing conditions/handlers rather than programs

Cf the fully intended homogeneity from LLMs.

- yduJ is square dancing this week, as all lisp users must.

Me: https://screwlisp.small-web.org/
#ai

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Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

Following intense backlash to its partnership with Flock Safety, a surveillance technology company that works with law enforcement agencies, Ring has announced it is canceling the integration.

#surveillance #DHS #ice #FlockSafety #ring #amazon #privacy #technology #tech

https://www.theverge.com/news/878447/ring-flock-partnership-canceled

In 1997 AOL brought instant messaging to the masses with its personal screen names, emojis and away messages. Nearly three decades later we can thank the pioneering AOL Instant Messenger for features now ubiquitous in online communication today via social media, private messaging services and email. BGR's Talia Roepel reflects on the company and a service that helped build the internet.

https://flip.it/CbQjA9

#Tech #Technology #SocialMedia #Nostalgia