[ad_1] Other shows? Amy Poehler is executive co-producing the soccer coming-of-age comedy Division One. Norman Lear will help executive produce Clean Slate, the story of an estranged child coming home as a trans woman (played by Laverne Cox). If you’re more interested in non-fiction, veteran writer and journalist Nick Bilton is producing a series of […]
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Wikipedia comes back online in Turkey after multi-year ban
[ad_1] However, the decision was reversed in December last year by Turkey’s Constitutional Court — the highest court in the country. The court deemed the ban unconstitutional, and ruled that the restriction violated free speech. Local reports say that access to Wikipedia is now being restored across the country, although some users will be able […]
Jack Dorsey says Twitter ‘probably’ won’t get an edit button
[ad_1] Dorsey himself has gone back and forth on the idea, saying in 2016 that “a form of edit is definitely needed” and spelling out last March how such an option might work. But in a Wired Q&A, he said the door’s shut on the notion, at least for now. He referenced Twitter’s origins as […]
Twitter will give you control over who can reply to tweets
[ad_1] The new controls should arrive later in 2020. You can expect a handful of other improvements as well. You’ll see a specific conversation view with threading, and the discussion interface that first popped up in Twitter’s testing app will reach the main app in the months ahead. Lists are getting improvements, too, including customization […]
India ruling party accused of tricking Twitter users into backing a law
[ad_1] It’s not certain that this is is a coordinated campaign, but the misleading tweets came soon after Home Minister Amit Shaw shared the number. When asked for comment, Twitter’s Indian team directed TechCrunch to an article explaining Trending Topics, but the link didn’t address the question. If accurate, this wouldn’t be the first instance […]
Spotify will ‘pause’ airing political ads in early 2020
[ad_1] “At this point in time, we do not yet have the necessary level of robustness in our process, systems and tools to responsibly validate and review this content,” a spokesperson for Spotify said. “We will reassess this decision as we continue to evolve our capabilities.” Politicians and groups like Bernie Sanders and the Republican […]
The tech CEOs’ year of reckoning
[ad_1] We were blind, and our eyes were opened by zeros and ones. The tech utopia was at hand, and we should just sit back and not ask too many hard questions. Then things went sideways. Social networks that were the catalyst of the Arab Spring were suddenly being used by nation-states, shit posters and […]
Twitter flaw let a researcher match 17 million phone numbers with users
[ad_1] The users were in countries like France, Greece and Turkey, and some of them were politicians and officials. TechCrunch found a senior Israeli politician, for instance. Balic didn’t notify Twitter, but did warn some users directly. Twitter blocked his effort on December 20th and hasn’t publicly acknowledged the flaw so far. We’ve asked Twitter […]
Twitter blocks animated PNGs after trolls used them to trigger seizures
[ad_1] “We want everyone to have a safe experience on Twitter,” the company said in a tweet. “APNGs were fun, but they don’t respect autoplay settings, so we’re removing the ability to add them to tweets. This is for the safety of people with sensitivity to motion and flashing imagery, including those with epilepsy.” Twitter […]
Twitter shares data for 5,929 accounts that spread Saudi Arabian propaganda
[ad_1] The activity was linked to Smaat, a social network marketing company inside Saudi Arabia. It reportedly created, bought and ran the accounts on behalf of its clients, some of whom include “high-profile individuals” and Saudi government departments. Twitter has since banned both Smaat and some of its executives. The accounts are part of a […]