Alex Jones, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer and Milo Yiannopoulos have been unpersonned by the digital tech giant Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram. They’re coming for you, next. Or more likely, for us. Human Events stands shoulder-to-shoulder with those being routinely targeted by the would-be ‘Masters of the Universe’, no matter if we agree with […]
The Masters of the Universe at Facebook Ban Multiple Conservative Personalities…
Instagram and Facebook Ban Far-Right Extremists…
Facebook Quietly Notifies Public That Millions of Instagram Users Had Passwords Exposed…
While everyone was focused on the release of the Mueller report Thursday, Facebook quietly notified the public that the passwords of “millions of Instagram users” were stored in an unencrypted format on an internal server, and searchable by any employee. The company had initially said it was “tens of thousands” of Instagram users. That said, […]
Facebook Stored Millions of Passwords in Plaintext—Change Yours Now…Seriously, Change It Now…
Facebook Blames Massive Outage On “Server Configuration Change”, Apple Now Showing iCloud Outages…
Update 3/14/2019 2:26PM EST: In what could be unrelated similar news, Apple’s System Status Support page on Thursday showed a number of outages and issues, primarily with iCloud. The timing of the outage, one day after Facebook’s outage, is notable, though there are no confirmed links. Here’s what Apple’s support page showed at 2:26PM EST […]
Telegram Gained 3 Million New Users During WhatsApp, Facebook Outage…
WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram faced a widespread outage yesterday with users from around the world reporting issues with sending messages on WhatsApp and Messenger, posting feeds on Facebook and accessing other features on the three Facebook-owned platforms. While the outage was quite troubling both for the social media giant and its millions of users, guess […]
If Big Tech Can Censor Me, Think What it Can Do to You…
Anti-conservative censorship online has gone from bad to worse. As major social media platforms start to target me for censorship, I shudder to think what it means for millions of other Americans, especially as we approach the 2020 presidential campaign. As Jussie Smollett’s preposterous story about being beaten in a racist, homophobic attack was falling […]
STUDY: Social Media Has a Link to Loneliness and Depression…
Social media use has once again been linked to loneliness and depression. Research has been hinting at the connection for several years, but scientists from the University of Pennsylvania say that this new study is the most comprehensive and rigorous to date. Social media is not all bad, as not much really is, but most […]
Twitter Exposes its Politically Motivated Censorship Policy in Banning of Alex Jones…
It has been a busy month for Twitter, and Alex Jones, with Jack Dorsey forced to defend the decision not to ban Jones early last month, only reverse course by suspending Jones shortly after a tense Senate hearing on social media. The Senate hearing, in which Dorsey spoke alongside Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, […]