privacy

Why is Pornhub doing a better job checking user identity and moderating content than Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and almost every other social media platform? Continue Reading →

The governments of NY, NJ, Connecticut and Pennsylvania have combined resources to launch contact tracing (exposure notification) apps to help fight the spread of COVID-19. How do they work? Are they safe? Should you download them? Shelly Palmer talks with Kerry Drew and Bianca Peters about your digital privacy and the pandemic on Fox 5's Good Day New York. Original Airdate: October 6, 2020 Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer talks about the recent Microsoft Office 365 outages and what you can (and should) do to prepare for this kind of digital disruption with Kerry Drew and Robert Moses on Fox 5's Good Day New York. Original Airdate: September 29, 2020 Continue Reading →

Twitter was hacked. Should you be worried? Shelly Palmer talks with Kerry Drew and Bianca Peters about what happened and what you should do about it on Fox 5's Good Day NY. Original Airdate: July 21, 2020 Continue Reading →

The "stophateforprofit" campaign is taking its toll on Facebook's advertising revenue. Shelly Palmer chats with Bianca Peters on Fox 5's Good Day New York about hate speech on social media and what is being done to remove it. Original Airdate: June 30, 2020. Continue Reading →

Facebook will allow you to turn off political ads. Does it matter? Does it go far enough? Shelly Palmer chats with Kerry Drew on Fox 5's Good Day New York. Original Airdate: June 23, 2020. Continue Reading →

Good luck finding name-brand hand sanitizer in a store or online. The good news: you can easily make it at home. Here’s a low-tech hack. Continue Reading →

After speaking to numerous infectious disease experts over the past few days, I'm starting to wonder: is our reaction to COVID-19 the exact reaction an adversary in an information war would hope for? Said differently: is the COVID-19 story the Information Age Pearl Harbor we've been expecting? Continue Reading →

Facebook has cancelled F8 and is banning ads that mention coronavirus if they attempt to "create a sense of urgency" around the virus or promise to cure it. Continue Reading →

There have been calls to break up big tech. People are scared that without regulation, we are destined to live in a “surveillance state.” But people are also scared of coronavirus (COVID-19). Is this the moment that big tech proves that big data can be used for the greater good? What is big tech’s role in the fight against coronavirus? What should it be? Continue Reading →