Update (Insider Sept 17): The BBC in 2019 reported that human traffickers were using Facebook’s services to sell domestic workers. Apple threatened to remove Facebook from its App Store after a report about an online slave market. The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook knew about the practice even before Apple made its threat. There … Continue reading Facebook Lied About Encryption and Mines Outrage for Profit
In May of this year Tesla bizarrely announced against common sense that it would remove radar from its “vision” system for autonomous driving. It’s a dumb move by a car company that only will cause more crashes and deaths. Safety is at the core of our design and engineering decisions. In 2021, we began our … Continue reading Tesla Learning is Oxymoronic: Autopilot is Unsafe
From an article remembering the “Lion of Panjshir” From an early age, Massoud adored poetry. After all, Afghanistan is the land of poetry and mysticism. He listened to a young Masood Khalili recite poems on Radio Afghanistan; the two ultimately established a lifelong friendship. Khalili went on to become the Afghan ambassador to Spain, while … Continue reading Afghanistan as the Land of Poetry
A white woman posts a racist comment on LinkedIn. The target of the attack posts the comment in plain view for review, as his profile is experiencing a lot of harassment and hate speech. Such obvious hate speech as a violation of the site terms and is reported as such. What happens next? To be … Continue reading Raging Racists Enabled by LinkedIn