The TikTok ban and Donald Trump's rise to power show how fragile our social media accounts are. We must normalize and invest in decentralized social media.

The TikTok ban and Donald Trumpx27;s rise to power show how fragile our social media accounts are. We must normalize and invest in decentralized social media.#Socialmedia #DonaldTrump #TikTok #TikTokBan

A security researcher made a tool that let them quickly check which of Cloudflare's data centers had cached an image, which allowed them to figure out what city a Discord, Signal, or Twitter/X user might be in.

A security researcher made a tool that let them quickly check which of Cloudflarex27;s data centers had cached an image, which allowed them to figure out what city a Discord, Signal, or Twitter/X user might be in.#News #Privacy

For months members of the public have been using GeoSpy, a tool trained on millions of images that can find the location a photo was taken based on soil, architecture, and more. It's GeoGuesser at scale.

For months members of the public have been using GeoSpy, a tool trained on millions of images that can find the location a photo was taken based on soil, architecture, and more. Itx27;s GeoGuesser at scale.#News #Privacy

Multiple experts drew comparisons between Meta's recent changes around immigration and what happened in Myanmar in 2017, where Facebook contributed to a genocide by allowing the spread of hate.

Multiple experts drew comparisons between Metax27;s recent changes around immigration and what happened in Myanmar in 2017, where Facebook contributed to a genocide by allowing the spread of hate.#News

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The dystopia of Los Angeles' fires are horrifying, mundane, and everything in between.

The dystopia of Los Angelesx27; fires are horrifying, mundane, and everything in between.#Wildfires #CaliforniaFire #PalisadesFire

Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.

Metax27;s decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.#Meta #Facebook #MarkZuckerberg

Google's AI search feature is telling people searching for answers about using vibrating sex toys during pregnancy that they should consider it for counseling children, instead.

Googlex27;s AI search feature is telling people searching for answers about using vibrating sex toys during pregnancy that they should consider it for counseling children, instead.#Google #AI #aioverview

We're back after the holiday with a ton of stories. Meta, Pornhub, and FBI's witnesses are all in this episode.

Wex27;re back after the holiday with a ton of stories. Meta, Pornhub, and FBIx27;s witnesses are all in this episode.#Podcast

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we talk more about magic links and building shelves offline. A light Behind the Blog today but we're back from the holiday on Monday.#BehindTheBlog