Social media companies purge 4.7mn accounts after landmark Australia ban

ft - First data released on impact of blocking access for children as other countries monitor progress

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About 5 Million Accounts Shut in Australia Kids Social Media Ban

Verizon’s January 14 Blackout: The 10-Hour ‘SOS’ Event Explained

IDrop News Staff / idropnews - A look back at the January 14 Verizon outage that left 2 million in SOS mode. From Krispy Kreme's "sweet backup" to the FCC's investigation, here's what happened.Read More...

#mobiletech #techpolicy #business #internet #us #wireless #pricing #law #emergencyservices #fcc

Verizon’s $20 make-good: How to claim your outage credit today

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Verizon outage spurs calls for mandatory refunds when cell service is disrupted

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

Verizon’s January 14 Blackout: The 10-Hour ‘SOS’ Event Explained

7 wks / idropnews / IDrop News Staff

How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online

Adam Satariano,Paul Mozur,Sheera Frenkel / nytimes - Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.

#techpolicy #government #internet #asia #censorship #telecommunications #satellite #starlink #digitalprivacy

Inside the fight to keep Iran online: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/t...

7 wks / bsky / @sheeraf.bsky.social / sheeraf.bsky.social

Inside the fight to keep Iran online: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/t...

7 wks / bsky / @sheeraf.bsky.social / sheeraf.bsky.social

Iran’s internet shutdown is now one of its longest ever, as protests continue

7 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online

7 wks / nytimes / Adam Satariano,Paul Mozur,Sheera Frenkel

How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online

7 wks / nytimes / Adam Satariano, Paul Mozur and Sheera Frenkel

Verizon just had a big outage. Here's what we know

John Ruwitch / npr - Verizon says a software problem caused the glitch and they are conducting a postmortem, but experts say outages are "a fact of life" these days.

#software #mobiletech #networking #business #broadband #internet #wireless #technology #patching #bugs

Verizon customers are getting $20 after outage — but specifics on its cause remain elusive

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

How bad was the Verizon outage? Really bad.

7 wks / mashable

'Fat Fingers' May Have Caused Verizon's Network Outage, According to Analyst

7 wks / cnet / Jeff Carlson

If You Use Verizon, You Could Be Eligible For Account Credits Right Now

7 wks / slashgear

Verizon is giving customers a $20 credit for the outage—but only if they claim it. Here’s how

7 wks / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

Verizon outage spurs calls for mandatory refunds when cell service is disrupted: You shouldn’t have to ‘beg for it’

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

Verizon (VZ) Stock: Slides as Network Outage Triggers $20 Customer Credits and FCC Scrutiny

7 wks / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Verizon just had a big outage. Here's what we know

7 wks / npr / John Ruwitch

Verizon blames nationwide outage on a "software issue"

7 wks / bleepingcomputer / Lawrence Abrams

Elon Musk's X Bans Access to ‘InfoFi’ Crypto Projects Amid ‘AI Slop’ Backlash

André Beganski / decrypt - X is making major changes to its API to prevent access by "InfoFi" crypto projects that seek to incentivize "reply spam," an exec said.

#ai #blockchain #crypto #techpolicy #aiethics #internet #media #contentmoderation #api

Kaito to sunset 'Yaps' as X cracks down on InfoFi apps, token falls 17%

7 wks / coindesk / Oliver Knight

Elon Musk's X Bans Access to ‘InfoFi’ Crypto Projects Amid ‘AI Slop’ Backlash

7 wks / decrypt / André Beganski

Kaito token plummets after X revises API policies to ban InfoFi crypto projects

7 wks / theblock / Jason Shubnell

The Day the Cell Towers Died

Joanna Stern / wsj - Verizon customers across the U.S. lost service Wednesday, inconveniencing millions—including one grumpy columnist.

#mobiletech #networking #techsupport #business #broadband #internet #wireless #pricing #telecommunications #fcc

Verizon Is Slipping Customers 20 Bucks to Pay for Yesterday’s Outage

7 wks / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Verizon Offers $20 Bill Credit After Massive Outage | Here’s How to Claim It

7 wks / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Were You Affected By The Verizon Outage? You May Be Receiving Credits

7 wks / bgr

Verizon outage cause revealed

7 wks / mashable

How to claim Verizon's $20 credit for Wednesday's service outage

7 wks / engadget / Andre Revilla

The Day the Cell Towers Died

7 wks / wsj / Joanna Stern

Digg Launches Its New Reddit Rival To the Public

BeauHD / slashdot - Digg is officially back under the ownership of its original founder, Kevin Rose, along with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. "Similar to Reddit, the new Digg offers a website and mobile app where you can browse feeds featuring posts from across a selecti…

#startups #business #internet #reddit #ux #community #media #technology #contentmoderation

Digg Makes a Comeback: Why the Original Reddit Rival is Trending Again

7 wks / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Digg launches public open beta as toxicity-free Reddit rival

7 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Digg Launches Its New Reddit Rival To the Public https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/01/14/233241/digg-launches-its-new-reddit-rival-to-the-public?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

7 wks / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

Digg, an Early Social and News Site, Officially Relaunches

7 wks / cnet / Corin Cesaric

Digg Launches Its New Reddit Rival To the Public

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Digg is back from the grave (again) and taking on Reddit: How to try the Digg beta

7 wks / mashable

Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public

7 wks / reddit / /u/holyfruits

Verizon Outage Knocks Out US Mobile Service, Including Some 911 Calls

Lily Hay Newman / wired - A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted.

#mobiletech #networking #techpolicy #broadband #internet #us #wireless #technology #emergencyservices #fcc

Competitor, Investor Response: Rival jabs and stock resilience (2)
Customer Compensation: Apologies, credits, and restoration promises (6)
Widespread Outage Impact: Disruptions, SOS, and 911 call issues (7)
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Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofit Says

Natallie Rocha / nytimes - Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, an organization that works on web access said.

#space #government #aerospace #broadband #internet #wireless #asia #censorship #elonmusk #starlink

Activists bypass blackout using Starlink resilience (3)
Free access fuels protest connectivity (5)
Overall blackout narrative affecting millions (1)
Regime jamming and crackdown on Starlink signals (6)

Activists bypass blackout using Starlink resilience

Iranians sidestep internet blackout with SpaceX’s Starlink

7 wks / semafor / Tom Chivers

How Iran switched off the internet — and Iranians fought back

7 wks / ft

Starlink Powers Iranian Protests Amid Internet Blackout! - OpenTools

7 wks / opentools

Free access fuels protest connectivity

Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstrators

7 wks / go

Starlink provides free internet service in Iran amid communications blackout - United News of Bangladesh

7 wks / com

Iranians are getting free internet access via Elon Musk’s Starlink, a nonprofit said, as the government blocks connectivity amid protests. - facebook.com

7 wks / facebook

Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofit Says

7 wks / nytimes / Natallie Rocha

Musk Offers Free Starlink in Iran as Internet Blackout Persists

7 wks / bloomberg / Loni Prinsloo

Overall blackout narrative affecting millions

THE BLACKOUT: 90 million people. 121+ hours of silence. One nation erased from the internet. This is how they did it

7 wks / reddit / /u/CandidAd9457

Regime jamming and crackdown on Starlink signals

Iran Shuts Down Musk's Starlink For First Time

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Iran uses Russian tech to jam Starlink as protests grow under blackout - Business Standard

7 wks / business-standard

Iran deploys ‘kill switch’ to jam Starlink amid deepening digital blackout - Hum News English

7 wks / humenglish

Why Starlink is Failing to Pierce Iran’s Total Internet Blackout

7 wks / reddit / /u/Galacticmetrics

Starlink tries to stay online in Iran as regime jams signals during protests

7 wks / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Iran Is Hunting Down Starlink Users to Stop Protest Videos From Going Global

7 wks / reddit / /u/jms1225

Apple will finally bring encrypted RCS messages for iPhone to Android chats

digitaltrends - Apple may be preparing to add end-to-end encryption to RCS messages, with new clues spotted in the iOS 26.3 beta pointing to more secure cross-platform chats between iPhone and Android users.The post Apple will finally bring encrypted RCS messages for iPh…

#cybersecurity #mobiletech #apple #android #iphone #ios #internet #instantmessaging #encryption #digitalprivacy

Apple will finally bring encrypted RCS messages for iPhone to Android chats

7 wks / digitaltrends

iOS 26.3 Hints at Improved iPhone-to-Android Texting Coming Soon

7 wks / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

End-to-end encryption for RCS messages surfaces in iOS 26.3 beta

7 wks / appleinsider

Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Labels Rome's comms regulator ‘a quasi-judicial body’ that works on behalf of ‘shadowy, European media cabal’ Cloudflare’s CEO has threatened to pull the company out of Italy, and to withdraw free services it intends to provide to the Winter Olympic games…

#cloud #techpolicy #cloudsec #government #business #internet #europe #law #telecommunications #cloudflare

Cloudflare Says Winter Olympics Cybersecurity Is at Risk in Spat With Italian Regulators

7 wks / cnet / Omar Gallaga

Cloudflare Threatens Italy Exit After $16.3M Fine For Refusing Piracy Blocks

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

Cloudflare’s CEO has threatened to pull the company out of Italy, and to withdraw free services it intends to provide to the Winter Olympic games

7 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine

7 wks / theregister / Simon Sharwood

An Instagram data breach reportedly exposed the personal info of 17.5 million users

Jackson Chen / engadget - If you received a bunch of password reset requests from Instagram recently, you're not alone. As reported by Malwarebytes, an antivirus software company, there was a data breach revealing the "sensitive information" of 17.5 million Instagram users. Malwar…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #meta #internet #cybercrime #scam #privacy #instagram #digitalprivacy

Data Breach & Dark Web Exposure (6)
Instagram Response & Fixes (2)
Other: Account Lockouts (1)
Password Reset Scam Warnings (4)
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Data Breach & Dark Web Exposure

Personal Info on 17.5 Million Users May Have Leaked to Dark Web After 2024 Instagram Breach

7 wks / slashdot / EditorDavid

Instagram data breach reportedly exposed the personal info of 17.5M users

7 wks / ycombinator

17.5 Million Instagram Accounts Exposed in Major Data Leak

7 wks / reddit / /u/FitFuel7663

Instagram data of 17.5 million users resurfaces online after 2024 incident

7 wks / digitaltrends

An Instagram data breach reportedly exposed the personal info of 17.5 million users

7 wks / engadget / Jackson Chen

Instagram Data Leak Exposes Sensitive Info of 17.5M Accounts

7 wks / reddit / /u/pheexio

Instagram Response & Fixes

Instagram denies breach amid claims of 17 million account data leak

7 wks / bleepingcomputer / Lawrence Abrams

Instagram says it fixed the issue that let someone send all those password reset emails

7 wks / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

Other: Account Lockouts

Wild number of Instagram lockouts revealed

7 wks / news.com.au

Password Reset Scam Warnings

Instagram users warned over hacking fears

7 wks / news.com.au

Instagram users warned over hacking fears

7 wks / news.com.au

Did You Get an Instagram Password Reset Email Recently? This Might Be the Very Unpleasant Reason

7 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Beware Instagram reset password scams that users report are on the rise

7 wks / mashable

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Instagram Fixes Issue That Resulted in Password Reset Emails Being Sent

7 wks / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

Instagram Password Reset Bug Sparks Conflicting Breach Claims

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Instagram denies data breach, blames reset glitch

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Instagram denies security breach as password reset emails are sent out

7 wks / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Instagram says it fixed the issue behind shady password reset emails

7 wks / digitaltrends

Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached.

7 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Meta admits to Instagram password reset mess, denies data leak

7 wks / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Instagram denies data breach after password reset emails spark leak claims

7 wks / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Instagram says there’s been ‘no breach’ despite password reset requests

7 wks / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Instagram says it fixed a bug that allowed threat actors to mass-request password reset emails, amid claims that data from more than 17 million Instagram accounts was scraped and leaked online.

7 wks / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

Instagram denies breach amid claims of 17 million account data leak

7 wks / bsky / @infosec.skyfleet.blue / infosec.skyfleet.blue

UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence

Connor Jones / theregister - Ministers promise equivalent standards just without the legal obligation ANALYSIS From May's cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency to the Foreign Office breach months later, cyber incidents have become increasingly common in UK government.…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #infosec #government #governance #uk #internet #law #digitalprivacy

Musk Calls UK ‘Fascist’ as Row Over X’s Grok AI Images Escalates

7 wks / bloomberg / Damian Shepherd

UK government exempting itself from cyber law inspires little confidence

7 wks / ycombinator

UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence

1 month / theregister / Connor Jones

Italy Fines Cloudflare 14 Million Euros For Refusing To Filter Pirate Sites On Public 1.1.1.1 DNS

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Italy's communications regulator AGCOM imposed a record-breaking 14.2 million-euro fine on Cloudflare after the company failed to implement the required piracy blocking measures. Cloudflare argued tha…

#techpolicy #government #internet #europe #law #censorship #contentmoderation #cloudflare #regulation #copyright

Italy Fines Cloudflare 14 Million Euros For Refusing To Filter Pirate Sites On Public 1.1.1.1 DNS

1 month / slashdot / BeauHD

Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS

1 month / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Cloudflare CEO on the Italy Fines

1 month / ycombinator

Italy Fines Cloudflare €14 Million for Refusing to Filter Pirate Sites on Public 1.1.1.1 DNS

1 month / reddit / /u/CandidAd9457

YouTube Will Now Let You Filter Shorts Out of Search Results

BeauHD / slashdot - YouTube is updating search filters so users can explicitly choose between Shorts and long-form videos. The change also replaces view-count sorting with a new "Popularity" filter and removes underperforming options like "Sort by Rating." The Verge reports:…

#google #streaming #youtube #internet #apps #ux #media #updates #algorithm

YouTube is Updating its Search Filters

1 month / thurrott / Laurent Giret

YouTube's updated filters are good news for anyone sick of Shorts

1 month / techspot

YouTube now lets you filter search results to only see Shorts

1 month / digitaltrends

YouTube now lets you hide Shorts in search results

1 month / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

YouTube introduces new search filters with the option to avoid Shorts

1 month / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

YouTube Will Now Let You Filter Shorts Out of Search Results

1 month / slashdot / BeauHD

YouTube will let you exclude Shorts from search results

1 month / engadget / Anna Washenko

YouTube will now let you filter Shorts out of search results / The company is making a few changes to search filters, including adding a new ‘Popularity’ one.

1 month / reddit / /u/DemiFiendRSA

Iran’s Internet Traffic Drops to 'Near Zero' as Protests Intensify

Jason Nelson / decrypt - Cloudflare data shows a near-total blackout as demonstrations calling for regime change spread and authorities tighten control.

#cybersecurity #government #broadband #internet #asia #media #censorship #cloudflare #digitalprivacy

Iran vows regime will "not back down" as web blackout continues

1 month / ycombinator

Iran cuts off internet as protests intensify

1 month / semafor / Tom Chivers

U.S. watching for signs Iran's protests could bring down regime

1 month / axios / Barak Ravid

Iran’s internet goes dark amid mass protests, reports of violent government response

1 month / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Iran’s Internet Traffic Drops to 'Near Zero' as Protests Intensify

1 month / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Internet collapses in Iran amid protests over economic crisis

1 month / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Iran in 'Digital Blackout' as Tehran Throttles Mobile Internet Access

1 month / slashdot / msmash

Internet collapses in Iran amid protests over economic crisis

1 month / techcrunch / Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

Roblox rolls out mandatory age checks for all users

mashable - Roblox expands its platform-wide age verification plans with mandatory age checks for any user wanting to chat online.

#gaming #dataprivacy #techpolicy #social #internet #apps #community #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy

Roblox now requires age verification to use in-game chat

1 month / engadget / Andre Revilla

Roblox now requires an age check if you want to chat www.theverge.com/news/856696/...

1 month / bsky / @theverge.com / theverge.com

Once users complete an age check, they can access age-based chat, which means they can only communicate with others in a similar age group.

1 month / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Roblox rolls out mandatory age checks for all users

1 month / mashable

Roblox now requires an age check if you want to chat

1 month / theverge / Jay Peters

Roblox now requires all users globally to complete age checks to access chat

1 month / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Ethereum Layer-2 Network Starknet Back Online Following Outage

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - Ethereum layer-2 network Starknet suffered a block issue that led to more than four hours of downtime early Monday.

#blockchain #crypto #networking #decentralisation #internet #technology

Starknet Restores Operations After Block Production Halt on Monday

2 months / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

Ethereum Layer-2 Network Starknet Back Online Following Outage

2 months / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

Starknet goes down for over 4 hours, team is ‘actively investigating’

2 months / coindesk / Margaux Nijkerk

Starknet outage marks second major disruption since Grinta rollout

2 months / theblock / Brian Danga

California introduces a one-stop shop to delete your online data footprint

Jackson Chen / engadget - Californians can now put a stop to their personal data being sold around on an online trading floor, thanks to a new free tool. On January 1, the state launched its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, shortened to DROP, that allows residents to request t…

#bigdata #dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #internet #digitalprivacy #regulation #california

California residents can now request all data brokers delete personal info | Discussion

2 months / bsky / @hackernewsbot.bsky.social / hackernewsbot.bsky.social

California residents can now request all data brokers delete personal info

2 months / ycombinator

39 Million Californians Can Now Legally Demand Data Brokers Delete Their Personal Data

2 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

A new tool should make it easier for California residents to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal information.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

California residents can use new tool to demand brokers delete their personal data

2 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

California introduces a one-stop shop to delete your online data footprint

2 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

California launched a free tool on January 1 that lets residents request the deletion of their personal data from over 500 registered data brokers

2 months / reddit / /u/CandidAd9457

France Targets Australia-Style Social Media Ban For Children Next Year

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: France intends to follow Australia and ban social media platforms for children from the start of the 2026 academic year. A draft bill preventing under-15s from using social media will be submitted for…

#techpolicy #government #internet #europe #australia #censorship #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy

Editor: As a parent, to be fully honest, I'm heartened by these moves - people and governments asserting themselves is not a bad thing. That being said - there's performative eassertion for the sake of hearing one's voice heard, and then there's assertion in favour of all the entrenched players...