Twitter web test lets you remove followers without blocking them

Jon Fingas

Twitter has started its second health test in a day, and this one could be especially helpful if you’ve ever been exposed to online abuse. With a newly available web test, you can remove followers without blocking them. They disappear from their feed with no notifications that could trigger harassment and threats. The social network … Read more

Texas High School Principal Sees Racism in Calls to Remove Intimate Photos

Texas High School Principal Sees Racism in Calls to Remove Intimate Photos

In June 2019, shortly after James Whitfield, a black educator, was hired as the principal of a middle school in Colleyville, Texas, a school district administrator called and asked him to post photos of him and his wife on Facebook. who is white and hugs each other intimately on a beach. Wondering why someone had … Read more

Amazon convinces Apple to remove review analyzer Fakespot from the App Store

Mariella Moon

Fakespot, an app that analyzes Amazon reviews to determine which are fake, is no longer available for iOS. Amazon successfully convinced Apple to remove it from the App Store after the company raised concerns that the application was providing misleading information and creating potential security vulnerabilities. The e-commerce giant has confirmed to Engadget that it … Read more