The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week sent a letter to Google's CEO demanding to know why Gmail was blocking messages from Republican senders while allegedly failing to block similar missives supporting Democrats. The letter followed media reports accusing Gmail of disproportionately flagging messages from the GOP fundraising platform WinRed and sending them to the spam folder. But according to experts who track daily spam volumes worldwide, WinRed's messages are gettin...| Krebs on Security
It was a delight to join Mia Quagliarello's panel at the "Fediverse House" SXSW side event in Austin, discussing building communities on the open social web. It was a privilege to represent our Fediverse communities.| The lost outpost
Cox Media Group and other marketing companies have admitted to spying on people's phones for data to push targeted ads.| National File