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TikTik is Banned in China, Notes X User Community - Along With Most US Social Media - Slashdot

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Newsweek points out that a Chinese government post arguing the bill is "on the wrong side of fair competition" was flagged by users on X. "TikTok is banned in the People's Republic of China," the X community note read. (The BBC reports that "Instead, Chinese users use a similar app, Douyin, which ...

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on Mar 17

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Mistakenly Published Password Exposes Mercedes-Benz Source Code - Slashdot

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Mercedes-Benz accidentally exposed a trove of internal data after leaving a private key online that gave "unrestricted access" to the company's source code, according to the security research firm that discovered it. Shubham Mittal, co-founder and...

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on Jan 30

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California Governor Signs Ban On Social Media 'Aiding or Abetting' Child Abuse - Slashdot

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Adi Robertson reports via The Verge: California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1394, a law that would punish web services for "knowingly facilitating, aiding, or abetting commercial sexual exploitation" of children. It's one of several online regulations that California has passed in recent ye...

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on Oct 10, 2023