BuzzFeed News: Citing Twitter and Snap’s actions limiting Trump’s reach, digital activists around the world urge both companies to do the same for politicians globally — Bowing to criticism that predates his presidency, Twitter and Snap have begun to limit how President Donald Trump uses their platforms …
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: Facebook’s removal of coronavirus misinfo will make its hands-off approach to removing anti-vaccine advocacy harder to defend when we get a coronavirus vaccine — The social media platform is siding with scientists to stop the spread of harmful misinformation about the pandemic.
David Cohen / Adweek: Instagram introduces Guides, a feature letting creators curate content on a specific subject, debuting with select accounts focusing on wellness — Creators, public figures, organizations and publishers can curate content on a specific subject — Instagram introduced a new Guides feature Monday …
Joseph Marks / Washington Post: A number of cybersecurity companies form an alliance to offer free help to 87 hospitals and four national health services in Europe, with plans to expand to US — Cybersecurity companies and professionals are banding together to offer free digital defenses to hospitals that are being pummeled …
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Canada-based Tehama, a SaaS company that helps remote workers securely connect to enterprise systems, raises $10M Series A led by OMERS Ventures — Tehama, a SaaS platform that aims to offer a secure way to deploy a virtual workforce, has raised $10 million in a Series A round, the Ontario …
David Canellis / The Next Web: Report: Travelex paid hackers 285 BTC, worth around $2.3M, to regain access to its systems after a ransomware attack on New Year’s Eve — Travelex paid hackers $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin to regain access to its computer systems after a devastating ransomware attack on New Year’s Eve, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Sarah O’Rourke / Google Online Security Blog: Google releases OpenSK, an open-source implementation for security keys that supports both FIDO U2F and FIDO2 standards — Posted by Elie Bursztein, Security & Anti-abuse Research Lead, and Jean-Michel Picod, Software Engineer, Google — Today, FIDO security keys are reshaping …
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: Disney sold its FoxNext video game unit, which it acquired with 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets, to Scopely, a Culver City-based mobile game developer — The company is selling the FoxNext video game development studio to the Culver City-based mobile game developer.