Plus: Apple faces MacBook delays, Peloton switches gears, and Sonos acquires another speaker company.
Meta Tries to Break the End-to-End Encryption Deadlock
A new report Meta commissioned aims to redefine comprehensive encryption as essential to protecting human rights.
Still on Facebook? Here’s How to Create Those New Reels
Reminiscent of TikTok, Facebook Reels allow you to create short, engaging videos with music, effects, and a green screen.
Dependent on Facebook Groups? Here’s How to Break Free
For people with serious medical conditions, groups are a valuable source of information—and they make it hard to quit Facebook. Here are some alternatives.
The Alt-Right on Facebook Are Hijacking Canada’s Trucker Blockade
In Ottawa, a protest against vaccine mandates has become an international sensation. American far-right personalities are behind its online rise.
Health Sites Let Ads Track Visitors Without Telling Them
Privacy policies didn’t tell the whole story about third-party tools gathering personal information from the sites of medical and genetic-testing companies.
Honey, I Brought the Kids Into Virtual Reality
This week, we talk about differing visions for the metaverse and whether it’s a good place for your little ones.
How to Delete Your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok
Breaking up is hard to do, especially when it’s with one of those oh-so-clingy social networks. Harder yet when there’s a deactivation period.
Meta Ousts 7 Surveillance-for-Hire Operations From Its Platforms
While NSO Group gets most of the attention, the takedowns underscore how insidious the industry has become.
Facebook Will Force More At-Risk Accounts to Use Two-Factor
The platform joins Google and others in requiring stronger protections for its most vulnerable users.