Autoplay videos are about to get a lot less annoying if you use Firefox.
In the newest version of the experimental Firefox Nightly Edition (version 63.0a1), the popular web browser now gives users control over whether a site is allowed to autoplay vi…
Category: Blocking
The Microsoft Launcher for Android now lets you track your kids’ whereabouts
Microsoft is launching an update to its Android launcher today that gives parents the ability to track their kids’ location. This is one out of a number of parent- and kid-focused announcements the company made today. Others include the ability to block sites in Microsoft Edge on Android and the launch of MSN Kids, a […]
View More The Microsoft Launcher for Android now lets you track your kids’ whereaboutsTwitter apologises for accidentally blocking New York Times account
/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F660128%2F26fe8e94-fa36-4972-bc39-c45b6290c180.jpg)
Twitter is not new to making glaring mistakes in suspending or blocking the wrong people on the platform.
But this time it’s quite massive.
The social media platform apologised to the New York Times after it blocked its @nytimesworld account for 24 hours after an alleged violation of Twitter’s rules about hateful conduct.
The account had tweeted a story about Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau apologising to indigenous people in a Canadian province. Here’s the tweet in question:
Left out of an apology a decade ago, native people in Newfoundland and Labrador get an apology from Justin Trudeau https://t.co/BRRIUNCVMw
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) November 25, 2017 Read more…
More about Twitter, New York Times, Blocking, Twitter Account, and Culture