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Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 markets

sudshr47 March 13, 2019

In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google’s popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines it offers per market — expanding the choice of search product users can pick from in markets around the world. Most notably it’s expanded search engine lists to include pro-privacy […]

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Facebook finds and kills another 512 Kremlin-linked fake accounts

sudshr47 January 17, 2019

Two years on from the U.S. presidential election, Facebook continues to have a major problem with Russian disinformation being megaphoned via its social tools. In a blog post today the company reveals another tranche of Kremlin-linked fake activity — saying it’s removed a total of 471 Facebook pages and accounts, as well as 41 Instagram accounts, which […]

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Bannersnack makes it easy to punch the monkey (and more)

sudshr47 June 27, 2018 Startups

An app like Bannersnack is something you never think you need until you do. Designed by a digital marketer from Romania, Gabriel Ciordas, the app was originally called FlashEff and was used to create Flash banners for online marketers. Over time, however, HTML5 and graphics overtook Flash and the company pivoted to offering easy-to-use design […]

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Activists say their protests against corruption are being erased from Facebook

sudshr47 November 29, 2017

Activists often accuse Facebook of yielding to government pressure and deleting dissenting or controversial content.
SEE ALSO: Activists say ethnic cleansing in Myanmar is being erased from Facebook
It happened in September in Myanmar, where ac…