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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. An expert in responsibility avoidance? Paul Marotta/Getty Images The man whose mission it is, this year, to fix Facebook would prefer you to do it for him. All of you. All of you who can be bothered to answer surveys …

For all the controversial issues US lawmakers have debated lately, there was one bill that made it through both houses of Congress and on to President Donald Trump with little fanfare. There was so little fuss around its passing, you might be surprised to hear the law renews two government surveillance programs that less than five years ago caused public …

The battle to save net neutrality is heating up. Senate Democrats have edged closer to overturning the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of Obama-era net neutrality regulation, and lawsuits challenging the agency have been filed. But net neutrality supporters shouldn’t hold their breath. These efforts are long shots. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida is flanked by Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts …

Senate Democrats have enough support to force a vote on reversing the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of Obama-era net neutrality regulations. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, said Monday she will be the 30th co-sponsor of a bill that will use the Congressional Review Act to reverse the FCC’s vote to dismantle net neutrality rules. By Tuesday 40 senators …

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at making it easier for companies to deploy high-speed broadband networks in rural areas.  Speaking at the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Nashville Monday, Trump unveiled and then signed a presidential order that expedites federal permitting to allow broadband expansion in rural areas and makes it easier …

Social media companies may have been dreading the fireworks marking the start of the new year. On Jan. 1, Germany began enforcing strict rules that could fine major internet sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube up to 50 million euros ($60 million, £44 million, AU$77 million) if they don’t remove posts containing hate speech within 24 hours of receiving …

Facebook has just made it easy for you to see if you ‘liked’ any accounts seeded by Russian agents. A new tool that simply pastes into a browser reveals which content users of the social network may have unknowingly boosted as part of a Kremlin-linked campaign to interfere with the US presidential election.  The tool lists accounts from Facebook or …

Privacy-minded organizations scrambled Wednesday to marshal opposition to a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on Tuesday that would extend and expand US government surveillance powers. Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden joined the American Civil Liberties Union in an ask me anything, or AMA, discussion on Reddit to rally opponents to an amendment to the newest effort …

Nine hundred million comments and 12 billion upvotes later, Reddit has posted its best-of lists for 2017. The fourth-most visited site on the internet says its most upvoted post was one called “The Senate. Upvote this so that people see it when they Google ‘The Senate’.” The second-ranking post, “Private Internet Access, a VPN provider, takes out a full page …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A change of heart?  Michael Kovac Recently, former Facebook execs have been beating their breasts in sorrow and supplication at what their former employer has done to humanity. First, it was former president Sean Parker, who said he worried what Facebook was doing to kids’ …