Photo Courtesy of Christian Wiediger, Unsplash YouTube released a statement notifying users of the company’s decision to hide dislike counts from videos on Nov. 10. The new guideline comes after complaints surrounding online harassment were made by small creators who are more prone to “dislike mobs,” according to the Google-owned […]
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Project Dragonfly draws criticism and concerns
Photo courtesy of Google Google employees and American citizens have been calling for the popular search engine to cancel “Project Dragonfly,” which is a censored search engine that the company has reportedly been building for the Chinese market. Google CEO Sundar Pichai will testify in front of Congress on Tuesday, and […]
Google+ shuts down after bug releases private info
Photo courtesy of Google, Twitter Google announced last week that it was shutting down its social network, Google+, because a bug in their software caused private information to become accessible to third parties. Google said that up to 500,000 people were affected, and it was also made known to the […]
YouTube should be held liable like Facebook if guilty
Logo courtesy of Youtube.com A complaint filed to the Federal Trade Commission last week by a group of 23 consumers, child safety and privacy advocacy groups claims that YouTube collects data from children under the age of 13. The 59-page complaint, which can be accessed online, alleges that Google, which […]
Visit to Google Headquarters Offers Students Insight
Photo courtesy of Robbie Shade, Flickr The Cahill Career Development Center and the Ramapo Alumni Association along with the NYC Alumni Chapter held a special event on Feb. 8 at the Headquarters of Google, Inc., in New York City. The program included a tour of their cutting edge workplace and […]