FN Meka is FN Racist: The Tech Jawn 50

Twitter’s former Security Chief blows the whistle alleging Twitter misled the public on problems with its security and with bot accounts.


Cosmetics company Sephora will pay $1.2 million in the first major settlement with the state of California’s Consumer Privacy Act for selling users' data without permission.


A federal judge sided with a Cleveland State University student stating that scanning his room before an online test violated his 4th Amendment rights.


And yes, the computer-generated, virtual avatar, FN Meka, created by two non-black executives which leans into racist stereotypes and tropes, is a form of digital blackface.


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