Before shutting down in 2017, Yik Yak was used in hate speech and cyberbullying across college campuses and local schools. The app’s new owners vow to take a strong stance against abuses.
(Image credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Related Articles
-
Chinese national arrested and charged with stealing AI trade secrets from Google
Prosecutors say at the same time that Linwei Ding was working for Google and stealing the building blocks of...
-
Ex-Facebook employee speaks out about the spread of false information
NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to Yael Eisenstat, who was global head of Elections Integrity Operations for Political Ads at...
-
Opinion: “Hello? Hello?” The Pain Of Pandemic Robocalls
NPR’s Scott Simon remarks on the persistence of robocalls, which have taken on fresh annoyance these days with so...
-
Amazon Warehouse Workers To Decide Whether To Form Company’s 1st U.S. Union
Although the company has unionized workers in Europe, it has held off organizing efforts here. About 6,000 workers at...
-
Grocery delivery app Instacart goes public
Instacart is going public with actual profit to show for itself. But a lot of it has to do...
-
How the gig economy inspired a cyberpunk video game
The video game Citizen Sleeper critiques the gig economy in a cyberpunk “post-capitalist” future (Image credit: Citizen Sleeper)
-
Amazon is buying Roomba vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion
iRobot is most famous for the circular-shaped Roomba vacuum, which would join voice assistant Alexa and Ring security cameras...
-
Elon Musk says he has secured the money to buy Twitter
The billionaire Tesla CEO says he’s lined up $46.5 billion to fund his offer to buy Twitter and take...
Recent Comments