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Russia and Venezuela have blocked encrypted messaging app Signal

  Russia and Venezuela have blocked encrypted messaging app Signal Affected users are encouraged to turn on its “censorship circumvention” feature. danny gallagher Updated Sat, Aug 10, 2024   NurPhoto via Getty Images Both Russia and Venezuela have blocked access to the encrypted messaging app Signal, The Verge reports. The Russian news service Interfax broke … Continue reading Russia and Venezuela have blocked encrypted messaging app Signal

Microsoft, Other Search Engines Blocked From Indexing Reddit Content

Microsoft Blocked From Reddit Content, Declined To Play By Rules by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 25, 2024 Reddit recognizes that its user-generated content and the ideas behind it have become a valuable source of information for millions — similar to the awareness of what user-generated content could lead to in the early days … Continue reading Microsoft, Other Search Engines Blocked From Indexing Reddit Content

X confirms it blocked Taylor Swift searches to ‘prioritize safety’

X confirms it blocked Taylor Swift searches to ‘prioritize safety’ The move comes after nonconsensual pornographic deepfakes of the singer went viral last week. Cheyenne MacDonald   Sun, Jan 28, 2024 Reuters / Reuters X has confirmed it’s preventing users from searching Taylor Swift’s name after pornographic deepfakes of the artist began circulating on the … Continue reading X confirms it blocked Taylor Swift searches to ‘prioritize safety’

TikTok ban in Montana blocked by US judge over free speech rights

TikTok ban in Montana blocked by US judge over free speech rights This was just one month away from the start date. Richard Lai   Updated Fri, Dec 1, 2023 REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Montana’s unprecedented state-wide ban of Chinese short-video app, TikTok, was supposed to take effect on January 1, 2024, but as reported by Reuters, … Continue reading TikTok ban in Montana blocked by US judge over free speech rights

64% Of Tracking Cookies Are Blocked, Deleted By Web Browsers

64% Of Tracking Cookies Are Blocked, Deleted By Web Browsers by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, March 28, 2018 An ad-serving firm analyzed 20 advertisers and more than 5 billion impressions in fourth-quarter 2017, and found 64% of their tracking cookies were either blocked or deleted by web browsers. The rejection rate on mobile devices was higher — … Continue reading 64% Of Tracking Cookies Are Blocked, Deleted By Web Browsers

Pictureless Perfect: How to Build Emails That Look Good When Images Are Blocked

Mike Parry — January 22, 2018 — January 22, 2018 Image blocking has always been a challenge for email marketers. Some email clients hide images by default, leaving your beautifully crafted newsletter as little more than a few stray alt tags scattered around in white space. So how do you make sure your emails look … Continue reading Pictureless Perfect: How to Build Emails That Look Good When Images Are Blocked

Marketers, make sure you are not being list-bombed and blocked by Spamhaus

Recently, valid email addresses have been fraudulently added to many open email lists, flooding inboxes with spam and resulting in a blockage of IP addresses. Barry Levine on August 26, 2016  Here’s a new worry that digital marketers can add to their growing list: A recent spate of email list bombings has led international spam … Continue reading Marketers, make sure you are not being list-bombed and blocked by Spamhaus