Riots

TikTok bans videos of Trump inciting mob, blocks #stormthecapital and other hashtags

For obvious reasons, Trump doesn’t have a TikTok account. But the president’s speeches that helped incite the mob who yesterday stormed the U.S. Capitol will have no home on TikTok’s

VCs dispense with niceties during Capitol riots: ‘Never talk to me again’

It was hard not to feel emotional today, as the world watched for more than four hours as rioters stormed into and throughout the Capitol building in Washington to disrupt the certification of the ele

Reddit ‘taking action’ on site violations as rioters storm US Capitol

As chaos and violence have erupted in Washington, D.C., social media platforms are grappling with the fallout. A spokesperson for Reddit tells TechCrunch: Reddit’s site-wide policies prohibit conten

New Website Posts Photos of Rioters, Will Forward ID’s to Police

Just this morning we reported on the creation of a Google Group whose members are discussing how to use facial recognition technology to identify looters from London's riots in online photos. Now, a s

Google Group Members to Use Facial Recognition to Identify London Rioters

A new Google Group called "London Riots Facial Recognition" has appeared online, in the wake of the riots that rocked the U.K. capital over the weekend. The group's goal is to use facial recognition t

Singing Protest Songs, Users Paste HD DVD Encryption Key Everywhere

Wow, OK, don’t mess with nerds (’cause they’re real brave as long as they’re behind their keyboards, you see.) This whole HD DVD encryption thing has now jumped the shark, with

The Great Digg Riots of 2007: Digg Caves In, Link to Encryption Keys All You Want, Kiddos

The nerds cried foul and Digg acquiesced. Digg’s founder—and deity to many—Kevin Rose just posted an explanation for all the shenanigans that happened yesterday regarding HD DVD encr