BoingBoing co-editor Cory Doctorow remembers Internet activist Aaron Swartz, and talks about how freedom isn't built in to the technologies we use.
Instagram may have lost about 25 percent of its daily active users since people started revolting over a questionable terms of service change.
Guest Post Last night's changes to Microsoft's Services Agreement mean only bad things for users.
Etsy, the uber-cool marketplace for all things handmade and vintage, has put its intricately crocheted foot down: no more selling body parts. Or bodily fluids. Hair and teeth, however, are still allowed.
Three cheers, apartment hunters! PadMapper creator Eric DeMenthon found a “legally kosher” way to reinstate Craigslist data on his rental-finding website after Craigslist blocked the site from using its content last month.
PadMapper takes data on apartments for rent from …
The providers of an inspiration service turned inward for some much-needed inspiration of their own, and have updated their terms of service following feedback from community members.
Run-away social sensation Pinterest has, after consulting with members, revised its terms of …
Google is changing its privacy policy, consolidating 60 different policies into one. You cannot opt-out of it unless you stop using all Google products.
Many of us know that Google is not just a web search company. It creates a …
Facebook has blocked a popular extension for Google’s Chrome web browser that allows users to export their Facebook contacts.
The open-source extension, Facebook Friend Exporter, lets users grab all the information about their Facebook friends, which can then be imported …
