The latest scam on WhatsApp behind the legal dream: using immigration status as bait
Some criminals pose as consultants or specialists offering shortcuts to obtain residency, work permits, asylum, and even U.S. citizenship
The Mexican hackers hunting pedophiles on the internet: ‘It’s becoming much easier to perpetrate this type of violence’
The DLR collective constantly monitors online activity, where it denounces practices such as the dissemination of intimate content without consent or child exploitation
Adriana Groh: ‘The internet works thanks to a shared infrastructure that nobody owns, but that we must take care of’
The head of Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency believes that Europe must invest in open source to achieve technological independence
WhatsApp and the scam targeting Latinos in the US: Unrealistic discounts, giveaways and fake stores
A study has analyzed 3,300 Spanish-speaking groups on the world’s most popular instant messaging application
Reddit culture, video games, and Discord: What role did the internet play in the radicalization of Charlie Kirk murder suspect?
Utah’s governor accuses social media and other platforms of being behind every assassination attempt in recent years, but experts say it’s a much harder phenomenon to explain
Signal president Meredith Whittaker: ‘In technology, it’s way too easy for marketing to replace substance. That’s what’s happened with Telegram’
The app best known for respecting privacy looks to grow, despite anti-privacy efforts
More educated, healthier... better? What science says about voracious readers
Various studies have attempted, without success, to analyze whether reading can increase our empathy. The evidence is clearer regarding its power to enhance culture and mental health
Graphite, the Israeli spyware acquired by ICE
Paragon’s technology is one of the most powerful commercial espionage tools available, and can covertly activate microphones to turn smartphones into listening devices
AI devours your information: It knows what you search for, do and upload — and uses that data
Companies hide behind improvement needs to collect personal online activity with which to train their models and sell to ‘service providers’
Fear of ICE raids expected to increase absenteeism at start of school year
Arrests near education centers are worrying students, parents, and teachers, who are preparing for an academic year marked by Donald Trump’s deportation campaign
‘Icy roads’: How Waze users are warning migrants of ICE raids
The use of code words is spreading on platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to protect at-risk migrant communities
People who use emojis seem more attentive: ‘They respond to a universal human need’
According to recent research, using these symbols makes individuals appear more emotionally involved, regardless of which ones they use
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants us to remove the stigma around virtual friends: ‘I’m not going to let this go’
Meta and its competitors are working on a future with a dominant presence of artificially intelligent robots on social networks
Sexting among the younger generations reflects their countries’ traditional morals
A new study compares differences and similarities in the exchange of erotic messages and content by those under 25 in Spain, Colombia and Mexico
The ‘chain of favors’ that keeps Cubans afloat in the face of state abandonment
Tired of waiting for a government that has turned its back on them, millions of people suffering from hunger, homelessness and a lack of medicine in Cuba are relying on solidarity to survive
Crypto, lies and torture: Inside the scam compounds of Southeast Asia
Tens of thousands of cyber slaves are held captive in Southeast Asia’s scam compounds, working around the clock to defraud love-seeking victims through dating apps and social media
Milpamérica, a social network for resisting the Musk algorithm
More than 74 land defenders from various First Nations have created an online space they say is free of ‘racism and neoliberal discourse,’ designed for the posting of stories from Mesoamerican lands and their diasporas
Robin Dunbar, anthropologist: ‘A good network of friends increases your life expectancy’
The British researcher defends the validity of his most famous theory, 30 years after formulating it. Despite social media, he explains that humans can only have a maximum of 150 friends
The new cheating: How WhatsApp and social media have us all sneaking around
Societal hyper-connection has brought betrayal into a new era, filling therapists’ offices with people who haven’t slept with anyone else, but have committed so-called ‘emotional infidelity’
‘I got tired of so many gifs’: How digital communication can impact age-gap relationships
Couples with an age difference are becoming more common and accepted, but WhatsApp decorum can be challenges when it comes to mutual understanding
Teachers’ mounting ChatGPT frustrations: ‘They keep using it, even though I’ve warned them not to’
After nearly two years of existence, AI text generators are proving to be a growing headache for educators. Though many say there’s no going back to a world without them, the way forward is fraught with obstacles
What does the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov mean?
The platform’s chief executive has been arrested in France. Speculation about the motives for his detention makes it more difficult to understand the consequences of a surprising decision
The siege on Google intensifies on both sides of the Atlantic
Washington D.C. monopoly ruling marks a shift towards stricter regulation of technology giants in the United States and the European Union over their aggressive practices across markets
Not childish or a punishment: Why blocking WhatsApp helps our mental health
The experts consulted consider blocking on social media to be a formula for empowerment and an ally for our well-being
In the cauldron of fake news: The supposed spinster ridiculed by the manosphere who has been married for years
The story of a woman taken out of context years later to criticize feminism has gone viral following a chain of events that highlights the complexity of misinformation
Carissa Véliz, philosopher: ‘If you want to have a good party, ask your friends not to take photos’
The expert in ethics applied to technology advocates for a system of digital anonymity that protects us from companies. Its absence undermines our autonomy
A porous border and the river of steel: Weapons trafficked from US bleed Mexico dry
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart|
According to the most conservative studies, some 17 million weapons circulate illegally in Mexico. The vast majority come from the United States