Wave of Regulation, IPOs, Black Hole Photography, and a Mysterious Malware

Teb’s Weekly Tech Digest

Tyler Elliot Bettilyon
Published in
4 min readApr 12, 2019

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Around the world regulators are starting to take on big tech. In the US, a senate bill was introduced which would ban certain manipulative design practices that trick users into giving up private information. The UK has proposed a sweeping new policy that would give the government wide berth in punishing tech companies that don’t tackle hate crimes, stalking, and more. In the wake of the Christchurch shooting, Australia passed a law that requires tech platforms to…

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Tyler Elliot Bettilyon

A curious human on a quest to watch the world learn. I teach computer programming and write about software’s overlap with society and politics. www.tebs-lab.com