The restrictions on political ads around Election Day are being reinstated out of concern for political misinformation, heightened by the use of AI.

When‌ ‌apps‌ ‌used‌ ‌by‌ ‌billions‌ ‌of‌ ‌people‌ ‌worldwide‌ ‌blinked‌ ‌out,‌ ‌lives‌ ‌were‌ ‌disrupted,‌ ‌businesses‌ ‌were‌ ‌cut‌ ‌off‌ ‌from‌ ‌customers‌ ‌—‌ ‌and‌ ‌some‌ ‌Facebook‌ ‌employees‌ ‌were‌ ‌locked‌ ‌out‌ ‌of‌ ‌their‌ ‌offices.‌ ‌Facebook’s‌ ‌internal‌ ‌communications‌ ‌platform,‌ ‌Workplace,‌ ‌was‌ ‌also‌ ‌taken‌ ‌out,‌ ‌leaving‌ ‌most‌ ‌employees‌ ‌unable‌ ‌to‌ ‌do‌ ‌their‌ ‌jobs.‌ ‌ ‌

WhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages, but a ProPublica investigation reveals that the company has an extensive monitoring operation and regularly shares personal information with prosecutors.

For folks in Alcoholics Anonymous, sobriety is hard enough already. In a pandemic, all the more so, with 12-step meetings suspended indefinitely.

As people adjust to life under lockdown, lawmakers from D.C. to City Hall have been working on ways to keep the economy moving.