MeWe offers a more private alternative to FacebookJune 11, 2020 - 11:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A new social media app created with the input of Sir Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web) is looking to take on Facebook, Forbes says. The creators of the ad-free platform claim users of Mark Zuckerberg's service are “fed up with Facebook and Twitter because of their political bias, election interference and privacy violations.” The app, MeWe, calls itself the "Anti-Facebook" and offers the industry's first Privacy Bill of Rights offering members control of their data, newsfeeds and overall privacy on the platform. The app’s latest push for members comes on the heels of an op-ed in the New York Post by MeWe founder and CEO, Mark Weinstein: "Why social media censorship is worse than useless." The MeWe Privacy Bill of Rights includes the following points: – You own your personal information & content. It is explicitly not ours. – You never receive targeted third-party advertisements or targeted third-party content. We think that's creepy. – You have full control over your newsfeed and the order of how posts appear. – We do not manipulate, filter, or change the order of your newsfeeds. Only you can do that. – Permissions & privacy are your rights. You control them. – You control who can access your content. – You can opt out of our member directory to protect your privacy. – We do not sell your personal information to anyone. – Your face is your business. We do not use facial recognition technology. – You have the right to delete your account and take your content with you at any time. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |