Meta and its Oversight Board are frequently at odds, but this time they’re working in concert. The Oversight Board has recommended Meta implement stricter anti-doxxing policies on Facebook and Instagram after the social media giant requested the Board’s advice on sharing private addresses and images. Most notably, the Board asked Meta to remove an exception letting people share private residence info when it’s considered “publicly available.” That data usually requires effort to obtain from public records, according to the Board, but its tendency to spread rapidly on social networks significantly increases the potential for real-world harm.

The Board also called for more consistent use of exceptions for newsworthiness, a “quick and effective” means to request removal of private info and clearer explanations of when sharing partial info (such as a city or name) is enough to warrant removal. The overseer also wanted a special communications channel for doxxing victims, more opportunities to provide context for privacy violation reports and opportunities for offenders to delete residential info to have a post restored. Privacy violations should be considered “severe,” the Board added.

Some of the recommendations were for looser policies. External photos of private residences should be allowed when the location is the focus of a news story, and people should be allowed to hold protests at publicly owned official residences (such as the homes of some national leaders). Meta should allow people to share their own residences, or for others to publish those locations with consent. At the same time, though, the Board wanted Meta to share privacy violation enforcement data, be more specific when notifying offenders and provide more detail on government-related requests.

Provided Meta accepts the choices, the moves could do more to discourage doxxing campaigns on Facebook and Instagram. In some cases, harassers share technically public (if realistically unknown) and partial info knowing it will be enough to do serious damage. While the recommendations might not prevent the most determined doxxers (those willing to risk their accounts) from sharing addresses, they should close loopholes that suggest Meta tolerates this behavior.

Even vintage gaming platforms aren’t immune to Wordle‘s cultural dominance, it seems. Kotakunotes security researcher Stacksmashing has ported the hit word game to the Game Boy. The 1989-era handheld’s ROM size prevented him from including the full word list, but he used a (somewhat inaccurate) filter to help the console determine if you’re using one of the 8,000 most common English words.

The port is free and available to download, although you’ll need to load it on a Game Boy-friendly cartridge if you intend to play on a console. And not everyone has one of Nintendo’s earlier handhelds sitting around. You may want to play Wordle on a modern machine like the Analogue Pocket, particularly if you aren’t keen on the first Game Boy’s lack of built-in display lighting.

This isn’t the first retro Wordle port, and it might not be the last. Huxley Dunsany recently ported the title to a Palm PDA, for instance. In that regard, this could be the new Doom — that is, the game adapted to run on seemingly every platform imaginable. Don’t be surprised if Wordle is seemingly ubiquitous before long, even if you’re unlikely to play it on ancient devices.

There’s another apology emerging from Spotify’s Joe Rogan uproar, but it’s probably not the one you were looking for. According to Recode‘s Peter Kafka, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has apologized to staff for the backlash they’ve endured over the Rogan issue, noting in company email he was “deeply sorry” for how the situation has affected employees who’ve felt “drained, frustrated and unheard.” Ek stressed that he “strongly condemn[ed]” what Rogan said, and noted the podcast star removed episodes with racist language after talking to Spotify.

Ek didn’t budge on the prospect of removing episodes, however. He claimed pulling episodes was a “slippery slope” and maintained that preserving content with misinformation fostered “critical thinking and open debate” necessary for progress. The furor over Rogan initially centered on a December 31st episode where guest Dr. Robert Malone pushed known false claims about COVID-19, including his view that a “psychosis” led people to believe vaccines were effective.

The Spotify chief hinted at further measures beyond content labels and publicly accessible content policies. Ek promised an incremental $100 million investment in music from “historically marginalized groups.” He also said Spotify was considering expanding the ranks of independent experts used to balance creators’ freedoms with safety. However, he saw disputes like that over Joe Rogan as “inevitable” as Spotify sought to become the world’s leading audio platform — don’t expect the streaming giant to back down, in other words.

The email likely won’t satisfy critics like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Brené Brown and others who have pulled material from Spotify or otherwise chastised the service. They’ve argued Spotify is knowingly spreading harmful misinformation, and that a company its size has the responsibility to promote accurate material. It’s not a debate if one side is demonstrably wrong, after all. In that light, Ek’s message and promises are unlikely to calm what remains a very tense situation.

Motorola is once again kicking off a new year with a new Moto G Stylus, and this one still offers solid value — if you’re willing to make a couple of sacrifices. The newly introduced Moto G Stylus 2022 model still has a 6.8-inch 1080p display (albeit with a centered hole-punch camera) and an otherwise mostly fmiliar design, but makes the leap to a faster 90Hz refresh rate. You also won’t be hurting for longevity with a sizeable 5,000mAh battery in place of last year’s 4,000mAh pack.

While those are appreciable improvements, this latest Moto G Stylus is oddly conservative in some places. For one, there’s no 5G — slightly odd for a 2022 budget phone when devices like Samsung’s A32 5G already managed the feat last year. It ships with Android 11 instead of Android 12, for that matter. You do get 6GB of RAM and a higher-resolution 50MP main rear camera (up from 4GB and 48MP respectively), but Motorola has ditched the Snapdragon 678 in favor of MediaTek’s Helio G88. That’s more of a step sideways in performance than a leap forward. You still get a ultra-wide and macro cameras, though, and the 128GB of expandable storage plus water resistance should help the phone last.

The 2022 Moto G Stylus is available to pre-order now through Amazon, Best Buy, Motorola and Walmart for $300. That still makes it a good value, but it’s not an easy choice between this and last year’s Moto G Stylus 5G. You’ll have a better display and processing power, but you’ll lose 5G and the extra built-in storage. The better value could depend on sale prices for each handset, too. Until there’s an updated Moto G Stylus 5G, you may need to shop carefully to find the best device.

Need proof Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a disconcertingly large fortune? Just ask Rotterdam. Rijnmond and The Washington Post have learned the Dutch city has agreed to temporarily dismantle part of the historic Koningshaven Bridge (often called De Hef) to let his upcoming superyacht, Y721, pass through this summer. City spokeswoman Frances van Heijst didn’t yet have a cost estimate, but stressed that shipbuilder Oceanco would cover the costs rather than the city.

As you might imagine, Y721’s design is… excessive. With a 417-foot length, three masts and several decks, the vessel is poised to be the world’s largest sailing yacht. It’s currently under construction in Alblasserdam and is believed to cost about $500 million. If Rotterdam hadn’t granted permission to dismantle part of the bridge, Oceanco would likely have needed to sail the partly constructed yacht under the bridge and finish construction at another dock.

The city is also catching some flak over the decision. Koningshaven, built in 1927, was declared a national monument after it was decommissioned in 1994 due to its significance as the first in Western Europe with a central section that raises to allow taller ships underneath. The city finished a three-year restoration of the bridge in 2017, and vowed to never dismantle the bridge again — the Bezos deal breaks that promise in spectacular fashion.

Not that Bezos will necessarily be fazed. Forbesestimates Bezos’ net worth at $166.6 billion as of this writing. He could pay for the Netherlands’ latest defense budget ($14.3 billion) ten times over and still afford the yacht. To him, dismantling the bridge is effectively a minor inconvenience where it it’s a huge affair for virtually everyone else.