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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 14:38:43 +0000

The record-breaking GDPR penalty for data transfers to the US could upend Meta’s business and spur regulators to finalize a new data-sharing agreement.

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Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims’ Families Sue Meta, Reddit, Amazon

May 16, 2023 0 Comments business / social media, Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Justin Ling| Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 20:14:49 +0000

The families of victims of a mass shooting in Buffalo are challenging the platforms they believe led the attacker to carry out a racist massacre.

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Twitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp

May 11, 2023 0 Comments business / social media, Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 04:11:23 +0000

The social network’s new privacy feature is technically flawed, opt-in, and limited in its functionality. All this for just $8 a month.

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A US Bill Would Ban Kids Under 13 From Joining Social Media

April 27, 2023 0 Comments business / national affairs, business / social media, Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:28:25 +0000

The legislation would insert the government into online platforms’ age-verification efforts—a move that makes some US lawmakers queasy.

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Montana’s Looming TikTok Ban Is a Dangerous Tipping Point

April 15, 2023 0 Comments business / social media, Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:28:53 +0000

The state is poised to be the first in the US to block downloads of the popular app, which could ignite a precarious chain reaction for digital rights.

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LinkedIn Verification Now Lets You Verify Your Job and Account

April 12, 2023 0 Comments business / social media, Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:23:24 +0000

To beat back fake accounts, the professional social network is rolling out new tools to prove you work where you say you do and are who you say you are.

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How Good Smile, a Major Toy Company, Kept 4chan Online

March 29, 2023 0 Comments business / national affairs, business / social media, Security, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Justin Ling| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:26:10 +0000

Documents obtained by WIRED confirm that Good Smile, which licenses toy production for Disney, was an investor in the controversial image board.

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The TikTok Hearing Revealed That Congress Is the Problem

March 24, 2023 0 Comments business / national affairs, business / social media, Security, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:42:06 +0000

The interrogation of CEO Shou Zi Chew highlighted US lawmakers’ own failure to pass privacy legislation.

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TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DC

March 24, 2023 0 Comments business / national affairs, business / social media, Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 21:50:56 +0000

The embattled social media company brought out the checkbook to ensure at least 30 of its biggest assets—creators—were in DC to help fend off critics.

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