Tech CEOs testify in House Judiciary Committee hearing on antitrust law
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Google confirms plans to move UK users’ accounts outside EU jurisdiction
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Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under US jurisdiction instead, the company confirmed late on Wednesday (19 February). The shift, prompted by Britain’s exit from the … Read More
Facebook tracks you offline: How to make it stop
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You may not agree with Facebook’s practices, but it’s hard to argue against its effectiveness. Advertisers are willing to pay big bucks to access your data collected through the social media platform. Depending on your settings, social media sites and … Read More
German Finance Minister Says Gov’t Must Reject Facebook’s Libra Coin
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz stated that policymakers cannot accept parallel currencies such as Facebook’s proposed Libra stablecoin. Prevent stablecoins from becoming alternative currencies As reported by Reuters, on Sept. 17, German Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said during a … Read More
Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple face antitrust probe by House
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Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple face an antitrust investigation by the House judiciary committee. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Sept. 13 (UPI) — House lawmakers requested internal documents from Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple as part of an antitrust investigation examining … Read More
Finnish politician under ‘hate crime investigation’ for sharing Bible verse on Facebook
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Police are investigating a Christian politician in Finland for an alleged “hate crime” because she shared a Bible verse on Facebook to criticize a national church that participated in LGBT Pride festivities. In the post, congresswoman Päivi Räsänen, a Christian Democrat, criticized the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland for participating … Read More
White House to convene social media summit after new Trump attacks
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© Greg Nash The White House said on Wednesday that it will hold a social media summit next month amid President Trump’s fresh attacks against internet platforms over allegations of anti-conservative bias. White House spokesman Judd Deere told The Hill in … Read More
Emmanuel Macron, Facebook’s Zuckerberg Will Meet To Clamp Down On HATE SPEECH
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AP Photo / Francois Mori France has formulated draft legislation scheduled to hit Parliament’s agenda in the coming months to compel platforms like Google, Facebook and Twitter to remove hateful content within 24 hours or face heavy fines. Facebook CEO … Read More
Germany seeks to reduce Facebook, Google power
Germany outlined measures designed to curb the increasing dominance of internet giants, including Google and Facebook, by boosting the powers of its competition regulator. Reuters reported the initiative could see more restrictions placed on the bigger players from acquiring smaller rivals, … Read More
Facebook uncovers new global misinformation operations
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Facebook has identified and banned hundreds of accounts, groups and pages engaged in misleading political behavior, a far larger discovery than a “sophisticated” effort it reported three weeks ago with great fanfare. The social network said Tuesday that it had … Read More