Privacy
Facebook launches Reels globally, betting on ‘fastest growing’ format
Facebook is launching its short video feature Reels to more than 150 countries, its owner Meta Platforms has said, in a move to expand its fastest growing content format.
Meta’s Facebook to pay $90 million to settle privacy lawsuit over user tracking
Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users’ internet activity even after they logged out of the social media webs...
Facebook should tighten doxxing rules, says its oversight board
Facebook owner Meta Platforms should not allow users to share people’s private residential information on its platforms even when the information is publicly available, the c...
Snap recovers from Apple privacy changes, shares surge 50%
Snap Inc has said its advertising business bounced back from the effects of Apple Inc’s privacy changes faster than it expected, and shares of the company skyrocketed 50% as ...
Three US states, DC sue Google over location-tracking
Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade use...
WhatsApp co-founder Acton named Signal’s interim CEO
Messaging app Signal’s founder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike will step down and WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton will become the interim CEO, Marlinspike said in a blog post.
South Korea to test AI-powered facial recognition to track COVID-19 cases
South Korea will soon roll out a pilot project to use artificial intelligence, facial recognition and thousands of CCTV cameras to track the movement of people infected with the co...
Google makes pledges on browser cookies to appease UK regulator
Google has pledged more restrictions on its use of data from its Chrome browser to address concerns raised by Britain’s competition regulator about its plan to ban third-part...
A look at the intimate details Amazon knows about us
As a Virginia lawmaker, Ibraheem Samirah has studied internet privacy issues and debated how to regulate tech firms’ collection of personal data. Still, he was stunned to learn the...
Social media users could disable algorithms in new US proposal
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives has introduced a bill that would require internet platforms like Facebook and Google to allow users to see conten...
Facebook plans to remove sensitive ad targeting options
Facebook has said it plans to remove detailed ad targeting options that refer to “sensitive” topics, such as ads based on interactions with content around race, health,...
Apple’s software boss warns against draft EU policy on App Store
Apple software leader Craig Federighi took the stage at the Web Summit in Lisbon to voice the iPhone maker’s objections to EU draft guidelines that could allow customers to i...
Whistleblower: governments must check Facebook really does scrap face recognition
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen welcomed Facebook’s announcement that it would scrap facial recognition, but urged close government oversight of the move to ensure the ...
Amazon seen triumphing over Apple privacy changes in digital ad business
Amazon.com is expected to emerge as a winner in the digital advertising arena, surviving Apple’s privacy changes better than rivals Facebook and Snap.
TikTok tells US lawmakers it does not give information to China’s government
An executive at TikTok faced tough questions during the video-sharing app’s first appearance at a US congressional hearing, saying it does not give information to the Chinese...