A congressional investigation led by Senator Elizabeth Warren finds popular tax filing tools “recklessly” sent data, like income, to Meta and Google for years
https://www.cnn.com/... Mastodon: Paul Cantrell / @inthehands@hachyderm.io : Just beating my old drum: — The fines involved could tip some of these companies into bankruptcy. — That's good. — Co...
Twitch's takedown of the May 14 mass murder livestream seems to violate Texas' social media law, given that an amendment for terrorism content exceptions failed
Mike Masnick / Techdirt : Tweets: @b_fung , @mmasnick , and @slpng_giants Tweets: Brian Fung / @b_fung : Imagine if Facebook had to carry the Buffalo shooting video, or posts amplifying the suspect's...
Twitter says it stopped enforcing its civic integrity policy in March 2021 regarding lies about the 2020 US election as Biden had been president for over a year
(CNN)Twitter quit taking action to try to limit the spread of lies about the 2020 election, the company said on Friday … Tweets: @ddale8 , @martinsfp , @donmoyn , @davelapandc , @joshuahol , @aurorabl...
An anti-fascist researcher says Twitter suspended her account after someone reported a 2019 tweet of hers following Twitter's updated Private Information Policy
to curb the misuse of media to harass or intimidate private individuals,” @Twitter told @b_fung https://www.cnn.com/... If it's being used to harm, revert. https://twitter.com/... Erica Joy / @ericajo...
Google said it shut down a hacking group in January but didn't disclose that it was an active counter-terrorism operation by a US ally, raising ethical concerns
The decision to block an “expert” level cyberattack has caused controversy inside Google after it emerged that the hackers in question were working for a US ally. Tweets: @normative , @howelloneill , ...
Some Facebook employees say internal forum admins froze comments on at least three threads in which employees discussed removing Trump from the site
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News : Tweets: @dellcam , @themadstone , @zacharylipton , @parismarx , @johnpaczkowski , @b_fung , @iancoldwater , @kathbarbadoro , @notdetails , and @techwontsaveus Tweets: Dell ...
Trump downplayed the massive cyberattack on the US government, claiming that China may be responsible and the “Fake News Media” is exaggerating its extent
President Trump downplayed a massive cyberattack on U.S. government departments and agencies and private companies on Twitter Saturday … Tweets: @realdonaldtrump , @oliverdarcy , @pwnallthethings , an...
The FTC and DOJ antitrust divisions are underfunded, as current and ex-staffers say tech giants use close personal ties and deep pockets to stymie regulation
U.S. regulators don't have enough money to properly check the tech giants, according to firsthand accounts Tweets: @ozm , @tobaccowars , @b_fung , @proffionasm , @justinbrookman , @michael_kades , @kj...
Of the top 25 Facebook advertisers in 2019, which include Uber and Netflix, only three, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Pfizer, have said they are pausing ad spending
the ones with presumably the most leverage — have stayed quiet https://www.cnn.com/... Barry Ritholtz / @ritholtz : Walmart, Wells Fargo, Uber, Netflix, Domino's, American Express. AT&T, among big bra...
Sources say the DOJ has made the antitrust inquiry into Google its top priority and the case is moving swiftly, spurred by the personal interest of AG Barr
Attorney General William Barr's attention to the Justice Department investigation shows the high stakes for the agency and for him. Tweets: @eisingerj , @b_fung , and @charlie_savage Tweets: Jesse Eis...