Analysis: tech lobbying group CCIA and others, backed by Meta, Google, and more, have spent $36.4M+ on ads opposing antitrust bills that ban self-preferencing
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @daviduberti and @chadsday Tweets: David Uberti / @daviduberti : “The spending marks one of the biggest ad campaigns by the powerful tech industry in recent years and re...
A look at the hurdles the FTC faces in strengthening online privacy, including budgetary constraints, personnel changes, and potential legal pushback
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At the White House's ransomware summit, 32 countries pledged to share cyberattack info, push firms to improve security, and disrupt hackers' financial tools
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A look at efforts to shape federal rules for companies disclosing cyberattacks, with a group representing Alphabet and Amazon pushing for a 72-hour window
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As police requests for Google users' location history grow, “geofence warrants” are facing increasing pushback and legal scrutiny, with challenges in CA and VA
David Uberti / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @hypervisible and @neerajka Tweets: Doomscrolling Eternal / @hypervisible : Geofence warrant requests “grew 1,500% from 2017 to 2018, and an additional 50...
Facebook's deepfakes policy is a good move but remains deeply flawed, covering only certain videos created by AI and creating loopholes for misleading “satire”
good old fakes—will easily slip by annoticed. And how many writers on propaganda have warned that irony/satire are anyone's game & a hair's breadth away from disinfo? https://www.theverge.com/... @ael...
Facebook bans misleading posts, photos, ads, and other content about the 2020 US Census, even if posted by a politician, on Facebook and Instagram
this is a good step. But if Facebook is able to stop spreading lies about the census, why won't you stop spreading other lies from politicians?! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Vanita Gupta / @van...