A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information
and the ingestion of personal information—to power their services - Companies generally fed extensive amts of personal info into their automated systems /10 [image] Jon von Tetzchner / @jonsvt : This ...
A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more
To provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights … Msmash / Slashdot : Lawmakers Reignite Battle for Federal Privacy Law Ben Brody / Protocol : Congress is actually taking a go at a real pri...
Facebook shares two annotated internal research docs about Instagram's impact on teen mental health, after being notified of WSJ's plans to publish the docs
accusing the company of putting profits ahead of children's wellbeing and concealing the harms that its apps pose to young people. The hearing came days after Facebook “paused” work on an app for kids...
Documents: Michael Pack, CEO of USAGM, is seeking to cut funding for its nonprofit Open Technology Fund, limiting internet access in tightly controlled places
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The FCC will take public comment for 45 days on the Trump administration's petition for new transparency rules on how social media companies moderate content
David Shepardson / Reuters : Tweets: @dangillmor , @blakereid , and @frankpallone Tweets: Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor : Instead of tossing Trump's blatantly unconstitutional media censorship plan into ...
ISPs like Charter and Comcast promised free or cheap internet for low-income Americans during the pandemic, but users say signing up hasn't been easy
conflicting forces—fund it via the Treasury. by @dmccabe https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Mike Doyle / @usrepmikedoyle : Millions lack internet access, for many it is not available ...