Senate votes 50-48 to repeal Obama-era regulations requiring that ISPs ask before sharing customer data
and how to stop them Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard : The Motherboard Guide to VPNs Kevin Townsend / SecurityWeek : Could Killing of FCC Privacy Rules Lead to End of Net Neutrality? Roger...
Europe proposes expanding telco data privacy rules to email and mobile messaging services like WhatsApp and Gmail, aims for proposal to be adopted by May 2018
Farewell to the EU cookie monster - probably. Denisse Moreno / International Business Times : EU Countries Roll Out Proposals To Curb Targeted Online Ads By Companies Like Google, Facebook Harper Neid...
Evernote backtracks, will no longer change its privacy policy in January after user backlash, will not let employees read notes unless users opt-in
The stolen details … Rob Price / Business Insider : Evernote did a U-turn on a plan to let employees read users' notes that caused people to ditch the app in outrage Eric Ravenscraft / Lifehacker : Ev...
Twitter debuts an updated mute filter with ability to filter phrases and more, muted tweet threads, and new “hateful conduct” reporting option to combat abuse
Just in Time Julia Alexander / Polygon : Twitter releases new tools to report, mute online harassment Mariella Moon / Engadget : Twitter expands ‘mute’ and ‘report’ features to combat abuse Maya Kosof...
Netflix says it has throttled its videos on AT&T's and Verizon's wireless networks for more than five years to protect users from exceeding data caps
This may come as a shock … Rob Attrell / MobileSyrup.com : Netflix has been throttling video streams, but plans to start giving users quality control Horia Ungureanu / Tech Times : Netflix Touts More ...