UK Competition and Markets Authority, the country's antitrust watchdog, launches an investigation into Facebook's acquisition of Giphy
key question is how much revenues Giphy made & if that meets baseline for UK antitrust authorities to review deal. Major issue w/ current competition rules: you have to meet a certain $$ threshold for...
Sources: Goldman Sachs is approving Apple Card applications for some users with low credit scores as Apple wants as many of its customers as possible approved
but Be Wary Danny Zepeda / iMore : Apple Card lender is reportedly approving applications at a high rate PYMNTS.com : Goldman Sachs OKs Subprime Applicants For Apple Card Killian Bell / Cult of Mac : ...
Tim Cook, in an op-ed, asks Congress to pass privacy legislation and the FTC to create a data-broker clearinghouse so users can track and control their data
to enable Google's data harvesting/tracking/online advertising. Tim Cook strangely doesn't mention this here: http://time.com/... Nilay Patel / @reckless : 1. http://time.com/... 2. pic.twitter.com/I...
Facebook to roll out new tool that lets users check if they Liked or followed Russia-linked accounts; users won't be able to check if they saw Russian ads
FACEBOOK IS BUILDING … Alex Hern / The Guardian : Facebook to tell users if they interacted with Russia's ‘troll army’ Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : Facebook To Notify Users If They Liked A Fake Russian Acc...