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Facebook’s Libra faces privacy concerns, political backlash
Facebook’s Libra, part of an effort to expand into digital payments has immediately raised privacy concerns and potential political backlash. Read more…
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More misogynist AI: facial recognition reveals porn star past
Someone just invented a facial recognition app to help men find out if their fiancé ever made porn videos. The good news: it might be illegal under GDPR. Read more…
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Are the tech giants beginning to lose the privacy wars?
The privacy wars are raging on. Tech giants, particularly Facebook and its family and Google and its ecosystem are playing catch up now. Read more…
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Facebook gets called out at TED for breaking democracy
At TED 2019, journalist Carole Cadwalladr called out the heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter for breaking UK democracy. She got a standing ovation. Read more…
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Facebook and another fine mess in the privacy saga
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it may have “unintentionally uploaded” email contacts of 1.5 million new users Read more…
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Facebook needs more than a privacy gimmick to save itself
Facebook’s inability to do the impossible – block videos of people being murdered before they are murdered – will be the company’s downfall. Read more…
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You have to be Brave to disrupt the advertising world
It is not big news to say that a growing number of internet users are frustrated by programmatic advertising. Brave can fix that. Read more…
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Data Privacy gets its Day – is this the tipping point?
Apparently there is a thing called Data Privacy Day. It is today. And although we might smile that such a thing even exists, events like this might just prove to be a tipping point in the privacy wars. Read more…
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Deepfake porn and other ways AI can ruin your life
Awful people are using AI tools to create deepfake porn videos to humiliate women. Who (or what) is going to stop them? Read more…
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Selling geolocation data is risky business for telcos
Telcos are monetizing location-based services partly by selling geolocation data to third parties. But are they doing enough to prevent it from being misused? Read more…