EU fines Meta a record $1.3 billion for user data processing violations
The European Union on Monday ordered the transfer of user data across the Atlantic to stop by October and imposed a $1.3 billion privacy fine....
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Tech: Highlights of the Google I/O 2023 keynote
Google announced the Pixel Fold and its PaLM 2 AI language model. This year’s Google I/O event was packed with new product announcements and detailed...
Location-tracking: Google agrees to pay $392 million to 40 US states
Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states to end an investigation into how the search giant tracked users’ locations, state attorneys...
Elon Musk telling users that they can continue to complain, but the price of Twitter’s $8 blue tick fee will not change
Elon Musk has reaffirmed his support for Twitter’s proposed new $8-per-month fee for users who want to retain their blue verified checkmark. The billionaire, who...
YouTube to remove videos spreading abortion falsehoods
YouTube will begin removing misleading videos about abortion in response to falsehoods being spread about the procedure that is being banned or restricted across a...
Twitter cracks down on COVID vaccine misinformation
Twitter says it has begun labeling tweets that include misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and using a strike system to eventually remove accounts that repeatedly...
Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement
A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data...
Google pledges changes to research oversight after internal revolt
Alphabet Inc’s Google will change procedures before July for reviewing its scientists’ work, according to a town hall recording heard by Reuters, part of an...
Zuckerberg says Facebook’s failure to remove militia page an operational mistake
Facebook Inc (FB.O) made an operational mistake in not acting sooner to remove a page for a militia group that posted a call to arms in...
Microsoft confirms talks seeking to buy US arm of TikTok
Microsoft confirmed Sunday it is in talks with Chinese company ByteDance to acquire the U.S. arm of its popular video app TikTok and has discussed...