The real battle for data privacy begins when you die
Shawn Wen | (TNS) Bloomberg News In 2012 a 15-year-old girl died in Berlin after being hit by a subway train. Her bereaved parents asked Facebook to turn over her …
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Meta, Microsoft, X band together against Apple’s App Store plans
By Emily Birnbaum | Bloomberg Meta Platforms Inc., Microsoft Corp., X Corp. and Match Group Inc. asked a federal judge to reject Apple Inc.’s plan for opening its App Store …
Judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter
By Melissa Alonso | CNN A New York state judge on Monday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against several social media companies alleging the platforms contributed to the …
Tech companies must be held accountable for abuse of kids
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, during a recent congressional hearing on internet child safety, apologized to families of children harmed by social media platforms. But apologies aren’t enough. Social media companies …
When it comes to ketamine, Meta’s posting policy is no party to decipher
Darius Tahir | (TNS) KFF Health News People keep talking about ketamine. The drug has become a favorite of celebrities, billionaires, and ordinary patients, many of whom view it as …
Meta sues former vice president over alleged stolen documents
By Kurt Wagner | Bloomberg Meta Platforms Inc. sued one of its former vice presidents for what it called a “stunning” betrayal in his defection to a “stealth” AI cloud …
Facebook’s stubborn tolerance for audio deepfakes is absurd
In the same amount of time it would take to toast a slice of bread, you could clone the voice of President Joe Biden and share it on social media. …
What to do, and not do, with a VR headset on
Broken bones, cuts and contusions: Researchers say these are the most-common injuries as rising numbers of people wearing virtual reality headsets come into contact with hard reality while at play …
Former Facebook executive pleads guilty to stealing $4 million from company
By Olivia LaBorde | CNN An Atlanta woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $4 million from Facebook while she was an executive at the company. Barbara Furlow-Smiles attends the …
Meta shuts thousands of fake Facebook accounts primed to polarize voters
By David Klepper | The Associated Press Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing …