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News of the Week; August 28, 2019
DIGITAL Alphabet’s legal chief, David Drummond, comes under the spotlight following new allegations about his personal conduct My Time at Google and After Ex-Google Staffer Says After Split With Chief Legal Officer David Drummond: ‘Hell Does Not Begin To Capture My Life’ Google defends tracking cookies—some experts aren’t buying it Google Play app with 100 […]
News of the Week; August 21, 2019
DIGITAL Latest ‘Google Whistleblower’ To Prove Anti-Conservative Bias Doesn’t Prove Anything And Appears To Be Bigoted Conspiracy Theorist Facebook audit of alleged anti-conservative bias fails to pinpoint any Facebook, Twitter accuse China of spreading Hong Kong disinformation Facebook and Twitter uncover Chinese trolls spreading doubts about Hong Kong protests: Close to 1,000 accounts were found […]
News of the Week; August 14, 2019
DIGITAL White House proposal would have FCC and FTC police alleged social media censorship White House Once Again Circulating A Draft Executive Order On Social Media Bias Be Careful What You Wish For In Asking Silicon Valley To Police Speech Online Four Democratic Candidates Call on Walmart to Stop Selling Guns TikTok is fuelling India’s […]
News of the Week; August 7, 2019
DIGITAL European Court Of Justice Rules On Three Big Copyright Cases Have You Heard? If You Spread ‘Hurtful’ Rumors In China, You’ll Be Thrown Off The Internet For Years The ‘cesspool of hate’ message board 8chan was taken offline after being linked to 3 mass shootings this year Online providers knock 8chan offline after mass […]
News of the Week; July 31, 2019
DIGITAL Sites could be liable for helping Facebook secretly track your web browsing, says EU court Court of Justice of the European Union Press Release No 99/19 Luxembourg, 29 July 2019 Judgment in Case C-40/17 Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG v Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV Russian Interference and Data Privacy: Facebook Stockholders Demand Section 220 […]