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News of the Week; September 25, 2019
DIGITAL Facebook Is Making Millions by Promoting Hate Groups’ Content: Despite a company policy banning hate speech, the social media giant has taken in nearly $1.6 million from hate groups since mid-2018. Top Court Rules Google Doesn’t Have to Censor Around the World Because of European Privacy Laws Other Big CJEU Case Says Google Must Put Certain […]
News of the Week; September 18, 2019
DIGITAL Examining The Expanding Web Of Chinese And Russian Information Controls Ninth Circuit’s LinkedIn Decision Does Not Greenlight the Unauthorized Webscraping of Public Websites The Ninth Circuit Takes On Web Scraping Instagram Confirms Security Issue Exposed User Accounts And Phone Numbers YouTube, Facebook, Instagram Are Epicenters For Steroid Sales — And So Are Their Recommendation […]
News of the Week; September 11, 2019
DIGITAL 8chan owner testifies to Congress about extremism on the site Months After Christchurch Shooting, The Australian Government Is Issuing Site-Blocking Orders Targeting Footage Of The Incident Google And Facebook To Face Antitrust Probes Investigating Their Impact On The Digital Ad Market Yes, News Sites Need To Get Out Of The Ad Surveillance Business — […]
News of the Week; September 4, 2019
DIGITAL Hong Kong ISPs Refuse To Help China Censor The Internet Senator: Mark Zuckerberg should face “the possibility of a prison term”: “He ought to be held personally accountable,” Ron Wyden (D-OR) said. FTC Fines Google $150-$200 Million For YouTube’s Child Data Privacy Violations YouTube fined $170 million for violations of children’s privacy Google Is […]