Credit to Author: Stan Kaminsky| Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:55:48 +0000
How to protect against new threats in 2024: artificial intelligence in the hands of hackers, vulnerabilities in smart homes, new types of financial fraud, and much more.
Read moreThe US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account was compromised to take advantage of an expected Bitcoin ETFs announcement.
Read moreFacebook has announced it will roll out a new option called Link History to mobile users around the world. What does that mean?
Read moreGoogle will soon roll out its Tracking Protection feature to some randomly chosen users in order to prepare for a full deployment.
Read moreGovernment agencies have been asking Apple and Google for metadata related to push notifications, but the companies aren’t allowed to tell users about it.
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Facebook parent company Meta is facing yet another legal challenge over user privacy, as a Spanish media company representing top media outlets in the country is suing the social media giant for $600 million for competitively unfair advertising practices based on noncompliance with the EU’s General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR).
The Information Media Association (La Asociación de Medios de Información, or AMI), has filed a €550 million ($600 million) lawsuit against Meta, claiming Meta’s ability to design personalized advertising on its Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms based on its enormous user base represents an unfair competitive advantage in the advertising market in Europe, which includes media companies.
US senators issued subpoenas for the CEO’s of five social media giants to testify about their “failure to protect children online”.
Read morePrivacy organization nyob has filed a complaint against Meta about their “Pay or Okay” model it has introduced for European users.
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