Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on social media Article 916 words 81 votes
Google decides to pull up the ladder on the open internet, pushes for unconstitutional regulatory proposals google internet.open Article 66 votes
Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads – then a Norwegian regulator threatened daily fines social media facebook privacy Article 543 words 51 votes
The most insane “robocall mitigation plans” that US telcos filed with the FCC Article 737 words 50 votes
US cable lobby and Ted Cruz are disappointed as FCC bans digital discrimination internet Article 507 words 43 votes
UK becomes first country to outlaw easily guessable default passwords on connected devices Article 391 words 36 votes
US consumer protection agency announces plans to regulate sale of personal data Article 354 words 35 votes
EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation followed by Facebook facebook microsoft google Article 746 words 34 votes
Why has Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter, not launched in the EU? social media privacy Link 33 votes
A simple plan to dissolve Facebook, Google, and Amazon, from the man who coined the term "net neutrality" facebook google amazon Article 2331 words 30 votes
Amazon seeks to evade EU regulations by claiming it isn't a Very Large Online Platform amazon Article 848 words 29 votes
Norway's privacy battle with Meta is just getting started – regulator says it's investigating the company's new ad-free subscription services privacy social media facebook Article 386 words 28 votes
TikTok fined record £300m for putting children’s privacy at risk social media privacy Article 352 words 28 votes
Denmark aims to raise the age limit for the collection of personal data from children by tech giants google Article 284 words 27 votes
European Union approves landmark AI law, leapfrogging US to regulate critical but worrying new technology Article 26 votes
Cracking down on Big Tech works. Brave, Firefox, Vivaldi surge on iOS. ios android apple google browsers Article 1520 words 25 votes
How US anti-abortion ruling spurred federal action against the location data industry Article 1475 words, published Jan 26 2024 24 votes
OpenAI's Altman launching a cryptocurrency with an eye-scanner gimmick. Does this impact how you feel about AI? Article 505 words 23 votes
Meta lost a legal battle Wednesday to halt a Norwegian ban on its advertising practices that came with hefty daily fines social media facebook privacy Article 480 words 22 votes
Facebook owner Meta hit with record €1.2bn fine over EU-US data transfers social media facebook Article 290 words 22 votes
Australia wants to use face recognition for porn age verification privacy security Article 416 words 22 votes
US FTC approves Facebook fine of about $5 billion facebook social media privacy Article 1139 words 22 votes
Internet hacking is about to get much worse - We can no longer leave online security to the market security internet Article 1590 words 22 votes
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas argues for regulating large internet platforms as common carriers internet Article 535 words 21 votes
The US Federal Trade Commission made an unprecedented move against data brokers Article 380 words 20 votes
Google is directing searchers straight to troves of nonconsensual deep fake porn, raising legal and ethical concerns google Article 1497 words 18 votes
US phone companies must now block carriers that didn’t meet FCC robocall deadline Article 886 words 18 votes
The only way to rein in Big Tech is to treat them as a public service privacy google facebook Article 862 words 18 votes
Google risks forced breakup of ad business as EU alleges shocking misconduct google Article 574 words 16 votes
New Norwegian law will require advertisements where a body's shape, size, or skin has been retouched to be labeled social media Article 411 words 16 votes
TikTok says the Trump administration has forgotten about trying to ban it, would like to know what’s up social media Article 369 words 16 votes
US phone carriers may soon be able to block all calls from robocallers' carriers Article 593 words, published Jul 17 2020 16 votes
Ajit Pai does ISPs’ bidding, pushes for tighter rules on Google and Facebook google facebook Article 1650 words 16 votes
In Canada’s battle with Big Tech, smaller publishers and independent outlets struggle to survive social media google facebook Article 2406 words 15 votes
I’ve fought for a free internet for thirty years. Here’s where I think we went wrong, and right internet Article 2493 words 15 votes
Facebook faces a big penalty, but US regulators are split over how big facebook social media privacy Article 1899 words 15 votes
Congress demands Jeff Bezos explain Amazon’s face recognition software amazon privacy Article 1007 words 15 votes
US FTC: Facebook was bad at business, so it “illegally bought or buried” competition facebook Article 518 words 14 votes