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Meta to use Facebook, Instagram posts of EU users to train AI
Meta announced Monday that all public posts and comments by adult users on its platforms including Facebook and Instagram as well as...
Staff Writer
Apr 15


Meta targeted depressed teens with tailored ads, claims whistleblower
Social media giant, Meta, shared private information about the emotional state of teenage users with third party advertisers, claimed...
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Apr 10


LinkedIn sued for sharing private messages to train gen AI models
Professional social network LinkedIn has been sued by its premium customers for “breaching its contractual promises” and allegedly...
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Jan 23


Australia bans social media for children under 16
Australia has passed a new law to completely restrict children below 16 years of age from using social media. The Online Safety Amendment...
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Nov 29, 2024


Meta to bring back face recognition tech to detect scams, verify users
Facebook -parent Meta Platforms is re-introducing face recognition technology (FRT) for user verification and scam detection, three years...
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Oct 22, 2024


Social media platforms accused of mass surveillance, targeting children
Social media and video streaming services are conducting “vast surveillance” on their consumers to monetize their personal data, said US...
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Sep 20, 2024


Why was Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested?
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in Paris on Saturday by French police over a pending arrest warrant against him, according to a...
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Aug 26, 2024


Google abandons plan to phase out third-party cookies
Google has scrapped its earlier plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome browser by the end of this year. The Alphabet company...
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Jul 23, 2024


Explained: What is ailing face recognition tech?
S ocial media is abuzz with cases of people being misled or forced at airports to sign up for DigiYatra and use their face biometrics....
Abhijit Ahaskar
Apr 5, 2024


Google to purge private browsing data of millions of Chrome users to settle lawsuit
Google has agreed to expunge private browsing data of millions of users to resolve a 2020 class action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged that...
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Apr 2, 2024


X blocks 177 accounts on govt order, challenges legality in court
X has blocked multiple accounts and posts related to farmers and the ongoing farmer protests in India after an executive order from the...
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Feb 22, 2024


Meta allowed underage users on Instagram, collected data without parents' consent
Facebook parent Meta has been accused of violating federal children’s privacy law in the US by knowingly allowing underage users on...
Staff Writer
Nov 27, 2023
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