New Study Reveals Many Popular Android Apps Have Been Sending Data to Facebook (Even When You Don’t Have a Facebook Account)
This data was sent to Facebook regardless of whether app users were logged into their Facebook accounts.
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Month: December 2018
Google Knows What You’ve Purchased by Scanning Your Emails
Twitter users have discovered that Gmail is scanning email receipts to link non-Google purchases to a user’s Google account.
YouTuber Attorney Lior Leser Announces Plans to File an FTC Complaint Against Patreon and PayPal
A legal expert has laid out his plans to file an FTC (federal trade commission) complaint against the payment processor PayPal and the fan funding website Patreon.
What Patreon Banning Sargon Means for the Fan Funding Market in 2019
Thousands of users have left the site, many high profile figures have criticized the ban, causing many to critically examine the fan funding market as a whole.
Patreon Responds to Banning Sargon of Akkad: “We Take a Strong Stance Against Hate Speech”
In the statement, Patreon said Sargon violated its community guidelines around hate speech and referred to a number of comments Sargon made in a past live stream.
Sam Harris Closes His Patreon Account to Protest the Platform’s Political Bias
Best selling author Sam Harris has closed his Patreon account to protest a string of recent bans on the platform which appear to be politically motivated
Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin Announce Plans for a Patreon Alternative
Peterson said he’s been working on a system for six months which will allow creators who engage publicly on intellectual issues to interact more effectively with their audience.
PayPal Bans SubscribeStar After the Site Is Targeted by Activitists
Activists who started to target SubscribeStar after its recent surge in popularity are taking responsibility for the PayPal account closure.
Banning Sargon of Akkad Could Have Big Consequences for Patreon
The company has shown that it doesn’t honor its commitments or community guidelines and is willing to punish creators for words and actions that take place outside of the platform.
