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Chrome’s new cookie blocking feature may actually help Google by harming advertising competitors
It may seem odd that Google would create a feature that would harm itself, until you look a little closer.
Should tech companies pay you for your data? The Governor of California says yes
“Data dividends” could become a thing.
Millions of smart devices have major security flaws
A new report from a security researcher highlights the extent of the problem.
Patreon just widened their terms of service to support the authoritarian practices they’ve been following for some time
Patreon’s terms of service on so-called hate speech have been widely criticized as their terms have applied to whatever you do in your life, regardless of whether it’s on the Patreon platform or not.
Comedian Steven Crowder says his YouTube channel with 3.7 million subscribers could be removed due to fake copyright claims
Three bogus copyright strikes were filed against an original “Dr. Trump” parody music video in the span of a week and Crowder says that these strikes may lead to his YouTube channel being terminated.
Child labor laws never anticipated the YouTube and “influencer” era
Children are being put to work on YouTube and Instagram.
How much the Democrat 2020 candidates spend on Facebook
Some of them have built their campaign on being anti-big tech but they sure do spend a lot of money on Facebook.
Microsoft says it refuses to sell face recognition tech to law enforcement
Apparently, Californian police wanted to run a face scan whenever they pull someone over.
The California Privacy Senate Bill ignores the biggest privacy-abuser of all: adtech
Adtech’s data on all of us is shocking.
Silicon Valley lobbyists are pushing back hard against consumer privacy legislation
Big tech wants to weaken privacy laws.
Google Stadia product manager addresses the privacy issue of the “online only” games platform
As a user’s Stadia account is built on top of their Google account, it would be easy for Google to implement targeted advertising on the platform as a revenue stream.
Fox 17 in Nashville posts a fake news tweet that suggests Infowars host Alex Jones may have been involved in a high-speed chase and standoff with police
At the time of writing, the tweet has been left up for over 17 hours and has yet to be removed.