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Facebook won’t let some users turn off face tracking
Facebook seems to always be in the middle of a privacy scandal.
YouTube suppresses PewDiePie in the US
New study shows that PewDiePie is 45 times more likely to trend in Canada and up to 40 times more likely to trend in countries where English is not the primary language.
Facebook caught sharing user data with phone carriers, showing ads based on creditworthiness
Facebook may not be serious about protecting user privacy after all.
Microsoft joins with Apple in calling for a US-wide data protection law
Neither of the companies heavily rely on user data for their business model.
95% of the time YouTube promotes legacy media in its Trending tab, not YouTubers
This provides evidence of something YouTube creators have long suspected – the Trending tab is merely a tool for pushing traditional media outlets.
Twitter bans the Houston Rockets
Several sports accounts have been banned in the last week.
Iowa and Iowa State football banned by Twitter
Now sports teams are being banned from Twitter.
Microsoft announces new Xbox content moderation tools to police “hate speech, bigotry and misogyny”
Microsoft is one of the many big tech firms trying to control what you say online.
Very few “revenge porn” cases are being prosecuted, new UK data shows
Revenge porn cases are on the rise, yet most are not prosecuted.
New app lets you spend crypto in physical stores like Whole Foods, GameStop and more
Crypto users will be excited that they can now use crypto to buy their groceries.
Database of private info of top Instagram influencers leaks online
The data leaks continue.
New report shows adware is as bad as malware
Malware has often been seen as being worse than malware but a new report tells otherwise.