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Luminary finally starts to support the open standard for podcast show notes as it dials back its creator-hostile practices
After a bad start, Luminary dials back its creator-hosting practices.
Google will add podcasts to search results later this year
This could encourage users to listen to their podcasts directly in Google Search and lead to more invasive tracking of their podcast listening habits.
Google to conservative think tank: delete your article or never be allowed to advertise again
Conservatives’ case against Google seems to be more relevant by the day.
Nintendo is sharing user data with Facebook
Nintendo have been caught sharing data with Facebook and then using that data to run advertising to its users base off their personal data.
Facebook is running ads for the sale of hacked PayPal accounts
Facebook seem to be running ads for criminal enterprises.
Instagram will let 3rd parties fact check your memes
The tech giants want to be the sole arbiters of truth.
Facebook suggests millions of its users are actually bots
It would be interesting to know how many Facebook users area actually real.
YouTube appears to be breaking DMCA law, experts say
YouTube cites DMCA when taking down content but doesn’t follow DMCA conventions.
UK universities expel students for online “hate speech”
Top staff at the universities are rejecting free speech and proactively policing jokes and pranks that they deem to be online “hate speech.”
Facebook staff are manually looking at your personal photos
Experts say it’s a GDPR violation.
Should tech companies pay you for your data? The Governor of California says yes
“Data dividends” could become a thing.
In Australia, political parties are exempt from privacy laws – and they’re making the most of it
Australians would be “disgusted” if they knew the data political parties were collecting.