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Facebook bans ad transparency researchers
Facebook is making it difficult for “misinformation” and transparency researchers to know what’s going on.
Facebook accused of researching ways to to use “encrypted” WhatsApp messages for advertising purposes
The report says Facebook is wanting to take advantage of more data. WhatsApp has partially disputed the claims.
Mastodon launches official iOS app
Apps for other operating systems will likely follow.
Banned Chinese surveillance tech is being used by US authorities to track criminals in realtime
The system could be used to find anyone anywhere.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo asks private businesses to use vaccine passports
“Run a vaccine-only admission.”
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UK employers warned forcing vaccine passports in the workplace could be a criminal offense
Digital vaccine passports are one of the latest affronts to civil liberties and, at least in the UK, employers have been told to think twice.
Northern Ireland admits vaccine passport data leak
Another reason why vaccine passports are a bad idea.
California’s privacy law is targeting analytics
Will it help to curb online trackers?
Google sues Germany over “hate speech” laws
Google wants to decide what’s “hate speech,” not Germany.
UK government plots social credit-style app-based “points” system to encourage healthy eating
The reward-based system is designed to record citizens’ habits and reward them accordingly.