Meta Threatens to Take Down Facebook and Instagram in Europe
Meta might just take social media sites Facebook and Instagram off the market for its European users. Regulators from the…
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Facebook hit by active users drop for the first time in its history
Social media giant Facebook has seen its daily active users (DAUs) drop for the first time in its 18-year history.…
German Supreme Court orders Facebook to allow pseudonyms
Facebook must allow the use of pseudonyms on its platform Germany’s Federal Court of Justice ruled on Thursday (27 January).…
The EU Has a Plan to Fix Internet Privacy: Be More Like Apple
Like millions of other internet users in Europe, when Alexandra Geese, a German member of the European Parliament (MEP), wants…
Facebook exposes spy firms accused of targeting thousands on its platforms
Facebook owner Meta Platforms is calling out half a dozen private surveillance companies for hacking or other abuses, accusing them…
Big Tech faces new curbs as European Parliament passes landmark rules
Big Tech companies are set to face unprecedented restrictions after EU lawmakers on Wednesday backed a package of rules geared…
Telehealth app Doxy.me shares patients’ data with third parties like Facebook and Google
Telehealth platform Doxy.me is fixing an issue that allowed three third-party firms to access the names of some patients’ providers.…
French press agency and Google launched a programme against disinformation in French elections
Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Google France launched on 6 December a programme to fight disinformation in the run-up to the…
NIH Director Suggests Law Enforcement ‘Track Down’ Spreaders of Online ‘Disinformation’ on Vaccines
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins stressed the dangers of incorrect claims regarding the COVID-19 vaccines and suggested…
Weakening encryption would be a ‘colossal mistake’ – Edward Snowden at ‘Global Encryption Day’
Undermining encryption systems to give governments access to people’s personal messages would be a “colossal mistake” with fatal consequences, former…