Tag: US tech companies

Categories EU

Google, Facebook & Microsoft top EU lobbying spending amid clampdown on Big Tech’s powers by Brussels – study

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Tech firms have allocated almost €100 million to lobby the EU over the past year in an attempt to counter new tough laws regulating their activities, with Google, Facebook and Microsoft laying out the most cash, a study has found. … Read More >Google, Facebook & Microsoft top EU lobbying spending amid clampdown on Big Tech’s powers by Brussels – study

Categories Russia

‘Dystopian nightmare’: Russian tech billionaire Durov slams America’s Apple & Google for ‘censoring’ information on the internet

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Two of the world’s largest corporations, American tech giants Apple and Google, are actively censoring information disseminated to the public. That’s according to Pavel Durov, the Russian founder of the Telegram Messenger app. … Read More >‘Dystopian nightmare’: Russian tech billionaire Durov slams America’s Apple & Google for ‘censoring’ information on the internet

Categories Asia & Pacific

Facebook imposed face recognition tech on 200,000 South Koreans & took social security info without consent, data watchdog finds

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Facebook created and stored facial recognition details on 200,000 users in South Korea by harvesting info from videos and photos without consent, a data privacy audit revealed. It also illegally collected social security numbers. … Read More >Facebook imposed face recognition tech on 200,000 South Koreans & took social security info without consent, data watchdog finds

Categories Russia

Russia fines US tech giants Facebook, Twitter & WhatsApp nearly half million dollars over refusal to stop sending user data abroad

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Three of the world’s largest internet companies have been hit with hefty financial penalties after a Russian court ruled they had fallen foul of rules requiring them to process users’ private data exclusively within the country. … Read More >Russia fines US tech giants Facebook, Twitter & WhatsApp nearly half million dollars over refusal to stop sending user data abroad

Categories World

Apple’s new ‘child-safety’ features face fresh challenge over censorship & privacy from over 90 rights groups

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Apple’s controversial plan to scan user photos and conversations for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) faces renewed criticism after rights groups warned it would “censor protected speech”, threaten privacy and endanger children. … Read More >Apple’s new ‘child-safety’ features face fresh challenge over censorship & privacy from over 90 rights groups

Categories World

Snowden joins battle against iPhone photo-scanning plan as Apple insults privacy activists as ‘screeching voices of the minority’

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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has endorsed a petition against Apple’s plan to scan every iPhone user’s photos, calling it an assault on privacy. The company insisted its intention is only to root out child sexual abuse. … Read More >Snowden joins battle against iPhone photo-scanning plan as Apple insults privacy activists as ‘screeching voices of the minority’

Categories Shows

Apple tries to fix public freakout over naked child pictures (Full show)

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Apple feels “positive” about its “widely misunderstood” plan to introduce software changes intended to fight the proliferation of child pornography. So what exactly are they doing? RT America’s Faran Fronczak and Brent Jabbour of “Boom Bust” join to discuss. A crashed Tesla raged for hours, not the minutes firefighters had expected when they responded to a crash. They needed 30,000 gallons of water to put out the blaze. … Read More >Apple tries to fix public freakout over naked child pictures (Full show)