by Tyler | Dec 6, 2019 | Asia, China, COPPA, data privacy, Politics, privacy and security, Social Media, Tech, TikTok, Trending
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is facing accusations that it violated child privacy laws and improperly collected data on young users, according to a new lawsuit.
by Tyler | Dec 5, 2019 | Frank Pallone, Greg Walden, Jan Schakowsky, Linda Sanchez, Matt Gaetz, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, Robert Lighthizer, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Tech, Ted Cruz, Trending, U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA)
Nancy Pelosi has joined a growing list of lawmakers concerned over the Robert Lighthizer’s inclusion of language protecting big tech companies’ content moderation legal immunity in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
by Tyler | Dec 4, 2019 | Asia, Economy, Elon Musk, Masters of the Universe, SpaceX, Tech, Tesla, Thailand, Trending, Vern Unsworth
The Defamation lawsuit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk begins today in Los Angeles. The case is based on Musk’s social media posts calling British cave rescuer Vern Unsworth, who was instrumental in the rescue of a trapped Thai youth soccer team, a ‘Pedo...
by Tyler | Dec 4, 2019 | Alphabet, Economy, Google, Larry Page, Masters of the Universe, Sergey Brin, Sundar Pichai, Tech, Trending
Google co-founder Larry Page has announced he will step down as CEO of Alphabet, the umbrella company that owns Google, YouTube and other former Google subsidiaries. His co-founder, Sergey Brin, will also step down from the company.
by Tyler | Nov 30, 2019 | CFIUS, China, Economy, Marco Rubio, Politics, Tech, TikTok, Trending
A new report alleges that Chinese firm ByteDance Studios is making efforts to distance its TikTok app from its other Chinese operations amid a probe by U.S. authorities.
by Tyler | Nov 30, 2019 | Amazon, Economy, Facebook, Google, Masters of the Universe, privacy and security, Smart Homes, smart speaker, Tech, Trending
The editor of the Mozilla Foundation’s Internet Health Report recently published a blog post on the website of the UK consumer association Which? that questions how privacy-focused the smart devices being pushed by the Masters of the Universe are.
