Consumer groups urge FTC to investigate Google over location tracking The Hill EMILY BIRNBAUM A coalition of more than 75 consumer groups is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Google for allegedly “manipulating”...
READ MOREFacebook critics file FTC complaint over breach of 30 million accounts The Verge Colin Lecher A coalition of Facebook critics has filed a complaint against the company with the Federal Trade Commission, asking the agency to investigate this...
READ MOREDelay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis The New York Times Sheera Frenkel, Nicholas Confessore, Cecilia Kang, Matthew Rosenberg and Jack Nicas Sheryl Sandberg was seething. Inside Facebook’s Menlo Park, Calif....
READ MOREGoogle Is Teaching Children How to Act Online. Is It the Best Role Model? The New York Times Natasha Singer and Sapna Maheshwari Google is on a mission to teach children how to be safe online. That is the message behind “Be Internet Awesome,” a...
READ MORETech Industry Lobby Proposes Data Privacy Laws; Critics Call Them Weak Xconomy Bernadette Tansey The tech industry, which reaps billions of dollars by harvesting personal data and using it to sell targeted advertising and other services, opened...
READ MORENew Pressure on Google and YouTube Over Children’s Data The New York Times Sapna Maheshwari In the context of a growing national debate on tech and privacy, Google has come under increased scrutiny for how it may be tracking and targeting...
READ MOREFCC chairman says Twitter, Facebook, Google may need transparency law The Verge Jacob Kastrenakes The leader of the Federal Communications Commission says that major web companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google have offered little...
READ MOREAmazon Sets Its Sights on the $88 Billion Online Ad Market The New York Times Julie Creswell Verizon doesn’t sell its mobile phones or wireless plans over Amazon. Nor does it offer Fios, its high-speed internet service. But Verizon does advertise...
READ MOREYahoo, Bucking Industry, Scans Emails for Data to Sell Advertisers The Wall Street Journal By Douglas MacMillan, Sarah Krouse and Keach Hagey The U.S. tech industry has largely declared it is off limits to scan emails for information to sell to...
READ MOREVerizon throttling could trigger FTC investigation of deceptive practices arstechnica JON BRODKIN Thirteen Democratic members of Congress on Friday asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Verizon’s recent throttling of the Santa...
READ MOREFacebook and Instagram change to crack down on underage children Tech Crunch Josh Constine Facebook and Instagram will more proactively lock the accounts of users its moderators encounter and suspect are below the age of 13. Its former policy was...
READ MOREFTC CHAIR SAYS COMMISSION ‘VERY INTERESTED’ IN GOOGLE EU FINE AdAge The chairman of U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that the agency is “very interested” in learning more about the European Union’s record...
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