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 MOREJUUL EXHALES AFTER DODGING FULL BAN ON FLAVORED E-CIGS Wired Nitasha Tiku ON THURSDAY, FOOD and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb proposed new rules intended to reverse the epidemic of e-cigarette use among youth, including limiting...
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 MORENational Data Privacy Legislation Must Include Civil Rights Protections, Enhanced Punishments for Violations Nov. 13, 2018 Statement of Kristen Strader, Campaign Coordinator, Public Citizen’s Commercial Alert Note: Today, 34 civil rights...
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 MOREAs social media ‘influencers,’ patients are getting a voice. And pharma is ready to pay up STAT KATE SHERIDAN Anne Marie Ciccarella is not a doctor, though she spends a great deal of time with them. She’s not a researcher, though she routinely...
READ MOREBeer and spirits feature in HALF of all TV programmes as campaigners call for tighter advertising restrictions on alcohol Teenage binge drinking is being fuelled by half of all peak time TV featuring booze including popular soaps, research...
READ MOREE-cigarette maker Juul boosts lobbying spend amid regulatory crackdown CNBC Angelica LaVito Leading e-cigarette manufacturer Juul spent half a million dollars on lobbying last quarter — up 167 percent from the previous quarter — as regulators...
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 MOREChildren spending three hours a day on social media are more likely to be obese The Drum Taruka Srivastav A Cancer Research UK report has revealed that children who spend more than half an hour a day online are 79% more likely to be overweight or...
READ MOREAmazon patents Alexa tech to tell if you’re sick, depressed and sell you meds Ars Technica Amazon has patented technology that could let Alexa analyze your voice to determine whether you are sick or depressed and sell you products based on your...
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