Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its X post about its €120M fine of X; X terminates the EC's ad account
to post a link that deceives users into thinking it's a video and to artificially increase its reach. As you may be aware, X believes everyone should have an equal voice on our platform. However, it...
The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues like its deceptive blue checkmarks, after a two-year probe
‘Impose Sanctions...’ The Verge : EU fines X $140 million over ‘deceptive’ blue checkmarks Inc : Why Elon Musk's X Was Slapped With a $140 Million Fine Eva Terry / Deseret News : European Union fines ...
Free Our Feeds, backed by Jimmy Wales and others, aims to raise $30M by 2028 to billionaire-proof the AT Protocol by making it easier for Bluesky users to leave
The non-profit social media foundation space is really heating up. Ciarán Mather / Silicon Republic : Campaign aims to protect Bluesky's tech from billionaires Thomas Claburn / The Register : Hulk sma...
The US FTC seeks public comment on federal online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children
on our location, our health, what we read online, who we know, what we buy. @FTC is seeking comment on whether to issue rules aimed at commercial surveillance & lax data security practices. https://ww...
Investigation: 32 US brokers are selling overlapping datasets with ~2.9B profiles of people pegged as “actively pregnant” or “shopping for maternity products”
Gizmodo identified 32 brokers selling data on 2.9 billion profiles of U.S. residents pegged as … Tweets: @swodinsky , @jjvincent , @swodinsky , @caitlinrcruz , @spekulation , @robinberjon , @andrewcou...
A recently unredacted antitrust complaint alleges that Google gives AMP a “nice comparative boost” by throttling load times of non-AMP ads via one-second delays
The Chrome Dev Summit concluded earlier this week. Announcements and discussions on hot topics impacting … Tweets: @robinberjon , @jameshercher , @joshhostels , @andrew_morgs , @triblondon , @adriaan...
Thursday's OCSP service-related issues highlight the fact that macOS sends a hash of every app that users run, along with the users' unencrypted IP, to Apple
Security researcher Jeffrey Paul, writes in a blog post … Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac : Deeper look at Apple's recent server outage reveals potential Mac privacy concerns Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac : iOS ...
Study on behavioral ad targeting finds that publishers only get about 4% more revenue for an ad impression that has a cookie enabled than for one that doesn't
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @johnwilander , @jason_kint , @robinberjon , @hoofnagle , @ashk4n , and @profcarroll . Thanks: @cremnob Tweets: John Wilander / @johnwilander : “Publishers...
Predictim, a service using AI to generate character scores for babysitters based on years of online activity, provides questionable recommendations to parents
When Jessie Battaglia started looking for a new babysitter for her 1-year-old son, she wanted more information … Tweets: @zeynep , @justinhendrix , @katecrawford , @ai , @carnage4life , @etbrooking , ...