How Phil Schiller, now an Apple Fellow, emerged as Apple's most ardent public defender of its ecosystem, under attacks from the US DOJ, the EU, rivals, and more
Former Chief Marketing Officer Phil Schiller has frequently made it clear that Apple doesn't intend to yield to developer criticism
The US DOJ compares Apple's 2023 $77B buyback program to spending half as much on R&D, emphasizing an insulation from rivals and a lack of incentive to innovate
“In the last fiscal year, Apple spent twice as much buying back its own shares as it did on R&D. Over the past 10 years the size of its buyback scheme dwarfs both its R&D spend and...
Meta plans to offer an ad-free option for Instagram and Facebook in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland, charging €9.99/month on the web or €12.99/month on mobile
who are, by definition, comfortable with having their data processed for the purposes of ads personalization — will choose to subscribe to avoid it. Sam Schechner / @samschech : Me...
Meta plans to offer Instagram and Facebook users in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland an ad-free option for €9.99 or €12.99 per month, alongside free with ads
- Plans cost €9.99 per month on the web, €12.99 on mobile — The model follows increasing EU regulations on data access
A look at the potential impact of the EU DSA and DMA on Big Tech; some say the effect could be as severe as Great Depression-era laws that reined in US banks
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Under EU pressure, Meta offers to seek user consent in Europe for targeted ads based on users' activity to comply with GDPR, sources say as soon as October 2023
Under pressure from regulators, the Facebook and Instagram owner proposes asking users to opt in before targeting ads with their digital activity
Investigations: Instagram helps connect and promote a vast network of accounts openly devoted to underage sex content; Meta plans to increase its controls
The Meta unit's systems for fostering communities have guided users to child-sex content; company says it is improving internal controls
The EU issues Meta a record €1.2B GDPR fine for sending European user data to the US and orders stopping the transfers and unlawful processing within six months
but only for 15 minutes European Data Protection Board : Binding Decision 1/2023 on the dispute submitted by the Irish SA on data transfers by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for it...
The EU issues Meta a record €1.2B GDPR fine for sending European user data to the US and orders stopping the transfers and unlawful processing within six months
but only for 15 minutes European Data Protection Board : Binding Decision 1/2023 on the dispute submitted by the Irish SA on data transfers by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for it...
The EU fines Meta €1.2B over sending European user data to the US, a record GDPR fine, and orders Meta to stop transfers and delete the data within six months
Decision places pressure on Washington to implement surveillance changes for Europe to allow Meta to keep the data spigot open
The EU fines Meta €1.2B over sending European user data to the US, a record GDPR fine, and orders Meta to stop transfers and delete the data within six months
Decision places pressure on Washington to implement surveillance changes for Europe to allow Meta to keep the data spigot open
Sources: to comply with EU privacy rulings, Meta will let users opt out of some highly personalized ads, using an online form that Meta will review and approve
Facebook, Instagram parent hopes plans to alter a privacy approach that would limit the impact from EU orders
Source: Twitter abruptly fired around 50 engineers and warned dozens more on the evening before Thanksgiving; some were told their “code is not satisfactory”
Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer :
Sources: Elon Musk disbands Twitter's Brussels team, sparking compliance concern among EU officials after policy executives departed the small but vital office
Digital policy executives' departure elicits unease over adherence to EU rules on disinformation and hate speech
Source: Twitter abruptly fired around 50 engineers and warned dozens more on the evening before Thanksgiving; some were told their “code is not satisfactory”
Hearing that roughly 50 Twitter engineers were abruptly fired last night and dozens more received warnings: https://twitter.com/...
Sources: Elon Musk disbands Twitter's Brussels team, sparking compliance concern among EU officials after policy executives departed the small but vital office
Digital policy executives' departure elicits unease over adherence to EU rules on disinformation and hate speech
Despite YouTube suspending hundreds of Kremlin-linked channels, Russia has yet to ban the service, some argue because the Kremlin views it as too big to block
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @mhbergen , @rachaelmyrow , and @samschech See also Mediagazer Tweets: Mark Bergen / @mhbergen : “Some banks are too big to fail, and some apps are t...
Many Ukrainian tech workers, unable to leave the country, have relocated to the Lviv tech hub, with some joining Ukraine's ad hoc hacking army attacking Russia
An in-depth look at Privacy Sandbox for Android: a two-year transition with ad industry input, a marked change from Apple's ATT, which had little external input
plans to bring a Privacy Sandbox effort to Android. Google's — original Privacy Sandbox
Google plans to bring Privacy Sandbox to Android, preserving its Ad ID system for two years, and says it'll be less disruptive than ATT for advertisers and devs
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