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US Senators Introduce ‘Privacy Bill of Rights’ in Wake of Facebook Data-Harvesting Scandal

Updated on Jan 29, 2024 by Josiah Wilmoth

Two US senators have introduced a bill that seeks to establish a “privacy bill of rights” for American consumers and prohibit social media platforms and other websites from sharing or…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media

Microsoft and Facebook start intervening in private conversations. How long until they beep out unwanted parts in real time?

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

For the first time, a telecommunications provider is having opinions on the content of your conversations. This is unprecedented and a sharp deviation from all previous history. How long until…

Categories: General Privacy News, Social Media

Facebook and Cambridge Analytica: Pretty much everyone’s looking the wrong way and learning nothing

Updated on Aug 5, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

People have finally woken up to what happened with Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, and the massive personality databases that were built. The problem is, nobody's learning anything for the future,…

Categories: General Privacy News, Social Media

ISPs a Greater Threat to Online Privacy than Facebook, Google, or the NSA: Survey

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Josiah Wilmoth

US residents believe that their internet service providers (ISPs) represent a greater threat to their online security than either Facebook or Google. That’s according to a new survey conducted by…

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You thought targeted Facebook ads were bad for privacy? Wait until you see cross-screen addressable ads…

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Glyn Moody

Last month we wrote about Cambridge Analytica, and how its micro-targeting may have had a significant influence on the US election and Brexit. A new article in Fast Company reveals…

Categories: General Privacy News, Social Media

Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube are currently blocked for millions in Pakistan

Updated on Jul 22, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube are currently blocked in Pakistan. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) also ordered that all news channels be taken off-air.…

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Reddit’s diverse subreddits in an uproar over FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposed net neutrality repeal

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Caleb Chen

American internet users are facing a dire situation: The FCC has officially started its net neutrality repeal. The FCC's move would end strong net neutrality protections and additionally stop states from…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media

US Senate hearing confirms Facebook is the perfect surveillance machine: what can we do about it?

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Glyn Moody

Last week's hearings before US lawmakers has provided us with new insights into the workings of companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter, and how they have been subverted by Russia…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

British spies are collecting and sharing datasets of people’s social media activities

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by David Meyer

The British intelligence services have for years quietly claimed the right to collect so-called bulk personal datasets (BPDs) about people, most of whom may be innocent of any crime. The…

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Your local supermarket may soon be as scary as Google or Facebook

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Rick Falkvinge

What if there were no prices on anything in your local supermarket, because everything in the entire selection was priced individually just for you, and the food prices would vary…

Categories: General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance
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