Tag: TikTok
  • Dec 6, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media,

Meta’s New Ad-Free Subscriptions Are Already Under Legal Attack from Privacy Activists

Back in August we wrote about Meta’s surprise announcement that it would seek consent from users in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland before showing them behavioral advertisements. A few weeks ago, Meta provided more details of the proposed change. It turned out that users would be required to pay a substantial subscription fee – €120 … Continue reading “Meta’s New Ad-Free Subscriptions Are Already Under Legal Attack from Privacy Activists”

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  • Nov 24, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Online Security, Social Media, Surveillance,

EFF Agrees: Protecting Privacy Is the Best Way to Address the Internet’s Biggest Problems

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is probably the best-known organization that’s fighting for digital rights. It’s just released a new report with a title that’s certain to interest the readers of this blog. Privacy First: A Better Way to Address Online Harms offers a wide-ranging look at some of the key problems in the online … Continue reading “EFF Agrees: Protecting Privacy Is the Best Way to Address the Internet’s Biggest Problems”

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  • Sep 26, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Online Security, Social Media,

TikTok Hit with €345 Million GDPR Fine as Privacy Protection Becomes a Key Issue

TikTok has officially come of age: it has joined an exclusive club of companies that have been hit with major fines for infringing on the EU’s main privacy law, the GDPR. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a €345 million fine (about $370 million) on the company for failing to protect children’s personal … Continue reading “TikTok Hit with €345 Million GDPR Fine as Privacy Protection Becomes a Key Issue”

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  • Aug 31, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance,

What Does the EU’s Far-Reaching New Digital Services Act Mean for Privacy Worldwide?

The Digital Services Act (DSA) is a major new EU law with the potential to be as influential globally as the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It aims to end the current era of weak self-regulation, and to force companies to actively tackle some of the internet’s more harmful aspects. It includes rules to ensure … Continue reading “What Does the EU’s Far-Reaching New Digital Services Act Mean for Privacy Worldwide?”

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  • Dec 1, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance,

The End of Facebook’s Dominance on Social Media? Who Will Seize The Crown, And What Does It Mean For Privacy?

Facebook has been part of our lives for so long it’s easy to forget that there were hugely popular online services and sites before it. Remember AOL, MySpace, CompuServe, or GeoCities? All of them now shadows of their former selves, if they exist at all. It is important to remember that Facebook, too, will likely … Continue reading “The End of Facebook’s Dominance on Social Media? Who Will Seize The Crown, And What Does It Mean For Privacy?”

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  • Nov 28, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance,

Is Elon Begging Us to Look for Twitter Alternatives? The Silver Lining of Twitter’s Deepening Woes

Whether or not you use the service, most of you are probably aware by now that Twitter is going through a tumultuous period following its purchase by Elon Musk. An article in the New York Times with the headline “Two Weeks of Chaos” runs through some of the changes that Musk has already instituted. Perhaps … Continue reading “Is Elon Begging Us to Look for Twitter Alternatives? The Silver Lining of Twitter’s Deepening Woes”

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  • Nov 4, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

The next big privacy battles: cross-border data flows and data localization

A couple of weeks ago, this blog looked at a rather unexpected consequence of the decision by the EU’s top court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), to strike down the Privacy Shield framework that legalizes most flows of personal information from the EU to the US. In the wake of that … Continue reading “The next big privacy battles: cross-border data flows and data localization”

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