Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of July 3rd, 2020 Andrew Yang unveils Data Dividend Project to make tech companies pay for your personal information A new project started by Andrew Yang is floating the idea of making tech companies pay users for the personal information given up. Most of the time, we are giving … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: July 3, 2020”
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With the passing of Article 13 of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive on March 26th, 2019, YouTube will be blocking a lot more videos online. Whether you want your daily dose of cute cat videos or a step-by-step video guide for a software installation, YouTube is your go-to place no matter where … Continue reading “How to Unblock YouTube”
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Thousands of Android apps are violating a law designed to protect the privacy of children using internet-connected devices, research from the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) shows. Writing in a newly-published study, a group of ICSI researchers found that most Android apps targeted at children under 13 likely violate the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act … Continue reading “Thousands of Android Apps Are Violating Child Privacy Laws”
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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. They made these drastic changes in light of protests in the capital and under the authority of the Media Code of Conduct 2015. The anti-blasphemy … Continue reading “Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube are currently blocked for millions in Pakistan”
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Verizon Wireless users on the Verizon subreddit and Howard Forums have reported that YouTube and Netflix are being throttled to 10Mbps regardless of the speed you have paid for. If it sounds like a step towards a world without net neutrality, that’s because it is. The reported speed cap, 10 Mbps, allows for 1080p streaming video, … Continue reading “Verizon Wireless is apparently now throttling Netflix and Youtube to 10Mbps”
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