Some of the country’s most powerful state attorneys general are signaling they’re willing to take action against Facebook, Google and other tech giants, warning that the companies have grown too big and powerful – and that Washington has been too slow to respond. For many of these top law enforcement officials, the fear is that […]
Free Speech Wars in Social Media: Robert Barnes Explains Law Surrounding Platform or Publisher, Deplatforming, Covington Catholic and Alex Jones…
Robert Barnes is a civil, criminal and constitutional lawyer who has represented many high profile clients. He joins Dave to discuss his legal approach to free speech, his cases representing Alex Jones and the Covington kids, and Tucker Carlson’s free speech battle with the media…
Facebook Bans Zero Hedge…
Over the weekend, we were surprised to learn that some readers were prevented by Facebook when attempting to share Zero Hedge articles. Subsequently it emerged that virtually every attempt to share or merely mention an article, including in private messages, would be actively blocked by the world’s largest social network, with the explanation that “the […]
My God it’s Never Ending: Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information…
Last week, I ran an ad on Facebook that was targeted at a computer science professor named Alan Mislove. Mislove studies how privacy works on social networks and had a theory that Facebook is letting advertisers reach users with contact information collected in surprising ways. I was helping him test the theory by targeting him […]
Indicted Russian Firm Demands More Info from Mueller…
Saying Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office has refused to turn over information key to its trial preparation efforts, a Russian company accused of funding the Kremlin’s plan to influence the 2016 presidential election asked a federal judge Monday to give it access to more information about the allegations it faces. The 13-page filing from Concord […]
Can Facebook Monopolize Your Data, Even if You’re Not on Facebook?…
Facebook spent years forging various partnership agreements with other digital media monsters to gobble up huge troves of users’ private data even when customers are not perusing the company’s platform, according to testing conducted by The Wall Street Journal. Recent analyses are going further to describe the extent of Facebook’s ability to peer into people’s […]
I Cut the ‘Big Five’ Tech Giants from My Life. It Was Hell…
A couple of months ago, I set out to answer the question of whether it’s possible to avoid the tech giants. Over the course of five weeks, I blocked Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple one at a time, to find out how to live in the modern age without each one. To end my […]
Disturbing Image Shows ISIS Blowing Up LA Skyscraper…
Los Angeles Police Department and Homeland Security are investigating an image posted on social media by an ISIS-related group showing a photoshopped explosion to a skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles. The disturbing image shows a massive explosion on top of the AON Center, located at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a terrorist holding an ISIS flag […]
The FTC and Facebook Negotiating a Multi-Billion-Dollar Fine for the Company’s Privacy Violations…
The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook are negotiating over a multi-billion dollar fine that would settle the agency’s investigation into the social media giant’s privacy practices, according to two people familiar with the probe. The fine would be the largest the agency has ever imposed on a technology company, but the two sides have not […]
Avoiding Social Media to Protect Your Privacy? Your Friends Still Put You at Risk, Study Finds…
“There’s no place to hide in a social network,” warns Lewis Mitchell, co-author of a new study which found that even if you don’t have a Facebook or Twitter account, your behavior can still be predicted with the online behavior of people you know. Many people haven’t signed up for Facebook or Twitter, or privacy fears […]
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