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Worse Than Previously Reported: The Facebook Story
The most powerful tool in Facebook’s considerable arsenal isn’t its incalculable trove of user data or yearly revenue that exceeds the GDP of more than a few sovereign nations — it’s the platform’s ability to spread out any PR disaster over months or years so that all but the most dogged beat reporters stop giving…
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Google And Facebook May Have To Cough Up Their Algorithms If Australian Proposal Lands
Facebook and Google could be forced to give up the deets about their secret sauce algorithms thanks to an Australian proposal for increased regulation of the tech giants. If implemented, these measures could set a precedent for how global lawmakers curtail these companies’ influence amid increasing privacy and antitrust scandals.
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Explainer: What Is Surveillance Capitalism And How Does It Shape Our Economy?
I recently purchased a bedroom bundle (mattress, bed base, pillows and sheets) from a well known Australian startup for my son, who has flown the nest. Now I’m swamped with Google and Facebook ads for beds and bedding. The week before it was puffer jackets. Ever wonder why and how this happens? The answer is…
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Canada May Drag Facebook To Court Over It’s ‘Disregard’ For User Security
Wikipedia can go ahead and add all of Canada to the ever-expanding List Of Parties Who Have A Bone to Pick With Facebook page — a joint investigation by the privacy commissioners of Canada and British Columbia found the company “committed serious contraventions of Canadian privacy laws.”