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  • Facebook Fined Just $911,000 In UK Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal

    Facebook Fined Just $911,000 In UK Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal

    Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($910,650) by the United Kingdom today over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The minuscule fine was the most allowed under the law, but Facebook can probably find that kind of money in its couch cushions. Based on last year’s revenue, Facebook makes that amount in less than 9 minutes of operation.


  • Why Twitter Started Banning Some Of Its Youngest Users

    Why Twitter Started Banning Some Of Its Youngest Users

    Twitter, in an effort to comply with the European Union’s privacy-centric General Data Protection Regulation, has begun to suspend accounts belonging users who were under the age of 13 when they first signed up. While the cynic in me is all for Twitter cleansing its service of youths, it isn’t exactly implementing age restriction as…