November 21, 2019 Sacha Baron Cohen blasts Big Tech as 'greatest propaganda machine ever’ Sacha Baron Cohen blasted Big Tech for being the "greatest propaganda machine ever" during a fiery speech on Thursday in New York City.
November 20, 2019 Amazon Ring blasted over lack of privacy, civil liberties protections in senator's report Amazon's Ring doorbell has "egregiously lax" privacy policies and civil rights protections, a new investigation by a leading congressman has found.
November 20, 2019 Instagram is 'predators' paradise,' human rights groups claim A group of international anti-sexual exploitation organizations on Wednesday blasted Instagram as a "predators' paradise" as a part of a campaign to call out a range of abusive behavior on the popular photo platform.
November 18, 2019 Facebook relents after breast cancer tattoo artist stages protest "There is nothing inappropriate about breast cancer," medical tattoo artist Marnie Rustemeyer tells SurvivorNet.
November 18, 2019 Google slammed by GOP senator over search interference report Google has been slammed by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., following a report in The Wall Street Journal about the extent of the search giant’s “interference” in its search algorithms.
November 14, 2019 Sen. Steve Daines calls out Google CEO in private letter over health care and privacy concerns Google should explain why it's collecting mass amounts of health care data on U.S. citizens and ensure the information isn't being taken without permission, said Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., in a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai Thursday.
November 12, 2019 Google defends amassing health data on millions of people Google has come under scrutiny after a report in The Wall Street Journal noted that a newly signed cloud computing deal with a healthcare customer could give the tech giant "detailed personal-health information of millions of people across 21 states."
November 11, 2019 Sen. Hawley blames Big Tech lobbyists for lack of progress on privacy laws: 'They've gamed the system' Big tech companies like Google and Facebook have continually abused user privacy, hoarded personal data, and lobbied against federal legislation to rein them in - but all of that could be changing, said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.
November 7, 2019 Netflix boss defends pulling 'Patriot Act' episode in Saudi Arabia: 'We're not in the truth to power business' Netflix CEO Reed Hastings defending the streaming platform's decision to pull an episode of "Patriot Act with Hasan Minaj" in Saudi Arabia this past January -- claiming that the company is not in the "truth to power business."
November 7, 2019 Google wants ‘more work’ with Defense Department, top exec says Google has no intention of leaving the national security business, despite perceptions in some quarters that the tech giant is against working with the Defense Department.