February 26, 2019 YouTube pulls ads from anti-vaccination videos and Pinterest blocks all vaccination searches amid measles outbreak Google-owned YouTube removed ads from videos promoting anti-vaccination rhetoric that violated its ad policies and Pinterest blocked all searches on vaccination to stem the flow of misinformation amid a measles outbreak in Washington state.
February 25, 2019 Facebook moderators have PTSD-like symptoms from horrifying and violent images, fringe content Facebook's low-paid army of content moderators suffer PTSD-like symptoms, are subjected to poor working conditions and deal with micro-managed bathroom breaks — while viewing some of most vile and fringe content posted to the social network every day — according to a scathing new report.
February 25, 2019 Popular apps cease sharing data with Facebook Popular health and fitness apps scrambled to stop sending sensitive personal information to Facebook Inc. after The Wall Street Journal reported Friday many were transmitting detailed information about topics including their users’ weight and menstrual cycles.
February 24, 2019 Microsoft employees slam $480M HoloLens military contract, refuse to create tech for 'warfare and oppression' More than 150 Microsoft employees signed a letter demanding the tech giant cancel a $480 million contract to build a HoloLens for the Pentagon, saying they "refuse to create technology for warfare and oppression."
February 22, 2019 You give apps sensitive personal information. Then they tell Facebook. Millions of smartphone users confess their most intimate secrets to apps, including when they want to work on their belly fat or the price of the house they checked out last weekend. Other apps know users’ body weight, blood pressure, menstrual cycles or pregnancy status.
February 22, 2019 Facebook shuts down controversial Onavo VPN Facebook continues to be in damage control mode due to a number of high-profile privacy gaffs recently.
February 22, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez gets fresh criticism over Amazon as new billboards in New York emerge New billboards slamming Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have popped up in Times Square, continuing to criticize the freshman lawmaker for Amazon's decision to pull part of its planned second headquarters out of New York.
February 22, 2019 Tech turmoil drives consumers to improve their 'digital lives' Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly meeting with a top British official after the British government released a report accusing the social media giant, and similar companies, of behaving like a “digital gangster.”
February 21, 2019 FTC must probe Facebook for violating children's privacy with unfair and deceptive business practices, groups urge A coalition of 16 consumer groups on Thursday called on the FTC to investigate whether Facebook engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices in violation of a major children's privacy law.
February 21, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez blasts Times Square Amazon billboard as 'wack' and 'billionaire-funded' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted a Times Square billboard that called out her controversial role in Amazon's decision to abandon a planned HQ2 in New York as "wack" and said it proves the effectiveness of the progressive movement she's become a symbol of.