February 10, 2019 Apple warns app developers to stop snooping on users Apple just gave an ultimatum to app developers: Quit snooping on our customers or get kicked off the iPhone.
February 8, 2019 Doug Schoen: Amazon belongs in New York – Canceling the move would hurt the company and city Opponents of Amazon's proposed new headquarters in New York City are wrong to oppose a move that would create 25,000 jobs and billions of dollars in tax revenue and economic development.
February 7, 2019 Popular iPhone apps are secretly recording your screen without permission: report Several major companies are secretly recording your every move on their iPhone apps without your permission or even your knowledge, a new investigation has found.
February 7, 2019 Facebook slammed by Germany as watchdog slaps data use restrictions on the social network Authorities in Germany have ruled that Facebook should not be allowed to use customer data from other apps and websites to help target advertisements shown on their Facebook pages without their explicit consent.
February 6, 2019 NYPD to Google: Stop revealing the location of police checkpoints The NYPD is calling on Google to yank a feature from its Waze traffic app that tips off drivers to police checkpoints — warning it could be considered “criminal conduct,” according to a report on Wednesday.
February 5, 2019 Zuckerberg's mentor slams Facebook as 'invasive, manipulative' and says users have the power to fight back A threat to democracy and national security. A public health disaster thanks to addictive behavior and bullying. An anti-competitive monopolist that’s destroyed privacy in pursuit of its data-mining business model.
February 4, 2019 YouTube recommended self-harm videos to children as young as 13 Google-owned YouTube, which recently tweaked its algorithms to stem the flow of conspiracy videos, has been recommending dozens of videos with graphic images of self-harm to young users as young as 13.
February 4, 2019 Facebook @15: It's time to be the parents in the room and hold this greedy, adolescent company accountable After 15 years of innocently being encouraged to expose every minute detail of our personal lives online, there is no doubt we now firmly live in a post-private world with virtually no social filters of appropriateness or truth.
February 3, 2019 Facebook removes accounts of fake news group in Indonesia Facebook Inc. removed hundreds of accounts, groups and pages linked to an online syndicate that has been accused of spreading fake news and hate speech in Indonesia, less than three months before a presidential election in the world’s third-largest democracy.
February 1, 2019 Outrage over Facebook's use of teens to spy on rivals as Sandberg says they 'consented' Facebook is being hit with a growing backlash over the revelation that it paid teenagers in order to monitor their online activity to gain valuable insights into its rivals.