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Children ‘Interested in’ Gambling and Alcohol, According To Facebook
The social network's advertising tools reveal 740,000 children under the age of 18 are flagged as being interested in gambling, including 130,000 in the UK.…
Smart TVs Are Data-Collecting Machines, New Study Shows
A new study from Princeton University shows internet-connected TVs, which allow people to stream Netflix and Hulu, are loaded with data-hungry trackers. "If you use…
Her iPhone Died. It Led To Her Being Charged As a Criminal
Chris Matyszczyk from ZDNet retells the draconian story of a Financial Times writer who wasn't able to prove she purchased a ticket for the London…
Amazon Workers May Be Watching Your Cloud Cam Home Footage
In a promotional video, Amazon says its Cloud Cam home security camera provides "everything you need to monitor your home, day or night." In fact,…
Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower: US Heading In ‘Same Direction As China’ With Online Privacy
"The United States is walking in the same direction as China, we're just allowing private companies to monetize left, right and center," Cambridge Analytica whistleblower…
Twitter Took Phone Numbers for Security and Used Them for Advertising
When some users provided Twitter with their phone number to make their account more secure, the company used this information for advertising purposes, the company…
FBI’s Use of Surveillance Database Violated Americans’ Privacy Rights: Court
Some of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's electronic surveillance activities violated the constitutional privacy rights of Americans swept up in a controversial foreign intelligence program…
Twitter Executive Is Also A British Army ‘Psyops’ Solider
"The senior Twitter executive with editorial responsibility for the Middle East is also a part-time officer in the British Army's psychological warfare unit," reports Middle…
YouTube is Experimenting With Ways To Make Its Algorithm Even More Addictive
While YouTube has publicly said that it's working on addressing problems that are making its website ever so addictive to users, a new paper from…
Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ
Optic Nerve is a mass surveillance programme run by the British signals intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), with help from the US National Security…
Researchers Easily Breached Voting Machines For the 2020 Election
The voting machines that the U.S. will use in the 2020 election are still vulnerable to hacks. A group of ethical hackers tested a bunch…
Facebook Confirms Its ‘Standards’ Don’t Apply To Politicians
Facebook this week finally put into writing what users -- especially politically powerful users -- have known for years: its community "standards" do not, in…
Politicians Can Break Our Content Rules, YouTube CEO Says
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said this week that content by politicians would stay up on the video-sharing website even if it violates the company's standards,…
Uber Stopped Its Own Investigators From Reporting Crimes To the Police
The special investigations team inside Uber, which fields complaints from riders and drivers, is not allowed to escalate those issues to law enforcement or file…
Vimeo Sued For Storing Faceprints of People Without Their Consent
Vimeo is collecting and storing thousands of people's facial biometrics without their permission or knowledge, according to a complaint filed on September 20 on behalf…
How the FBI targeted environmental activists in domestic terror investigations
The investigations, which targeted individual activists and some environmental organizations, were opened in 2013-2014, at the height of opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline and…
Google Loans Cameras To Volunteers To Fill Gaps in ‘Street View’
Kanhema, who works as a product manager in Silicon Valley and is a freelance photographer in his spare time, volunteered to carry Google's Street View…
The 120 Most CCTV Surveilled Cities In the World
Comparitech.com has published a report and spreadsheet laying out how many CCTV cameras are in operation in 120 different cities around the world, and data…
Ex-Google Engineer Says That Robot Weapons May Cause Accidental Mass Killings
"A former Google engineer who worked on the company's infamous military drone project has sounded a warning against the building of killer robots," reports Business…
Social media stress can lead to social media addiction
Social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook and Instagram are known to cause stress in users, known as technostress from social media. However, when faced…