The new Congress is enlisting kids in its ongoing fight with Big Tech https://www.vox.com/recode/2023/2/15/23599879/congress-children-safety-online-big-tech
Police are prosecuting abortion seekers using their digital data — and Facebook and Google help them do it https://www.businessinsider.com/police-getting-help-social-media-to-prosecute-people-seeking-abortions-2023-2
Facebook inches closer to European blackout https://www.politico.eu/article/european-privacy-regulators-to-decide-on-meta-data-transfers-case-by-mid-april/
Meta Was Scraping Sites for Years While Fighting the Practice https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-02/meta-was-scraping-sites-for-years-while-fighting-the-practice
GoodRx Leaked User Health Data to Facebook and Google, F.T.C. Says https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/business/goodrx-user-data-facebook-google.html
Meta’s Account Center came with a 2FA-defeating bug https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/30/23578033/meta-account-center-bug-2-factor-authentication-sms-email
Meta alleges surveillance firm collected data on 600,000 users via fake accounts https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/12/meta-voyager-labs-surveillance-fake-accounts
Do privacy issues make Facebook vulnerable to competitors? https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/do-privacy-issues-make-facebook-vulnerable-to-competitors-011223.html
Seattle schools sue tech giants over social media harm https://apnews.com/article/social-media-seattle-lawsuits-mental-health-965a8f373e3bfed8157571912cc3b542
“Out Of Control”: Dozens of Telehealth Startups Sent Sensitive Health Information to Big Tech Companies https://themarkup.org/privacy/2022/12/13/out-of-control-dozens-of-telehealth-startups-sent-sensitive-health-information-to-big-tech-companies
Meta’s Targeted Ad Model Faces Restrictions in Europe https://www.wsj.com/articles/metas-targeted-ad-model-faces-restrictions-in-europe-11670335772
Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-owner-meta-remove-news-its-platform-if-congress-passes-media-bill-2022-12-05/
Tax prep software sent back personal consumer data to Meta and Google, report says https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/22/popular-tax-prep-software-sent-financial-information-to-meta-report.html
Facebook probably has your phone number, even if you never shared it. Now it has a secret tool to let you delete it. https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-has-hidden-tool-to-delete-your-phone-number-email-2022-10
Companies are increasingly tracking eye movements — but is it ethical? https://theconversation.com/companies-are-increasingly-tracking-eye-movements-but-is-it-ethical-191842
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