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Meta and Yandex Covertly Track Android Users' Browsing Data
Meta and Yandex secretly tracked Android users' browsing data via background scripts, bypassing privacy settings on major browsers; Google confirmed this violated its security principles, prompting Meta to pause the feature and Yandex to deny collecting sensitive data.
Meta and Yandex Covertly Track Android Users' Browsing Data
Meta and Yandex secretly tracked Android users' browsing data via background scripts, bypassing privacy settings on major browsers; Google confirmed this violated its security principles, prompting Meta to pause the feature and Yandex to deny collecting sensitive data.
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52% Bias Score
Meta and Yandex Secretly Tracked User Web Browsing Data
Researchers discovered Meta and Yandex secretly tracked Android users' web browsing data, even in incognito mode, by exploiting a loophole that linked information from their apps to user web activity; Meta disabled the system after being questioned.
Meta and Yandex Secretly Tracked User Web Browsing Data
Researchers discovered Meta and Yandex secretly tracked Android users' web browsing data, even in incognito mode, by exploiting a loophole that linked information from their apps to user web activity; Meta disabled the system after being questioned.
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40% Bias Score
Meta's Distraction Tactics Amidst Fraud and Military AI Partnership
Meta faces criticism for its role in a large-scale fraud campaign using fake accounts while simultaneously promoting its smart glasses and partnering with a weapons manufacturer for military AI, highlighting a pattern of distraction and shifting narratives.
Meta's Distraction Tactics Amidst Fraud and Military AI Partnership
Meta faces criticism for its role in a large-scale fraud campaign using fake accounts while simultaneously promoting its smart glasses and partnering with a weapons manufacturer for military AI, highlighting a pattern of distraction and shifting narratives.
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56% Bias Score
Germany Plans 10% Digital Levy on Tech Giants
German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer proposes a 10% digital levy on large online platforms like Google and Meta, using Austria's model as a precedent to increase their tax contribution to society and address concerns about monopolistic structures and American technological dominance, potentially c...
Germany Plans 10% Digital Levy on Tech Giants
German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer proposes a 10% digital levy on large online platforms like Google and Meta, using Austria's model as a precedent to increase their tax contribution to society and address concerns about monopolistic structures and American technological dominance, potentially c...
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40% Bias Score
German Court Allows Meta to Use User Data for AI Training
A German court ruled that Meta can use Facebook and Instagram user data from Germany to train its AI, rejecting a consumer protection lawsuit; this decision comes as Meta lags behind competitors like OpenAI and Google in the AI market.
German Court Allows Meta to Use User Data for AI Training
A German court ruled that Meta can use Facebook and Instagram user data from Germany to train its AI, rejecting a consumer protection lawsuit; this decision comes as Meta lags behind competitors like OpenAI and Google in the AI market.
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40% Bias Score
Meta to Use European User Data for AI Training Unless Users Opt-Out
Meta will use data from European Facebook and Instagram users to train its AI starting May 27th, unless users opt-out by May 26th, raising privacy concerns.
Meta to Use European User Data for AI Training Unless Users Opt-Out
Meta will use data from European Facebook and Instagram users to train its AI starting May 27th, unless users opt-out by May 26th, raising privacy concerns.
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52% Bias Score
Meta's $Billions 20-Year Nuclear Power Deal Secures Clean Energy for AI
Meta signed a 20-year deal with Constellation Energy to buy nuclear power from the Clinton Power Station in Illinois, securing its operation for another two decades and powering Meta's AI ambitions with clean energy.
Meta's $Billions 20-Year Nuclear Power Deal Secures Clean Energy for AI
Meta signed a 20-year deal with Constellation Energy to buy nuclear power from the Clinton Power Station in Illinois, securing its operation for another two decades and powering Meta's AI ambitions with clean energy.
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44% Bias Score
Meta Secretly Linked Browsing Data to App Activity, Bypassing Privacy Controls
Researchers discovered Meta secretly linked user data from its apps with browsing activity on Android, bypassing privacy controls by using a connection to a local port; this was deactivated after media inquiries.
Meta Secretly Linked Browsing Data to App Activity, Bypassing Privacy Controls
Researchers discovered Meta secretly linked user data from its apps with browsing activity on Android, bypassing privacy controls by using a connection to a local port; this was deactivated after media inquiries.
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40% Bias Score
Meta Lawsuit Exposes Smartphone App Market's Zero-Sum Game
The FTC lawsuit against Meta, aiming to dismantle its Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions, highlights the fierce competition for user attention in the saturated smartphone app market; Meta commands 85% of user time, emphasizing the limited space for new entrants.
Meta Lawsuit Exposes Smartphone App Market's Zero-Sum Game
The FTC lawsuit against Meta, aiming to dismantle its Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions, highlights the fierce competition for user attention in the saturated smartphone app market; Meta commands 85% of user time, emphasizing the limited space for new entrants.
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44% Bias Score
Meta's Louisiana Data Center Fuels Debate Over Green Energy
Meta is constructing a $10 billion, 4-million-square-foot data center in Louisiana, prompting the construction of three new 2,260 MW gas-fired power plants to meet its energy needs, sparking debate over environmental implications and conflicting with the company's net-zero emissions target.
Meta's Louisiana Data Center Fuels Debate Over Green Energy
Meta is constructing a $10 billion, 4-million-square-foot data center in Louisiana, prompting the construction of three new 2,260 MW gas-fired power plants to meet its energy needs, sparking debate over environmental implications and conflicting with the company's net-zero emissions target.
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48% Bias Score
Meta to Use Facebook, Instagram Data for AI Training Despite Privacy Concerns
Meta will start using Facebook and Instagram user data to train its AI from May 27th without prior consent, prompting a German consumer protection organization to file an unsuccessful lawsuit; users can object via a complex process.
Meta to Use Facebook, Instagram Data for AI Training Despite Privacy Concerns
Meta will start using Facebook and Instagram user data to train its AI from May 27th without prior consent, prompting a German consumer protection organization to file an unsuccessful lawsuit; users can object via a complex process.
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40% Bias Score
Surge in Phishing Attacks Leveraging Google's AppSheet Platform for Meta and PayPal Account Takeovers
A surging phishing campaign using Google's AppSheet platform (noreply@appsheet.com) is enabling near-instant account takeovers of Meta and PayPal accounts by stealing passwords and 2FA codes via malicious links; KnowBe4 observed 11% of global email threats on a single day originated from this domain...
Surge in Phishing Attacks Leveraging Google's AppSheet Platform for Meta and PayPal Account Takeovers
A surging phishing campaign using Google's AppSheet platform (noreply@appsheet.com) is enabling near-instant account takeovers of Meta and PayPal accounts by stealing passwords and 2FA codes via malicious links; KnowBe4 observed 11% of global email threats on a single day originated from this domain...
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40% Bias Score
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