Social media platforms have been blamed for inaction over vaping promotions targeting children, with TikTok named as “the worst offender.” It comes as a survey (pdf) published on Thursday suggested 1 in 14 underage teens are regularly vaping. The YouGov survey, commissioned by charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and partly funded by the Department…
Microsoft Deal With Activision Blizzard Investigated by UK Government
July 7, 2022
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Wednesday that it is investigating Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a video game developer and publisher of interactive entertainment content. The CMA is considering whether the merger will result in a “substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom for goods…
Twitter Files Petition Against Indian Government’s Online Censorship
Twitter Inc. has petitioned an Indian high court to overturn the government’s content removal orders after the Indian government warned of “serious consequences” for noncompliance with such orders. The social media giant filed a writ petition with the Karnataka High Court on July 5 and sought judicial review of some of the content included in…
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Facebook, Instagram Fall Prey to Data Scraping; Indict Chinese Company
July 7, 2022
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Meta Platforms, Inc prosecuted Octopus Data, the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese national high-tech enterprise Shenzhen Vision Information Technology Co. Octopus Data allegedly offered data scraping services for Facebook and Instagram. Meta also prosecuted a Turkey-based individual, Ekrem Ateş, for allegedly setting up automated Instagram accounts to scrape data from 350,000 Instagram users. Octopus allegedly charges its…
Alert: This Malware Steals Your Crypto via ‘Free Bitcoin Mining’ Links on YouTube
A new type of crypto-malware identified on Alphabet Inc-owned Google’s YouTube has been found to infect users’ devices and steal from 30 different types of cryptocurrency wallets and browsers. What Happened According to a recent report from cyber intelligence firm Cyble Research Labs, the newly developed cryptocurrency stealer named “PennyWise” uses multithreading to steal user data….
Priti Patel Says She Will Stop Big Social Media Firms ‘Blinding’ Themselves With Encryption
The Home Secretary Priti Patel has pledged to amend legislation going through Parliament in an attempt to stop Facebook, Snapchat, and other big social brands from “intentionally blinding” themselves to child abuse and other illegal activities by using encryption. Writing in The Telegraph, Patel said: “Child sexual abuse is an unimaginably wicked crime. Tackling this…
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Journalist Alex Berenson Reaches Settlement With Twitter
July 5, 2022
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Independent journalist Alex Berenson and Twitter have agreed to a settlement over a lawsuit that alleged the big tech company violated Berenson’s constitutional rights when it banned him. The parties “have reached a settlement in principle,” according to a joint stipulation filed in federal court in California on June 29. However, additional time is needed…
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