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| Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic: |
Cambridge Analytica claims to not use Facebook data in voter profiles, perhaps because the models it built from 2014 data do not require more data from Facebook — On Friday night, Facebook suspended the account of Cambridge Analytica, the political-data company backed by the billionaire Robert Mercer …
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| Washington Post: |
Two former FTC officials say Facebook may have violated 2011 privacy consent decree as US and UK politicians demand more information from Zuckerberg personally — Two former federal officials who crafted the landmark consent decree governing how Facebook handles user privacy say the company …
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Tweets: @nytimes, @hoofnagle, @om, @charliebeckett, @tonyromm, @pinboard, @xtrixcyclex, and @newley
| Caroline Linton / CBS News: |
Facebook says it won't lift account suspension for Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Chris Wylie because of his admitted ToS violations — Facebook announced Friday it had suspended the account of Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower from data firm Cambridge Analytica …
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The Guardian, The Register, CNET, The Guardian, and Bloomberg
Facebook: Melinda Carroll. Tweets: @guyverhofstadt, @ajs, @lionelmedia, @nbcnews, @carolecadwalla, and @chrisriotta
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's idealistic, negligent approach to its products has led to nonstop scandals, from discriminatory ad auctions to social apps with loose data governance — Facebook has naively put its faith in humanity and repeatedly been abused, exploited, and proven either negligent or complicit.
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The Guardian. Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, and @joshconstine
| Slate: |
Major tech platforms like Facebook become vulnerable to unethical practices by third parties because they do not proactively support ethical research — Give researchers more access to data, not less. — In a 2013 paper, psychologist Michal Kosinski and collaborators from University …
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Tweets: @undersequoias, @profcarroll, @stephaniemlee, and @justinhendrix
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Facebook: Paul Balogh, Mark Chalmers, and David Brin
Tweets: @mbsimon, @nakedsecurity, @josephmenn, @dankaplan, @jason, @buzzfeednews, @wired, @boztank, @cld276, @harrymccracken, @dhh, @auroberjo, @cbsnews, @amyklobuchar, @dataandpolitics, @joshconstine, @zeynep, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @profcarroll, @solomonmg, @solomonmg, @solomonmg, @solomonmg, @massago, @smitaprakash, @benedictevans, @counternotions, @counternotions, @schwartzesque, @amir, @rakeshlobster, @cliffordlevy, @brianschatz, @benedictevans, @carolecadwalla, @bungatuffie, @schwartzesque, @samipaju, @alexstamos, @ankitlal, @nicoleperlroth, @max_read, @spignal, @carolecadwalla, @samstein, @killermartinis, @issielapowsky, @chronic, @naveedajamali, @nycsouthpaw, @renato_mariotti, @anandwrites, @sivavaid, @lrozen, @zackwhittaker, @jstrauss, @dnvolz, @natashabertrand, @williamjordann, @brianmcc, @r0h1n, @anthony, @camanalytica, @can, @benedictevans, @patrickruffini, @alexstamos, @d1gi, @camanalytica, @natesilver538, @mikeisaac, @sarahfrier, @levie, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, @tayhatmaker, @ekp, @snowden, @karaswisher, @profcarroll, @fromedome, @pkafka, @pinboard, @mikeisaac, @sarahfrier, @sippey, @krishnabharat, @zittrain, @kevinroose, @mikeisaac, @hadas_gold, @ekp, @nxthompson, and @pinboard
| Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian: |
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Facebook: Wayne Besen
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources detail Apple's initiative to develop tech to mass-produce MicroLED displays, an OLED successor, still at least two years from shipping in its devices — The company has a secret manufacturing facility in California — Apple Watch to be first Apple product with MicroLED technology
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AppleInsider, Digital Trends, The Next Web, International Business Times, Mashable, Firstpost, Engadget, CNBC, iMore, Reuters, 9to5Mac, Technology Personalized, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, Softpedia News, ZDNet, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @markgurman
| Thomas Reed / Malwarebytes Labs: |
$15K GrayKey device marketed to law enforcement can reportedly unlock even the latest iPhones, posing serious security concerns — Ever since the case of the San Bernadino shooter pitted Apple against the FBI over the unlocking of an iPhone, opinions have been split on providing backdoor access to the iPhone for law enforcement.
Tweets: @josephfcox, @josephfcox, and @matt_odell
| Alexander J Martin / Sky News: |
Sources: Twitter will ban ads for ICOs, token sales, and cryptocurrency wallets in the next two weeks — Twitter is preparing to prohibit a range of cryptocurrency advertisements amid looming regulatory intervention in the sector. — The microblogging platform is following similar moves …
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Engadget, Cointelegraph.com News, The Verge, Trustnodes, Gizmodo, The Merkle, NewsBTC, Ubergizmo, Fortune, Seeking Alpha, Bitcoinist.com, and Bitcoinist.com
Tweets: @jackdamn and @chrismessina
| Nandita Bose / Reuters: |
Google is partnering with US retailers including Target and Walmart to list their products on Google Search and Assistant in return for a cut on each purchase — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google routinely fields product queries from millions of shoppers. Now it wants to take a cut of their purchases, too.
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The Next Web and Seeking Alpha
| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
Voice-based chat app Zello with 124M users admits it has often ignored ISIS and other terrorism related channels, even after being notified about them years ago — IN THE EARLY morning of September 9, 2016, Bill Moore, CEO of the Austin-based walkie-talkie app company Zello, contacted the Middle East Media Research Institute.| Matthew Shaer / The California Sunday Magazine: |
A look at how startup founders in the Midwest are staying rather than flocking to Silicon Valley amid a growth in talent and capital in the region — Startup founders throughout the Midwest are doing something new. Staying. — The California Sunday Magazine — Photographs by Jason Henry
Tweets: @calsunday
| Simon Mundy / Financial Times: |
How Reliance Jio, with a $32B investment and 150M subscribers, is turbocharging mobile data consumption in India and triggering a wave of industry consolidation — Mukesh Ambani's love affair with telecoms began more than 15 years ago, when he spearheaded a move into the sector by his family's Reliance Industries conglomerate.
Tweets: @sub8u
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