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Editorial: Cyberwar: an urgent problem (The Guardian)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 12:05
Google and Twitter face more questions in Washington over Russian interference
Twitter is planning to notify users who may have been exposed to Russian propaganda during the 2016 presidential election, the company's head of public policy said during the Senate Commerce Committee hearing, "Terrorism and Social Media: #IsBigTechDoingEnough?". While the hearing was ostensibly about how social media companies can better combat terrorism, it veered onto other topics, primarily Russia.
Facebook to expand inquiry into Russian influence of Brexit (The Guardian)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 14:31France investigates Apple over claims of planned obsolescence (The Guardian)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 01/09/2018 - 16:19
No tracking, no revenue: Apple's privacy feature costs ad companies millions
Internet advertising firms are losing hundreds of millions of dollars following the introduction of a new privacy feature from Apple that prevents users from being tracked around the web. Advertising technology firm Criteo, one of the largest in the industry, says that the Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) feature for Safari, which holds 15% of the global browser market, is likely to cut its 2018 revenue by more than a fifth compared to projections made before ITP was announced.