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Facebook unveils long-promised tool to limit what data it receives from third-party apps and websites. But will not allow users to delete info.
Facebook unveiled its long-awaited feature allowing users to limit businesses, apps, and other groups that collect data about them on the Web and pass that information to the tech giant — a move that may disappoint people who thought they would be able to delete that information from Facebook in full. The social media giant said the new tools to control “Off-Facebook Activity” are designed to “shed more light” on a form of online tracking — around shopping habits, web-browsing histories and other activities — that determines some of the ads people see on Facebook.
After Twitter and Facebook blame China for Hong Kong disinformation, government defends its right to online speech (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 11:23Analysis: Facebook and Twitter's action on accounts tied to China show disinformation is going global (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 11:23Apple aims to protect kids’ privacy. App makers say it could devastate their businesses. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 06:01Twitter suspends accounts as it accuses China of coordinating against Hong Kong protesters (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 15:23Letter to the Editor: Don’t throw away this valuable federal Lifeline
The Aug 12 editorial “Stuck without Internet” outlined possible solutions to address the challenge of connecting more Americans to the Internet. We already have a broadband program to bridge the divide for poor rural Americans. It’s easy to get distracted by talk of spectrum, satellites or running expensive fiber across the entire country.