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Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 14:54Margaret Sullivan: Mark Zuckerberg claims that, at Facebook, ‘the future is private.’ Don’t believe him. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 13:20Editorial: China’s high-tech repression threatens human freedom everywhere (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 05/05/2019 - 17:20Donald Trump Jr. accuses Facebook of ‘silencing conservatives’ after it bans some far-right users (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 12:43
Facebook has told federal investigators it’s open to heightened oversight of its privacy practices
Apparently, Facebook has told the Federal Trade Commission it is willing to submit to greater oversight of its data-collection practices — from the launching of new services to the decisions of its top executives — in order to end a wide-ranging federal probe into a series of privacy abuses that came to light in 2018. The changes would accompany a record-breaking, multi-billion-dollar fine that the FTC has considered levying against Facebook. Under such a settlement, Facebook would have to complete a more rigorous privacy review of new products and services before launching them.
DOJ weighs in on FTC’s case against Qualcomm
The Justice Department weighed in on a years-long legal battle between the Federal Trade Commission and Qualcomm, warning that the outcome in the case could hurt the ability of US companies to compete in 5G wireless technology. The Federal Trade Commission first sued Qualcomm in Jan 2017, claiming the maker of mobile phone technology violated antitrust rules in its licensing agreements with phone manufacturers. Qualcomm fought the charges at trial in Jan 2019, and US District Judge Lucy Koh has yet to make a ruling in the case.