Google has been accused of breaching antitrust rules in the European Union (EU), and the bloc’s regulators have issued a preliminary assessment that the only solution to addressing their competition concerns is to force Google to break up. The European Commission (EC), which serves as the executive branch and primary antitrust regulator of the bloc,…
Google Faces Forced Break-Up as EU Regulators Allege Anti-Competitive Violations
Youth Depend More on Online Influencers for News Over Media Outlets: Report
June 14, 2023
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Social media influencers and celebrities are now the dominant source of news among users of apps like Snapchat and TikTok that are popular among young Americans, overtaking mainstream news sources in the process, per a new report by the UK-based Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. “While mainstream journalists often lead conversations around news…
AI Poses Threat to Democratic Order: President of Germany
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned about artificial intelligence turning into a threat to democracy, calling for better digital literacy among the public to be able to identify AI-manipulated content. “Neither the AI nor the companies operating it are democratically elected,” Steinmeier said while delivering his remarks during a recent event in Berlin, according to…
Reddit Goes Offline Amid Mass Community Protests Over New Pricing Policy
Social platform Reddit went offline for some time on June 12 when numerous subreddits or communities began protesting against the company’s new policy for access to the application programming interface (API), which would charge web developers for access to the site’s backend interface. The outage began at about 10:25 a.m. Eastern time, TechCrunch reported. “We’re aware of…
New Twitter CEO Says Platform Will Be ‘World’s Most Accurate Real-Time Information Source’
Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino vowed on June 12 that the platform will become the “world’s most accurate real-time information source” and a “global town square for communication” as part of its expansion toward “Twitter 2.0.” Yaccarino, the former head of advertising at NBCUniversal, was named by Elon Musk as the new CEO of Twitter…
Twitter to Pay Verified Creators for Ads in Replies, Musk Says
Twitter will soon begin paying verified content creators for ads in their replies, with the first payment block of around $5 million, company owner Elon Musk said on Friday. “Note, the creator must be verified and only ads served to verified users count,” Musk, the billionaire who bought Twitter last October, said in a tweet….
Is Cash App Safe?
Many cash apps make it easy to purchase or transfer money. Their convenience makes them popular, and may offer ways to invest your money with just the touch of a few buttons. The ease of use, unfortunately, may also make it just as easy for someone to steal the money you have in your cash…
Amazon Alexa Violates Children’s Privacy
Most people worry about big brother watching, but what about big sister listening? Amazon is taking a financial hit because of privacy issues with its smart speaker. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently fined Amazon for violating consumers’ privacy. What did Amazon’s Alexa do? How much was the fine? And if you have an Alexa,…
Former ByteDance Executive Says Chinese Communist Party Tracked Hong Kong Protesters via Data
June 10, 2023
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HONG KONG—A former executive at ByteDance, the Chinese company which owns the short-video app TikTok, says in a legal filing that some members of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used data held by the company to identify and locate protesters in Hong Kong. Yintao Yu, formerly head of engineering for ByteDance in the United…
DOJ Charges 2 Russian Nationals in Mt. Gox Crypto Hack
June 10, 2023
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged two Russian nationals linked to the 2011 hack of cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and the illicit bitcoin exchange BTC-e, according to charges unsealed on Friday. Both suspects will face charges related to money laundering conspiracy in the Southern District of New York. One suspect will also be charged…
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