Breitbart Tech recently had the opportunity to speak to attorney Daniel Szalkiewicz, who specializes in defamation and Internet privacy cases, most notably those concerning revenge porn and sextortion.
U.S. stock markets charged to record highs last week, but a Goldman Sachs downgrade knocked down the so called FAAMG tech stocks that have led the Trump stock boom.
(Reuters) — The European Union wants to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to get electronic evidence directly from tech companies, such as Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google, even when stored in another European country.
A new patent filed by Facebook shows that the company may use phone, tablet and laptop cameras to spy on their users.
A new Facebook feature allows politicians to connect with constituents by showing which users in the comments are in their constituency.
A number of the largest tech corporations in Silicon Valley hide their hiring of foreign workers through the H-1B visa by contracting them through India-based outsourcing firms, a report states.
Palmer Luckey, the founder of virtual reality company Oculus, has reportedly pitched a new, intelligent border control system to White House representatives.
Tech leaders across Silicon Valley have attacked President Trump for his recent decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord.
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Facebook, Google and other US internet giants have sharply boosted efforts to clamp down on online hate speech, a top European Union official said Thursday.
Hillary Clinton’s claim on Wednesday that she lost the 2016 presidential election in part because of the proliferation of “fake news” is contradicted by an extensive study that found so-called fake news didn’t significantly impact the outcome of the election.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers venture partner Mary Meeker released her annual Internet Trends Report this week, identifying a number of important points for the tech industry.
A man in Switzerland has been fined $4,100 for liking posts on Facebook’ that a judge ruled defamatory.
(Reuters) — A German court rejected a mother’s demand on Wednesday that Facebook grant her access to her deceased daughter’s account.
Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed how Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg lobbied the Irish Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, over the replacement candidate for the role of Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland.
The Eritrean man who murdered a mother and her son in Ikea as “revenge” for the Swedish state having rejected his asylum application is claiming damages for “defamatory” posts about him on Facebook.
Facebook has criticized new German hate speech law that would see social media companies pay up to €50 million in fines if they fail to remove “hate speech” on their platform.
Facebook reportedly pays an army of Filipino content curators to police content on the social network’s platform.
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg choked up while speaking about an illegal immigrant “DREAMer” during his Harvard commencement speech and declared that the fight against the forces of nationalism “is the struggle of our time.”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg closed his commencement speech at Harvard this week by discussing the need to “modernize democracy” and calling for universal basic income in America.
A hacker took control of Harvard’s student newspaper to troll one of the Ivy League institution’s famous former students, Mark Zuckerberg, ahead of his commencement address to the Class of 2017.
Michael Steele, former RNC chairman and co-host of “Steele and Ungar” on SiriusXM POTUS Channel 124 joined Breitbart News Daily host Alex Marlow on Friday to discuss Trump’s trip abroad, the election of Greg Gianforte in Montana and other topics in the news.
A computer scientist in Germany has been fined over 3,000 euros after he complained in 2015 that criminal asylum seekers were being let go by police after robbing supermarkets.
Lobbyists representing tech firms such as Google and Facebook are fighting against new proposed online privacy protections.
TEL AVIV — The Intercept news website and a Philippine news outlet that collaborated to publish an alleged transcript of President Donald Trump’s private phone call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte are both directly tied to liberal billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
Facebook moderators have been ordered to remove “dehumanizing” posts about migrants and refugees, but not Holocaust denial posts in countries where it’s outlawed, according to a new report.
(Reuters) — Facebook Inc (FB.O) has signed deals with millennial-focused news and entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, Group Nine Media and others to make shows for its upcoming video service, which will feature long and short-form content with ad breaks, according to several sources familiar with the situation.
During a single month, Facebook assessed nearly 54,000 cases of revenge porn and “sextortion” on the platform, according to a report by The Guardian.
Bank of America just warned that America’s next social justice movement will be “Occupy Silicon Valley,” which will demand a redistribution of wealth from liberal tech moguls to workers.
Recently leaked internal memos outlining Facebook’s guidelines for removing content have provided unique insight into what is permissible and what is forbidden on the social media platform.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s open borders organization says President Trump’s push to improve enforcement of immigration laws “hurts public safety.”
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stated his belief that the world is in need of a “global superstructure” in a recent article from the New York Times Magazine.
Former president Barack Obama spoke directly with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during the latter’s drafting of a 5,700-word manifesto outlining the company’s future goals.
Facebook’s CEO boasts about his commitment to free speech. But the company regularly caves in to the demands of authoritarian regimes.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has fined Facebook 110 million euros ($122 million) for providing misleading information over its buyout of mobile messaging service WhatsApp.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s competition watchdog has fined Facebook 110 million euros ($122 million) for providing misleading information over its buyout of mobile messaging service WhatsApp.
Facebook has mischarged their advertisers once again, making this the tenth time since September that the company has incorrectly calculated advertising metrics.
Facebook is appealing an order to impose Austria’s social media laws against hate speech on the platform worldwide.
A man committed suicide by setting fire to himself, while broadcasting the incident on Facebook Live, according to a report.
Facebook has been accused of waging “intellectual persecution” against atheists and ex-Muslims, after it repeatedly allowed conservative Muslims to take advantage of the site’s inappropriate content flagging system to have pages run for Muslim apostates shut down. On Monday two
Even the New York Times Magazine, a liberal outlet, is convinced that Facebook’s new manifesto — influenced by none other than former president Barack Obama — will be considered politically partisan.
