Apple’s latest update for iPhones and other mobile devices, iOS 13, includes privacy-related changes to its operating system, which help to expose how Facebook has been tracking and profiling its users using Bluetooth, among other mobile technologies.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) wrote in an op-ed Sunday that for Americans to protect their privacy, they must “hold big tech accountable.”
Whistle-blower Edward Snowden, who revealed the mass surveillance of Americans in his 2013 leaks about the National Security Agency (NSA), has issued a warning about the rise of AI-driven policing in the near future.
Angel Mom Mary Ann Mendoza, who heads the Angel Families organization, has had her posts raising awareness about illegal immigrant crime removed from Facebook.
Airbus is reportedly testing a new digital platform on its A350-900 test plane which would monitor every passenger action, from chosen meal preferences to in-flight purchases and even bathroom habits.
Google, Facebook, and Twitter have all reportedly rejected a proposal from Australia’s media regulator to implement an industry code of conduct on fake news. An association representing the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe argue that the rules would make the government “a truth verification body.”
Facebook doubled down on censoring a pro-life organization just hours after GOP senators wrote to CEO Mark Zuckerberg to condemn the tech giant’s decision to declare “false” the pro-life content based on the views of two abortionists.
Four Republican U.S. senators have sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg condemning the social media platform’s decision to censor a pro-life organization’s videos based on the views of two abortionists as “fact-checkers.”
“Abolish ICE Denver,” a far-left activist outfit based in Colorado, is urging its supporters on Facebook to protest outside the personal home of the warden of a privately-owned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center in Aurora, Colorado.
Facebook is warning iOS 13 and Android users that new mobile operating systems may prevent the platform from tracking its users as closely as it did before.
A video of two toddlers running towards each other and hugging on a New York City street is going viral, gaining more than 155,000 page views since it was posted on Sunday.
A federal judge has ordered Facebook to face a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for allowing third parties to access users’ private data, calling Facebook’s views on privacy “so wrong.”
A number of popular period-tracking apps were discovered to be sharing sensitive user data with Facebook — even details on when a user last had sex.
State Attorneys General launched the largest, bipartisan antitrust investigation against Google Monday, encompassing nearly every state in the country.
State attorneys general will launch one of the largest bipartisan, multi-state antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google on Monday.
The Russian government is accusing tech giants Facebook and Google of having defied a government order to ban the distribution of political advertising during Russian regional elections. According to communications watchdog Roskomnadzor, “Such actions can be seen as interference in Russia’s sovereign affairs and hindering the conduct of democratic elections in the Russian Federation.”
State attorneys general will launch one of the largest bipartisan, multi-state antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google on Monday.
State attorneys general will launch an antitrust investigation into Facebook and Google next week, according to a report released Friday.
Facebook has “reduced” the reach of feminist satire site Reductress, citing concerns about the “repeated sharing of clickbait,” according to a message posted by the website’s co-founder, Sarah Pappalardo.
Facebook’s new dating feature has officially launched in the United States, but concerns over Mark Zuckerberg’s collection of even more personal data are already being raised.
A massive server with databases containing the phone numbers of 419 million Facebook users has been found online, exposing the contact details of people around the world, including 133 million Americans. The database was available on the Internet without any password or other protection.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) slammed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) “paltry” fine against Google Wednesday, suggesting that when “big bureaucracy” and big tech become “allies,” families lose.
Social media giant Facebook is now opening up its facial recognition technology to all users and will be discontinuing the “tag suggestions” feature on pictures, despite a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg’s company over intrusive use of facial recognition without user consent.
Chinese companies are giving shoppers the option to pay with a facial recognition system that asks them to do little more than smile into a camera to identify themselves.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will fine Google $136 million to settle allegations that it violated child privacy laws.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that more than half of the country’s attorneys general could announce an antitrust probe into Google as soon as next week.
Following Facebook’s removal of like counts on Instagram photos, the company is considering removing likes from posts on its main social media platform, to protect the feelings of its userbase.
A teenage student in the Iola Independent School District in Iola, Texas, faced an investigation this summer after a four-year-old photo of him hunting with a gun was reposted to Facebook.
A Texas rat got its 15 seconds of fame this weekend after it got caught leaping into a Whataburger’s deep fryer, according to a video.
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), the ranking member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, told Breitbart News he is “very concerned” about the rising threat of the “tech oligarchs” at Twitter, Facebook, Google, and other tech giants censoring conservatives in an effort to stymie free speech and push a leftist agenda.
Facebook notified Live Action founder and president Lila Rose on Friday that her organization’s pro-life posts would be subjected to “reduced distribution and other restrictions” after “additional reporting from an independent fact-checker” had deemed the content “false news.” Live Action is a non-profit organization “dedicated to exposing the truth about abortion and affirming the life of every child.” The alleged third-party “fact checkers” quoted abortion doctors as evidence that Live Action’s claim that “abortion is never medically necessary” is false.
Google will reportedly pay between $150 and $200 million to resolve a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into YouTube regarding its potential violation of a children’s privacy law, according to a report.
The Clemson University Police will be analyzing thousands of social media posts during an upcoming football game against Georgia Tech.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) wrote an op-ed Wednesday that big tech’s recent innovations amount to nothing more than “sophisticated exploitation” of Americans’ privacy and well-being. Instead, the senator urged Silicon Valley to “enrich lives” and “strengthen society.”
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is attempting to block the construction of an undersea cable linking Los Angeles to Hong Kong due to national security concerns.
Researchers working with Facebook to study the social media platform’s effect on democracy have threatened to quit, stating that Mark Zuckerberg’s company has failed to make promised data available.
Facebook is reportedly clamping down with rules relating to political ads in the United States ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Wireless Bureau Chief Fred Campbell told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Tuesday that America’s largest technology companies have “abused” Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to censor conservatives.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) unveiled his comprehensive plan to preserve and protect “real journalism” from “Wall Street, billionaire businessmen, Silicon Valley, and Donald Trump” in an op-ed published in the Columbia Journalism Review Monday.
Facebook has blacklisted ads from the Epoch Times, a global multi-language newspaper known for its critical coverage of the communist regime in China.
