Category: Tech & Science
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500m+ Facebook users’ personal data found online
Facebook found itself under scrutiny as personal data from over 500 million users was discovered on a website for hackers. The information includes phone numbers, birthdates, locations and more. The Associated Press has the story: Personal data from hundreds of millions of Facebook users found on hacking website NEW YORK (AP) — Details from more…
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Russia fines Twitter over not removing calls to protest
The Russian government has had an uneasy relationship with social media companies going back to 2012, when a law was enacted allowing the government to blacklist and block certain online content. Now, Twitter is under fire for not removing calls to protest the government directed at minors. The Associated Press has the story: Twitter found…
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SCOTUS says Facebook texts aren’t robocalls
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the application of a 1991 consumer law prohibiting abusive telemarketing to unwanted text messages from Facebook. The court determined that it did not apply, since the texting did not use a random or sequential number generator. The Associated Press has the story: U.S. Supreme Court rules against man who had…