South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including…
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You may have blocked someone on X but now they can see your public posts anyway
Elon Musk’s X has been modified so that accounts you’ve blocked on the social media platform can still see your public posts. X updated its Help Center page over the…
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Mauritius suspends access to social media ahead of parliamentary elections
JOHANNESBURG — The government of Mauritius on Friday banned access to social media websites ahead of parliamentary elections on Nov. 10 in which Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth is seeking a…
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Elon Musk wins court victory in a dispute over a 2018 post during a labor dispute
NEW ORLEANS — A federal agency was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders saw as a threat to employee…
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Philadelphia didn’t violate rights of cops fired over offensive Facebook posts, court rules
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia police department did not violate the First Amendment rights of several officers who were fired or suspended for racist and violent social media posts, a federal…
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The ‘Black Insurrectionist’ was actually white. The deception did not stop there
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — “Black Insurrectionist,” the anonymous social media persona behind some of the most widely circulated conspiracy theories about the 2024 election, can be traced to a…
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One Tech Tip: How to prepare your online accounts for when you die
LONDON — Most people have accumulated a pile of data — selfies, emails, videos and more — on their social media and digital accounts over their lifetimes. What happens to…
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LinkedIn hit with 310 million euro fine for data privacy violations from Irish watchdog
LONDON — European Union regulators slapped LinkedIn on Thursday with a 310 million euro ($335 million) fine for violations of the bloc’s stringent data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission…
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GoFundMe bets social media can unlock Gen Z giving. A Meta partnership and new tools will test that
NEW YORK — New GoFundMe tools will make it easier to circulate causes across online platforms in a push to cater toward younger generations. The crowdfunding site hopes to meet…
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Tech firms remove social media accounts of a Russian drone factory after an AP investigation
Google, Meta and TikTok have removed social media accounts belonging to an industrial plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region aimed at recruiting young foreign women to make drones for Moscow’s war…
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