#Judge approves 0M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement

#Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement

“#Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement” SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users. U.S. District Judge James Donato approved the deal in a class-action lawsuit that was…

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#Facebook weighs adding facial recognition to smart glasses

#Facebook weighs adding facial recognition to smart glasses

“#Facebook weighs adding facial recognition to smart glasses” Facebook is weighing whether to add facial recognition technology to the smart glasses it’s developing, one top executive says. The tech titan plans to have a public discussion about the feature’s “pros and cons” in light of the ethical concerns it raises, according to Andrew Bosworth, the…

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#Twitter’s new ‘Communities’ and ‘Super Follows’ will make it more like Facebook and Patreon

#Twitter’s new ‘Communities’ and ‘Super Follows’ will make it more like Facebook and Patreon

“#Twitter’s new ‘Communities’ and ‘Super Follows’ will make it more like Facebook and Patreon” At its core, Twitter hasn’t changed all that much in the past few years. For the most part, people use it the same as they always have — a mostly public-facing ‘microblogging’ platform. But the company today unveiled highlighted multiple upcoming…

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#Myanmar military banned from Facebook, Instagram after coup

#Myanmar military banned from Facebook, Instagram after coup

“#Myanmar military banned from Facebook, Instagram after coup” Facebook banned Myanmar’s military from the social network amid violent protests against the coup that was carried out there this month. The Silicon Valley giant also booted the Tatmadaw armed forces from Instagram over concerns that the military’s posts on the platforms would lead to real-world violence….

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#Facebook sorry for threat to ban 81-year-old for hate speech

#Facebook sorry for threat to ban 81-year-old for hate speech

“#Facebook sorry for threat to ban 81-year-old for hate speech” Facebook has apologized to Rita Rich-Mulcahy, the 81-year-old knitter who was nearly banned from the site for promoting “white pigs.” It all started when Rich-Mulcahy, of Adelaide, Australia, began knitting stuffed animals to pass the time and distract the grieving widow from the death of…

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#Australia passes law requiring Facebook, Google to pay for news

#Australia passes law requiring Facebook, Google to pay for news

“#Australia passes law requiring Facebook, Google to pay for news” Australia’s parliament officially passed a landmark law Thursday effectively forcing tech titans to pay for news content following intense public opposition from Facebook and Google. The first-of-its-kind measure cleared its last hurdle when the parliament approved a set of amendments made to appease Facebook, which…

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