Suspect arrested after threats against TikTok’s Culver City headquarters

Suspect arrested after threats against TikTok’s Culver City headquarters

Police say they have arrested a suspect allegedly connected to multiple online threats that led TikTok to evacuate its headquarters near Los Angeles on Friday. A press release from the Culver City Police Department says that TikTok employees reported receiving multiple threats, across various social media platforms, from 33-year-old Hawthorne resident Joseph Mayuyo. After an…

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Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to)

Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to)

Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted on his account on Wednesday to dispel the myth that the social networking giant is actively “listening” to its users surreptitiously, in order to target them with relevant ads. The idea that Meta would secretly turn on the microphones on users’ phones to record their conversations is an age-old conspiracy…

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Anonymous question app Sendit deceived children and illegally collected their data, FTC alleges

Anonymous question app Sendit deceived children and illegally collected their data, FTC alleges

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a complaint against Sendit, an anonymous question app that became popular with Gen Z and younger, for unlawfully collecting children’s data, deceiving users about who sent them messages, and tricking users into buying memberships. On Sendit, users — who are mostly teens — can send each other anonymous…

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