Three months ago, Big Tech’s biggest names were caught up in a congressional hearing that was rigged by politicians for their business dominance, then paraded in front of Wall Street a day later to appease them for their financial dominance. Someone must have enjoyed it, because it is going to …
Read More »What Google and Amazon are doing to comply with California’s new privacy law
Three of the most prominent businesses in the U.S. are taking steps to change their services to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act. Google Parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, + 2.60% GOOG, + 2.67% , Facebook Inc. FB, + 0.45% , and Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, + 4.08% are the top …
Read More »California Landmark Privacy Act is Facebook’s Next Nightmare
While navigating through a mammoth boycott of ads and potential federal anti-trust charges, the chief financial officer of Facebook Inc. most worry about California’s strict new privacy law. The California Consumer Protection Act, or CCPA, is considered to be the first true law of data privacy and under the strongest …
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While lawmakers and privacy advocates continue to push for anti-trust integration from four of tech’s biggest companies, some big names in video gaming could speed things up. This is one of the initial conclusions of legal experts and developers following the lawsuit filed by Epic Games Inc. against Apple Inc. …
Read More »Facebook is cracking down on digital defense for misinformation ahead of elections
US users of Facebook Inc. those voting on voting may soon begin to look at fact-checking notes added to their announcements about the Nov. 3 presidential election. The addendum will refer to a new voter information hub similar to the one about COVID-19 that Facebook says has been seen by …
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