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Congress agrees data privacy is a problem. So where’s the bill?
Congress has been promising federal privacy legislation for a year now and producing little more than a hodgepodge of conflicting piecemeal proposals. Now, at long last, one party’s leadership has stepped up to put the muscle of its caucus behind...a loose set of principles. Senate Democrats under Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) unveiled what is basically a wish list for a bill-to-be, supported by the ranking members of the four relevant committees.
Apple says its App Store is ‘a safe and trusted place.’ We found 1,500 reports of unwanted sexual behavior on six apps (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 11/22/2019 - 06:41Google announces new political ads policies, limiting targeting but not all lies (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 11/20/2019 - 17:18Trump campaign, spending furiously to counter impeachment inquiry, assails Facebook over potential changes to political ad rules
The Trump campaign lashed out at Facebook after company executives said they were considering changes to rules around political ads that could affect the campaign’s ability to target its supporters on the platform. The outcry came as Trump’s reelection team has undertaken a massive spending blitz on Facebook aimed at countering the House’s impeachment inquiry. Trump’s page alone promoted more than $830,000 worth of ads in the seven days ending on Nov 17, according to Facebook’s ad archive.