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DOJ issues new warning to big tech: Data and privacy could be competition concerns
Makan Delrahim, the Justice Department’s top antitrust enforcer, warned tech giants that amassing vast quantities of consumers’ data could create competition concerns in the eyes of federal regulators, marking the US government’s latest shot across the bow at Silicon Valley.
Facebook under fire after ads identifying whistleblower spread on its platform (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/08/2019 - 11:37Fareed Zakaria: It’s not up to Mark Zuckerberg to decide what news is legitimate (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/08/2019 - 06:35Analysis: Political campaigns are flocking to encrypted messaging apps. But they're not a panacea. (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 11:57Analysis: Facebook won't get past the Cambridge Analytica scandal anytime soon (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 11:57Analysis: Officials just had their last chance to road test elections before 2020 (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 12:35Facebook reveals new privacy mishap involving apps for groups
Facebook acknowledged another privacy mishap: some app developers may have wrongly accessed names and profile photos of users in certain groups. Roughly 100 “partners” may have accessed this information — including 11 that had done so within the past 60 days. Otherwise, Facebook declined to offer specifics, including who exactly might have seen the data and how many users had been affected. The trouble appears to stem from a functionality in Facebook’s groups service.