Breaking up the world's tech titans is not the best way to counter their power, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Friday, while leaving room for that eventuality as a "last resort."
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Mar 30, 2019
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Data ethics is now a cause célèbre.
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Mar 28, 2019
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As the computing industry grapples with its role in society, many people, both in the field and outside it, are talking about a crisis of ethics.
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Mar 22, 2019
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World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee on Monday slammed the increasing commodification of personal information and appealed for internet users to strive to maintain "complete control" of their data.
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Mar 11, 2019
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Two leading Australian digital media experts have backed proposed tougher regulations for digital platforms, saying the public has lost faith in tech giants like Facebook and Google.
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Mar 11, 2019
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Most of us know tech platforms such as Facebook and Google track, store and make money from our data. But there are constantly new revelations about just how much of our privacy has been chipped away.
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Feb 28, 2019
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Facebook's feature allowing users to erase all their data is set to be released this year, many months after it was announced by the leading social network.
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Feb 27, 2019
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US lawmakers opened a debate Tuesday over privacy legislation in the first step by Congress toward regulation addressing a series of troublesome data protection abuses by tech firms.
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Feb 26, 2019
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A news report Friday said many smartphone apps were sending highly personal information such as menstrual cycles and body weight to Facebook, without notifying users.
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Feb 22, 2019
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A US investigation into privacy violations by Facebook could result in a record fine running to billions of dollars, media reports said Friday.
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Feb 15, 2019
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