Craig Timberg The Washington Post
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Facebook, YouTube Ban Content Claiming to Name Trump Impeachment Whistleblower as Twitter Permits It
Twitter found itself isolated this week as other major social media platforms moved to block users from spreading the name of a CIA officer that conservatives contend filed the extraordinary whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump that triggered House impeachment hearings.
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Facebook, YouTube To Block Naming Of Donald Trump's Alleged Impeachment Whistleblower
Twitter found itself isolated this week as other major social media platforms moved to block users from spreading the name of a CIA officer that conservatives contend filed the extraordinary whistleblower complaint against US President Donald Trump that triggered House impeachment hearings.
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"Putin's Chef", Who Influenced US Polls, Meddling In Africa Politics: Facebook
Facebook announced Wednesday that it had removed three networks of accounts it says are associated with Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Kremlin-linked businessman whom U.S. authorities indicted for interfering in the 2016 presidential election.
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WhatsApp Sues Israel's NSO for Allegedly Helping Spies Hack Phones Around the World
WhatsApp alleges that NSO helped government agencies deliver malicious software through seemingly harmless WhatsApp video calls, even if the targets never answered their phones.
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WhatsApp Accuses Israeli Firm NSO Of Helping Governments Hack Phones
The messaging service WhatsApp filed suit in federal court Tuesday against the Israeli surveillance company NSO, claiming it acted illegally in helping governments hack into the mobile devices of more than 100 people worldwide, including journalists, human rights workers and women who had been the subject of online attacks.
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Facebook to Offer 'News' Tab for Users, Said to Pay (Some) Publishers for Their Work
Facebook plans to launch a "News" tab on Friday that will offer stories from hundreds of news organizations, some of which will be paid fees for supplying content to the service, say people familiar with the plan.
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Years After Obama Used Facebook To Win, Big Tech Under Democratic Fire
The Democratic Party's rapidly fading love affair with Big Tech has broken into open acrimony in recent weeks, punctuated by a presidential debate Tuesday in which leading candidates took turns decrying the industry's impact on the nation and workshopping ways to rein it in.
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Facebook Policy on Political Speech Lets Politicians Lie in Ads
This means Facebook posts and campaign ads by politicians operate in an alternative system.
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Google Fined $170 Million For Violating Kids' Privacy Law On YouTube
Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations that it illegally collected data about children younger than age 13 who watched toy videos and television shows on YouTube, settling a long-running government investigation but leaving some in Washington once again furious that regulators had been outmatched by Silicon Valley.
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App Makers Say Apple's Move to Protect Kids' Privacy Could Devastate Their Businesses
Under the new rules, which Apple had planned to implement next month, kids apps on Apple's App Store will be banned from using external analytics software.
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Twitter Says Trump's Tweet Didn't Violate Rules Against Racism, But Won't Say Why
Twitter's new policy for holding powerful leaders to account for engaging in hate speech and harassment received its first major test this weekend when President Donald Trump called on several Democratic members of Congress to "go back" to their countries - prompting widespread allegations of racism against women of color.
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YouTube Said to Be Under Investigation Over Allegations That It Violates Children's Privacy
US Federal Trade Commission is said to be in the late stages of an investigation into how YouTube handles children's videos.
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Amazon Accused of Using Echo Dot Kids to Illegally Collect Data on Children
A coalition of 19 consumer and privacy groups plans to file a complaint Thursday alleging that Amazon's Echo Dot Kids Edition is illegally collecting data.
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Don't Expose Infants Younger Than 1-Year-Old To Electronic Devices: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued strict new guidelines Wednesday on one of the most anxiety-producing issues of 21st Century family life: How much should parents resort to videos and online games to entertain, educate or simply distract their young children?
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YouTube Fact-Checking Tool Goes Wrong: In Flaming Notre Dame, It Somehow Sees 9/11 Tragedy
The misfire underscored the ongoing limits of computerised tools for detecting and combating misinformation.
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Facebook, YouTube Ban Content Claiming to Name Trump Impeachment Whistleblower as Twitter Permits It
Twitter found itself isolated this week as other major social media platforms moved to block users from spreading the name of a CIA officer that conservatives contend filed the extraordinary whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump that triggered House impeachment hearings.
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Facebook, YouTube To Block Naming Of Donald Trump's Alleged Impeachment Whistleblower
Twitter found itself isolated this week as other major social media platforms moved to block users from spreading the name of a CIA officer that conservatives contend filed the extraordinary whistleblower complaint against US President Donald Trump that triggered House impeachment hearings.
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"Putin's Chef", Who Influenced US Polls, Meddling In Africa Politics: Facebook
Facebook announced Wednesday that it had removed three networks of accounts it says are associated with Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Kremlin-linked businessman whom U.S. authorities indicted for interfering in the 2016 presidential election.
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WhatsApp Sues Israel's NSO for Allegedly Helping Spies Hack Phones Around the World
WhatsApp alleges that NSO helped government agencies deliver malicious software through seemingly harmless WhatsApp video calls, even if the targets never answered their phones.
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WhatsApp Accuses Israeli Firm NSO Of Helping Governments Hack Phones
The messaging service WhatsApp filed suit in federal court Tuesday against the Israeli surveillance company NSO, claiming it acted illegally in helping governments hack into the mobile devices of more than 100 people worldwide, including journalists, human rights workers and women who had been the subject of online attacks.
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Facebook to Offer 'News' Tab for Users, Said to Pay (Some) Publishers for Their Work
Facebook plans to launch a "News" tab on Friday that will offer stories from hundreds of news organizations, some of which will be paid fees for supplying content to the service, say people familiar with the plan.
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Years After Obama Used Facebook To Win, Big Tech Under Democratic Fire
The Democratic Party's rapidly fading love affair with Big Tech has broken into open acrimony in recent weeks, punctuated by a presidential debate Tuesday in which leading candidates took turns decrying the industry's impact on the nation and workshopping ways to rein it in.
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Facebook Policy on Political Speech Lets Politicians Lie in Ads
This means Facebook posts and campaign ads by politicians operate in an alternative system.
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Google Fined $170 Million For Violating Kids' Privacy Law On YouTube
Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations that it illegally collected data about children younger than age 13 who watched toy videos and television shows on YouTube, settling a long-running government investigation but leaving some in Washington once again furious that regulators had been outmatched by Silicon Valley.
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App Makers Say Apple's Move to Protect Kids' Privacy Could Devastate Their Businesses
Under the new rules, which Apple had planned to implement next month, kids apps on Apple's App Store will be banned from using external analytics software.
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Twitter Says Trump's Tweet Didn't Violate Rules Against Racism, But Won't Say Why
Twitter's new policy for holding powerful leaders to account for engaging in hate speech and harassment received its first major test this weekend when President Donald Trump called on several Democratic members of Congress to "go back" to their countries - prompting widespread allegations of racism against women of color.
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YouTube Said to Be Under Investigation Over Allegations That It Violates Children's Privacy
US Federal Trade Commission is said to be in the late stages of an investigation into how YouTube handles children's videos.
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Amazon Accused of Using Echo Dot Kids to Illegally Collect Data on Children
A coalition of 19 consumer and privacy groups plans to file a complaint Thursday alleging that Amazon's Echo Dot Kids Edition is illegally collecting data.
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Don't Expose Infants Younger Than 1-Year-Old To Electronic Devices: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued strict new guidelines Wednesday on one of the most anxiety-producing issues of 21st Century family life: How much should parents resort to videos and online games to entertain, educate or simply distract their young children?
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YouTube Fact-Checking Tool Goes Wrong: In Flaming Notre Dame, It Somehow Sees 9/11 Tragedy
The misfire underscored the ongoing limits of computerised tools for detecting and combating misinformation.
