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US FTC Says Amazon Ring Violated Customer Privacy, Announces $5.8-Million Settlement
US Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on Wednesday that Amazon's Ring doorbell camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms and announced a $5.8 million (roughly Rs. 47 crore) settlement with the company over privacy violations.
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Pakistan Supreme Court Judges Get Paid More Than President, PM: Report
The salaries of supreme court judges are more than those of the president, the prime minister, ministers, federal secretaries and parliamentarians, The News International reported citing the data submitted to the Public Accounts Committee.
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US Court Dismisses Donald Trump's Plea To Lift Twitter Ban
A lawsuit filed by former US president Donald Trump seeking to reinstate his banned Twitter account was tossed out Friday by a federal judge in California.
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ED's Seizure of Xiaomi India Assets Worth $725 Million Said to Be Put on Hold by Indian Court
An Indian court is said to have put on hold a federal enforcement agency's decision to seize $725 million from local bank accounts of China's Xiaomi for suspected violations of foreign exchange laws, according to sources.
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Facebook Ordered by US Court to Release Records of Anti-Rohingya Content for Genocide Case
Facebook has been ordered by a US federal judge to release records of accounts connected to anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar that the social media giant had shut down, rejecting its argument about protecting privacy as "rich with irony."
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India Court Says ByteDance Should Deposit $11 Million in Tax Evasion Case
A Mumbai High Court dealt a blow to China's ByteDance by dismissing its plea to unblock its bank accounts which have been frozen by federal authorities investigating alleged tax evasion.
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TikTok Violated Agreement on Child Protection, Activists Allege
A coalition of consumer groups filed a complaint Thursday with US regulators claiming the popular video app TikTok has failed to live up to an agreement last year limiting data collection from children.
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Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia by Digging Into Accounts of Kingdom Critics
Two former Twitter employees and a third man were charged in San Francisco Federal Court Wednesday with spying on Twitter users critical of the Saudi royal family, the US Justice Department announced. Case highlights the issue of foreign powers exploiting American social media platforms. Charges also reflect the wealth of data that firms compile.
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Trump's Blocking Of Twitter Critics Is Unconstitutional: US Appeals Court
US President Donald Trump violated the Constitution by blocking people whose views he disliked from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
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Court Tells North Korea To Pay $501 Million For Death Of US Student
A federal court judge on Monday ordered North Korea to pay the parents of Otto Warmbier more than $500 million, holding the country accountable for the "barbaric mistreatment" and death of the University of Virginia student.
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US FTC Says Amazon Ring Violated Customer Privacy, Announces $5.8-Million Settlement
US Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on Wednesday that Amazon's Ring doorbell camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms and announced a $5.8 million (roughly Rs. 47 crore) settlement with the company over privacy violations.
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Pakistan Supreme Court Judges Get Paid More Than President, PM: Report
The salaries of supreme court judges are more than those of the president, the prime minister, ministers, federal secretaries and parliamentarians, The News International reported citing the data submitted to the Public Accounts Committee.
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US Court Dismisses Donald Trump's Plea To Lift Twitter Ban
A lawsuit filed by former US president Donald Trump seeking to reinstate his banned Twitter account was tossed out Friday by a federal judge in California.
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ED's Seizure of Xiaomi India Assets Worth $725 Million Said to Be Put on Hold by Indian Court
An Indian court is said to have put on hold a federal enforcement agency's decision to seize $725 million from local bank accounts of China's Xiaomi for suspected violations of foreign exchange laws, according to sources.
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Facebook Ordered by US Court to Release Records of Anti-Rohingya Content for Genocide Case
Facebook has been ordered by a US federal judge to release records of accounts connected to anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar that the social media giant had shut down, rejecting its argument about protecting privacy as "rich with irony."
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India Court Says ByteDance Should Deposit $11 Million in Tax Evasion Case
A Mumbai High Court dealt a blow to China's ByteDance by dismissing its plea to unblock its bank accounts which have been frozen by federal authorities investigating alleged tax evasion.
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TikTok Violated Agreement on Child Protection, Activists Allege
A coalition of consumer groups filed a complaint Thursday with US regulators claiming the popular video app TikTok has failed to live up to an agreement last year limiting data collection from children.
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Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia by Digging Into Accounts of Kingdom Critics
Two former Twitter employees and a third man were charged in San Francisco Federal Court Wednesday with spying on Twitter users critical of the Saudi royal family, the US Justice Department announced. Case highlights the issue of foreign powers exploiting American social media platforms. Charges also reflect the wealth of data that firms compile.
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Trump's Blocking Of Twitter Critics Is Unconstitutional: US Appeals Court
US President Donald Trump violated the Constitution by blocking people whose views he disliked from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
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Court Tells North Korea To Pay $501 Million For Death Of US Student
A federal court judge on Monday ordered North Korea to pay the parents of Otto Warmbier more than $500 million, holding the country accountable for the "barbaric mistreatment" and death of the University of Virginia student.
