Apple has filed its formal opposition to a new bill currently being proposed by the Australian government…
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FBI investigating Facebook security breach where attackers accessed 30 million users’ personal information
Facebook revealed on Friday that a previously announced security breach on its platform…
Apple urges Australian government not to destroy encryption with ‘backdoors’
Apple has submitted its formal response to a draft bill undergoing debate by the Australian government…
91% of contributions by Apple employees have gone to Democrats vs. 9% to Republicans since 2004
This marks the third in GovPredict’s analysis of the giving patterns of employees of major American corporations…
Apple, other tech giants denounce proposed Australian law seeking encryption ‘backdoor’
Four global tech giants – Facebook, Apple, Alphabet and Amazon – will oppose an Australian law…
New California state law mandates female board directors by 2019
California will require publicly listed companies with headquarters in the state to have…
Facebook discovers security breach affecting 50 million users
Facebook Inc. has discovered a security flaw affecting about 50 million user accounts…
FBI solves mystery surrounding 15-year-old Fruitfly Mac malware
The FBI has solved the final mystery surrounding a strain of Mac malware that was used…
Facebook is giving advertisers access to users’ shadow contact information
Last week, I ran an ad on Facebook that was targeted at a computer science professor…
Apple endorses comprehensive privacy legislation in U.S. Senate testimony
Bud Tribble, Apple’s Vice President of Software Technology, has provided the U.S. Senate Committee…
Privacy and Security: How Apple thrived in a season of tech scandals
Apple’s business model is turning out to be its most lasting advantage…
Facebook teams with Republicans and Democrats to fight fake news fight, but falsehoods still rampant
Facebook on Wednesday said it would team with two U.S. non-profits to slow the global spread…
Apple, Firefox tools aim to thwart Facebook, Google ad tracking
Facebook and other companies routinely track your online surfing habits to better target ads…
Apple, other tech firms to testify before U.S. Senate on data privacy September 26th
The White House said in July it was working to develop consumer data privacy policies and officials had been meeting major firms…
Apple bans Alex Jones’ Infowars app for ‘objectionable content’
Apple Inc said on Friday that it had banned from its App Store the Infowars app belonging to popular U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones…
U.S. Senator Warner: Tech regulation is coming, ‘the era of the wild west in social media is coming to an end’
To Sen. Mark Warner, it’s not a question of whether Congress will regulate the tech industry but when…
U.S. Justice Department says probing social media companies for stifling ‘free exchange of ideas’
The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it will meet with state attorneys general to discuss concerns…
42% of U.S. users have ‘taken a break’ from Facebook; 28% have deleted the Facebook app in the past year
Significant shares of Facebook users have taken steps in the past year to reframe their relationship…
Class action lawsuit accuses Apple, other tech firms of suppressing political content
In the wake of mounting proof that social media giants are illegally restricting free speech of conservatives, and promoting free speech from leftist sources such as CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post and others…
Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon face German scrutiny
American technology giants will continue to face regulatory pressure in Europe…
Apple removes Facebook’s Onavo security app from App Store
Facebook Inc. plans to pull its data-security app from Apple Inc.’s app store after the iPhone maker…
President Trump: ‘I would rather have fake news’ than censorship
President Trump on Tuesday railed against social media censorship…
ACLU: Apple’s ban of Alex Jones and Infowars could set dangerous social media precedent
The director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) speech, privacy and technology project, warned Monday that bans against Alex Jones and Infowars…
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: I ‘fully admit’ our bias is ‘more left-leaning’
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said on Saturday that he ‘fully admit[s]’ Twitter employees share a largely left-leaning bias…
President Trump blasts social media ‘censorship’
President Donald Trump used Twitter to tear into social media companies Saturday morning…
How to prevent Mac apps from using your FaceTime camera and microphone without permission
macOS Mojave strengthens user security and privacy by barring apps from using…
Russians buy Apple shares as sanctions push investment overseas
Russian politicians may be warning that U.S. sanctions will backfire and undermine the dollar, but to the middle classes…
George Soros’ fund loads up on Apple shares
Soros Fund Management added Facebook, Apple, and Twitter, but trimmed stakes in Alphabet and Amazon…
Twitter bans Alex Jones from posting on Twitter for seven days
Twitter Inc. on Tuesday suspended the far-right talk-show host Alex Jones for violating…
Australia plans law for tech firms to hand over encrypted private data or face millions in fines, jail time for execs
Australia on Tuesday proposed a new law requiring technology firms…
Futures rise as Turkish lira rebounds, tech stocks gain
U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Tuesday as global markets bounced back from concerns of weakness…
Apple is monitoring Alex Jones’ Infowars app for content violations as it becomes 3rd-most downloaded app this week
The Infowars Official app has become the App Store’s third most-downloaded news app this week…
Alex Jones: Infowars has racked up 5.6 million new subscribers in the past 48 hours
Infowars’ Alex Jones has issued a ‘never surrender’ battle cry to his army…
Tim Cook sends Mark Zuckerberg, YouTube, and Spotify scrambling over Infowars’ Alex Jones
The big tech firms’ decision to ban some of Alex Jones’ and Infowars’ content on the grounds of “hate speech” sets a vague precedent that leaves them vulnerable to accusations of hypocrisy…
Jack Dorsey explains why Twitter isn’t banning Alex Jones and Infowars
In a move to defend his company’s decision to not ban Alex Jones, Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey…
Infowars’ Alex Jones blasts Apple, Google, others; warns on internet censorship
In a video posted via Twitter, Infowars’ Alex Jones responds to the removal of links to his podcasts by Apple…
Apple’s ‘Infowars’ move thrusts tech giant into the debate over censoring content on internet platforms
Eliminating easy access to Infowars podcasts marks a rare, prominent foray for Apple into an issue…
Apple removes most of Alex Jones’ Infowars podcasts from iTunes Store
In other recent actions against Jones, Facebook suspended the radio and Internet host’s personal profile for 30 days…
John Oliver edits Facebook’s apology ad to remind you that Facebook still doesn’t care about you
Back in April, in the wake of a variety of scandals…
Twitter shares plunge after social network loses 1 million active users
Twitter Inc. shares plunged the most in two years after the social media company said monthly users dropped by 1 million…
Trump administration working on federal data privacy policy
The Trump administration is crafting a proposal to protect Web users’ privacy…
Apple hits new all-time high while much of the rest of tech tanks on Facebook woes
Apple reports its quarterly earnings next week, as it nudges closer to $1 trillion market value…
