Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control.
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Facebook parent Meta Platforms beats lawsuit over Apple privacy, Sandberg disclosures
Meta won the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by concealing how changes to Apple’s privacy settings would make Facebook and Instagram less desirable for advertisers.
Read More Facebook parent Meta Platforms beats lawsuit over Apple privacy, Sandberg disclosuresInstagram rolls out teen accounts with privacy, parental controls
Meta is rolling out enhanced privacy and parental controls for Instagram accounts of users under 18 in a significant overhaul aimed around the negative effects of social media.
Read More Instagram rolls out teen accounts with privacy, parental controlsEx-Google exec said goal was to ‘crush’ competition, trial evidence shows
A Google executive told colleagues the goal for the company’s online advertising business in 2009 was to “crush” rival advertising networks.
Read More Ex-Google exec said goal was to ‘crush’ competition, trial evidence showsGoogle’s antitrust trial over online advertising set to begin
Google will face U.S. antitrust prosecutors where the Justice Department will seek to show the company stifled competition in online advertising technology.
Read More Google’s antitrust trial over online advertising set to beginSnap sued by New Mexico over failure to protect children from sexual exploitation
New Mexico said it filed a lawsuit against Snap alleging that its policies and design features facilitate the sharing of child sexual exploitation material.
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