Markus Reinisch, Vice President of Public Policy Europe at Meta, writing on company’s blog: There has been reporting in the press that we are “threatening” to leave Europe because of the uncertainty over EU-US data transfers mechanisms. This is not true. Like all publicly-traded companies, we are legally required to Read more…
Players generate a wealth of revealing psychological data — and some companies are soaking it up. While there are no numbers on how many video game companies are surveilling their players in-game (although, as a recent article suggests, large publishers and developers like Epic, EA, and Activision explicitly state they Read more…
Americans tuning in to the Super Bowl on Sunday will be inundated with ads from cryptocurrency companies, including the trading platform FTX, which plans to give away millions of dollars in bitcoin. FTX has spent heavily on sports partnerships to try to make itself a brand name in crypto, including Read more…
Major rightsholders and internet companies in Russia have signed a new memorandum of cooperation designed to make pirated movies, TV shows and other content harder to find. In addition to automatically removing reported infringing links within hours, search engines have agreed to completely deindex all domains that carry 100 or Read more…
i wanted to share with you a wonderful piece honouring the life of helen workman, my first “big” boss. she had a big influence on me. the MITE lab touched the lives of so many. helen passed away one week ago.
Meta Platforms’ veiled threat to quit Europe because of blocked talks over privacy rules was more like music to the ears of two top German and French politicians. “After being hacked I’ve lived without Facebook and Twitter for four years and life has been fantastic,” German Economy Minister Robert Habeck Read more…
