by Media Release | Oct 8, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
Originally posted at Defending Ed On Sept. 9, 2021, Fairfax County Public Schools signed “Amendment 2,” a new agreement to pay $2,445,300 to Panorama Education to collect confidential data on “all” 180,000+ K-12 Fairfax County Public School children, a $599,640...
by Media Release | Oct 8, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
Originally posted at Tech Crunch by Steve Dent Facebook Wants to ‘Normalize’ the Mass Scraping of Personal Data Internal documents published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently revealed that Facebook allowed VIPs to break its rules and that it was...
by Media Release | Aug 16, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
Originally posted at EuroActiv A top German court has ruled that Facebook acted illegally in taking down racist posts and blocking the account of their author because the social network failed to inform the user or give a reason for shutting them down. The judgment...
by Media Release | Aug 11, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
Originally posted at NPR by Shannon Bond Angela McNamara’s first hint that her Facebook account had been hacked was an early-morning email warning that someone was trying to log into her account. “If this is not you, don’t worry, we’re keeping...
by Media Release | Jul 26, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
Originally posted on The Verge by Jay Peters Firefox 90 introduces the next version of SmartBlock, the browser’s tracker blocking mechanism built into its private browsing and strict modes, which now has improvements designed to prevent buttons that let you log into...
by Media Release | Jul 6, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
Originally posted on Rest of World by Sophie Zhang I am a former Facebook employee who was fired in September 2020, after working for over two and a half years as a member of the fake engagement team. I became a whistleblower earlier this year. While my work at...
