Facebook cops US$5 billion fine and shares soar – go figure!
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slapped a US$5 billion fine on Facebook. it is the largest fine ever imposed on any company, anywhere, anytime. But t... (Read More)
How to stop Big Tech using you – breaking up or breaking free
What do you think of when you hear “Big Tech”? Do you worry
or rejoice?
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Do tech companies have too much power? ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry
To answer that question, Do tech companies have too much power - the old witty retort, “Is the Pope a Catholic?” comes immediately to mind.
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Fake reviews – the scourge of the internet (update)
Fake Reviews have become the scourge on the internet. As many as 90% are declared ‘unreliable using the same text, hyperbole or suspiciously positive words’.
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Facebook won’t get my goat, but the FTC may get theirs
Facebook’s CEO Mark Elliot Zuckerberg killed a goat and ate
it. Dinner guest, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter says, “I just ate my salad.”
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Facebook suspends 400 data stealing apps. Dumps its own data-stealing Onavo
Facebook has suspended 400 apps due to concerns around the developers who built them or how the information people chose to share with the app may have been us... (Read More)
Data Transfer Project makes it easier for us to swap data around
Microsoft, Google, Twitter and Facebook have jointly announced the Data Transfer Project. When finished it will enable data to move from one platform to another... (Read More)
Don’t give away too much by oversharing on social media
Oversharing on social media can create huge security issues. It does not matter if you think you are safe – social media has ‘ways of making you talk’.
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