Tech companies were in the spotlight last week with lawsuits aplenty. Italy is fining Amazon $1.3 BN for abusing its market dominance. Rohingya refugees are suing Meta (Facebook) for $150BN. The group from Myanmar’s Muslim minority claim that Facebook amplified hate speech and violence against them in a 2017 military crackdown which saw 10000 killed. A UK competition watchdog… Read More Price is high
Facebook has a fresh set of fires to put out, with news coming last week that the social media company has separate rules for several million VIPs. A leaked document says that many celebrities, politicians and “influencers” are on Facebook’s special whitelist, XCheck, meaning their posts are not subjected to moderation. Digital content moderation is a booming industry but… Read More Rules are made to be broken
SnapChat, Facebook and other apps have voiced concern over upcoming changes in Apple’s iOS. Apple is going to require that users actively “opt in” to tracking on its devices. Facebook, etc., say the changes threaten their business. Although it looks like Apple is just doing the right thing, MDM blog has noted that what Apple gives with the right hand, it takes with the left. Using the language of “tracking”… Read More Opt out
