Spyware Scandals Prompt Calls for Further Bans in Europe
A Europe-wide moratorium on surveillance software such as NSO Group’s Pegasus and similar products is needed to clamp down on abuses, according to a draft…
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Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe
Last year in Hungary, six people discovered their phones had been hacked by NSO group’s Pegasus, after they were tipped off by the Pegasus Project, an…
How the ‘Move Fast’ era of Facebook led to one of its biggest scandals
Remember when Facebook’s News Feed was chock full of apps like Zynga’s FarmVille? This era in the early 2010s was Mark Zuckerberg’s first big attempt at…
New York City sues Activision Blizzard, targets CEO amid workplace scandals
New York City officials have sued Activision Blizzard over its agreement to be sold to Microsoft.
The suit, filed by New York City Employees’ Retirement…
Meta Makes Changes to Marketing Strategy Amid Scandals
Since the spring, the social media company formerly known as Facebook has been evaluating where it advertises and how much it spends doing so, taking pitches…
Why these Facebook research scandals are different
A week ago, The Wall Street Journal began to publish a series of stories about Facebook based on the internal findings of the company’s researchers. The…
China to Crack Down on ‘Chaotic’ Online Fan Culture, Will Shut Down Channels That Spread…
China will move to crack down on the "chaotic" online celebrity fan culture, the country's cyberspace regulator said in a notice published on Friday, part of…