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TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance has reportedly reached a settlement on Wednesday with a group of parents who alleged that the company collected and exposed the data and personal information of minors, in violation of the children’s privacy law. The plaintiff’s lawyer in the case, Gary Klinger, confirmed that a proposed settlement of $1.1 million had been reached. In […]
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A group of filmmakers have recently sued the US government for social media surveillance rules. The lawsuit argues that the requirement unconstitutionally discourages applicants from speaking online — and, conversely, discourages people who post political speech from trying to enter the US. This lawsuit, filed by the Doc Society and the International Documentary Association, challenges the decision […]
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ByteDance the parental company of TikTok has reportedly being sued after allegedly violating child privacy laws and collecting the data of young users through the video app, which was formerly called Musical.ly. ByteDance acquired Musical.ly in 2017, and later rebranded it as the social video app TikTok. According to the December 3rd complaint, ByteDance has collected data from […]
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The Federal Trade Commission has officially ruled that Cambridge Analytica deceived Facebook users through its data-gathering practices. In July, the FTC accused the consulting company, as well as CEO Alexander Nix and app developer Aleksandr Kogan, of collecting data on tens of millions of Facebook users through a personality-testing app. The FTC previously settled the case with Nix […]
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Wonder Woman is set to return to the big screen next year but this time, she’s not fighting alongside the Allies in World War I. In the first trailer of Wonder Woman 1984 Gal Gadot has been transported to a decade defined by big hair, iconic musicians, and Ghostbusters. The decade defined by the Cold War, and that’s when […]
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Adobe is reportedly acquiring Oculus Medium, a virtual reality sculpting tool owned by Facebook owned VR company. In a blog post Oculus notes: Nothing is apparently changing for now — the Medium will remain free for people with an Oculus VR system. But it suggests that Adobe will bring more features, improvements, and other developments to Medium […]
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Transcription company Rev has recently updated its Terms of Service agreement following reports of workers unhappy with low pay and exposure to graphic files without warning. The new changes explains its workers classification as independent contractors, apart from this the company has also added age limit according to the new terms the company now requires transcribers to […]
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Facebook is reportedly acquiring Beat Games, the developer of popular VR game Beat Saber. According to the report of TechCrunch Beat Games will keep operating independently, but it will become part of Oculus Studios, Facebook’s VR gaming group. In a blog post, Oculus content director Mike Verdu said the game will keep releasing across all platforms, and […]
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Eight employees of NSO Group an Israeli spyware company have recently sued Facebook for blocking their accounts. The company demands that the social networking giant must unblock their accounts on its platform, as well as Instagram. The plaintiffs asked the Tel Aviv District Court to order Facebook to unblock the accounts until the issues are […]
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has recently announced that his office would drop its lawsuit opposing the merger between telecommunications giants T-Mobile and Sprint. Texas has dropped its lawsuit as part of a settlement with the proposed New T-Mobile. In the settlement, New T-Mobile committed to providing 5G wireless broadband coverage to areas where most Texans live and […]
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