Associated Press1 hour agoSocial media hammered by mounting questions over advertisingAssociated Press - MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business WriterSocial media has had a rough 2022 with lingering questions about advertising spending, political ads and a $44 billion takeover of Twitter that may or may not be happening, depending on which Elon Musk tweet you read. Then late Monday Snap, which runs the Snapchat app that features vanishing …
Associated Press5 hours agoDemocrats: Google must protect privacy of abortion patientsAssociated Press - BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology WriterMore than 40 Democratic members of Congress are asking Google to stop what they see as the unnecessary collection and retention of people's location data, arguing the information could be used to identify women seeking abortions. In a letter sent Tuesday to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google parent …
Associated Press23 hours agoCalifornia parents could soon sue for social media addictionAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation under a bill that passed the state Assembly on …
Associated Press1 day agoDC sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy breachAssociated Press - MARCY GORDON, AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia on Monday sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, seeking to hold him personally liable for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a privacy breach of millions of Facebook users’ personal data that became a major corporate and political scandal. D.C. Attorney General …
Associated Press1 day agoFacebook, Instagram to reveal more on how ads target usersAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook parent Meta said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads just months ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. The announcement follows years of criticism that the social media platforms withhold too much information …
Associated Press1 day agoBoards for Meta, Twitter face backlash from NY pension fundAssociated Press - APSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A major New York pension fund that has invested in both Facebook's corporate parent and Twitter believes it's time to shake up the companies' boards of directors because of their inability to keep violent content off their influential social media services. The New York State …
