CNN
Russian company had access to Facebook user data through apps
Mail.Ru Group, a Russian internet company with links to the Kremlin, was among the firms to which Facebook gave an extension which allowed them to collect data on unknowing users of the social network after a policy change supposedly stopped such collection. Facebook said apps developed by Mail.Ru Group were being looked at as part of the company's wider investigation into the misuse of Facebook user data in light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Mail.Ru Group developed hundreds of Facebook apps, some of which were test apps that were not made public.
WhatsApp is using newspapers to fight fake news in India (CNN)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 07/10/2018 - 12:43What we lose when we let President Trump's tweets and insults take over the news
The media needs to stop letting President Donald Trump be its "assignment editor," Vox editor-at-large Ezra Klein says. There is no rule that "every time the president travels somewhere and opens their mouth, they get wall-to-wall coverage for days," Klein said. Rallies by previous presidents hardly attracted the type of attention that President Trump's do, he explained. Yet, when newsrooms scramble to cover PresidentTrump's rallies, such as the one held on July 5 in Montana, other, more important stories may be getting left behind.
Disney's next 700 million viewers might be in India (CNN)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 07/09/2018 - 12:08Having more control over your data doesn't mean it's safe (CNN)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 07/05/2018 - 10:52China Mobile faces US ban over spying fears
The Trump administration has moved to block China Mobile, a state-owned Chinese wireless carrier, from linking up with the US market, citing national security concerns. China Mobile wanted to provide cell phone and other communication services between the United States and other countries. It submitted an application for a license to US regulators back in 2011.
Google Duplex, the eerily human phone bot, is ready for the real world (CNN)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 06/27/2018 - 14:50Rep Nunes is demanding new information on Trump campaign and FBI informants
House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) is showing no signs of de-escalating a conflict with the Justice Department over the Russia investigation, hitting the department with an expansive new request for "any contacts" between FBI intelligence sources and over a dozen Trump campaign associates.