Google Pretends to be Private
This week in the Privacy News, Clearview AI cannot sell to private companies, Facebook discontinues some data harvesting, ICE buys a lot of surveillance data, and the EU wants to end encryption to find CSAM. Also, Google pretends to care about privacy with new controls, but is it really private? We also look at some security news.
Apple Return to Work Loses Key Exec
This week in Business News, ATT gets away with charging an illegal fee, Texas law balances social media, and copyright law is under revision. Also, Google gets a new Virtual credit card feature and Apple loses a key director over the return to work policy. We also visit SillyVille.
The Articles
Privacy
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/big-win-settlement-ensures-clearview-ai-complies-with-groundbreaking-illinois
https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/05/facebook-to-discontinue-nearby-friends-and-other-location-based-features/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/10/23065080/ice-surveillance-dragnet-data-brokers-georgetown-law
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/war-upon-end-to-end-encryption-eu-wants-big-tech-to-scan-private-messages/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/11/23066161/google-privacy-controls-protected-computing-io
Security
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/05/hackers-are-actively-exploiting-big-ip-vulnerability-with-a-9-8-severity-rating/
https://jfrog.com/blog/npm-supply-chain-attack-targets-german-based-companies/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/05/zyxel-silently-patches-command-injection-vulnerability-with-9-8-severity-rating/
https://www.netskope.com/press-releases/netskope-research-finds-sharp-increase-in-phishing-downloads-as-cybercriminals-leverage-seo-to-lure-victims
Business
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/12/23069156/att-vianu-lawsuit-class-action-administrative-fee
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/texas-law-banning-social-media-censorship-reinstated-by-appeals-court/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/10/23066030/hawley-copyright-disney-mickey-mouse
https://gizmodo.com/google-pay-virtual-credit-debit-card-visa-american-expr-1848907510
https://www.techspot.com/news/94512-apple-loses-director-machine-learning-over-return-person.html
Silly
https://www.techspot.com/news/94519-instagram-start-testing-nfts-select-users-week.html
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/05/todays-intended-wordle-solution-pushed-to-2027-due-to-major-recent-news-event/
https://www.techspot.com/news/94570-lego-optimus-prime-transforms-without-having-rebuild.html
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/10/23065586/call-of-duty-warzone-godzilla-kong