The significant fine sends a clear message to all digital service providers The European Union (EU) has imposed a historic €1.2 billion ($US1.29 billion) fine on Meta, the owner of the Facebook social media platform, for its failure to adequately protect the data of European Facebook users stored and processed…
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Only legislation can curtail big tech monopolies
Fines don’t touch the sides. Following today’s news that Google will pay app developers $90 million to settle the Play Store antitrust lawsuit; Sarah Coop, analyst in the Thematic Intelligence Team at GlobalData said paying these small developers* US$90 million in damages is a small win, but it does nothing…
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The former Head of Information Warfare for Australian Defence, shows the value of data is ‘outside of our control’. This Meta/facebook announcement that it will no longer have face recognition, but continue with data collection, comes on the heels of a major Europol operation in Switzerland and Ukraine, conducted in…
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