Category Archives: online platforms

Google tightens UK policy on financial ads after watchdog pressure over scams

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The UK’s more expansive, post-Brexit role in digital regulation continues to be felt today via a policy change by Google which has announced that it will, in the near future, only run ads for financial products and services when the advertiser in question has been verified by the financial watchdog, the FCA. The Google Ads […] Continue reading Google tightens UK policy on financial ads after watchdog pressure over scams→

US Senate to End Deceptive Practices and Dark Patterns on Online Platforms

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A bipartisan Act proposed by US Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) would counter immoral data collection methods by large online platforms, forbidding “deceptive practices” and “dark patterns” that manipulate use… Continue reading US Senate to End Deceptive Practices and Dark Patterns on Online Platforms→

Security, privacy experts weigh in on the ICE doxxing

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In what appears to be the latest salvo in a new, wired form of protest, developer Sam Lavigne posted code that scrapes LinkedIn to find Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee accounts. His code, which basically a Python-based tool that scans LinkedIn for keywords, is gone from Github and Gitlab and Medium took down his original […] Continue reading Security, privacy experts weigh in on the ICE doxxing→