Justice Department Sues TikTok, Accusing the Company of Illegally Collecting Children’s Data

The US Justice Department has sued TikTok, accusing the company of illegally collecting children’s data and violating an online privacy law.
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Smashing Security podcast #380: Teachers TikTok targeted, and fraud in the doctors’ waiting room

Execs at a health tech startup are sentenced to jail after a massive ad fraud, and a school is shaken after teachers are targeted via TikTok.

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President Biden Signs Bill To Ban TikTok If Parent Company Doesn’t Sell It

US President Joe Biden has signed the bill that could ban TikTok in the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance agrees to divest it.
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House-passed data privacy bill doesn’t thrill privacy groups

A measure to address the sale of Americans’ data doesn’t go far enough to rein in the data broker industry, advocates argue.

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Bill That Could Ban TikTok Passed in the House. Here’s What to Know

The House passed legislation that would ban TikTok if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stakes in the popular social media platform within six months of the bill’s enactment.
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Meta plans to prevent disinformation and AI-generated content from influencing voters

Meta, the company that owns some of the biggest social networks in use today, has explained how it means to tackle disinformation related to the upcoming EU Parliament elections, with a special emphasis on how it plans to treat AI-generated content tha… Continue reading Meta plans to prevent disinformation and AI-generated content from influencing voters

Tech companies pledge to protect 2024 elections from AI-generated media

Twenty major tech companies committed to policies that make it harder for bad actors to leverage AI to influence elections

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