Shoshana Wodinsky
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New York, NY, United States
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Virginia is the latest state to get its own data privacy law
A law giving the state's residents more rights over their personal data went into effect this week → Read More
How 2023 will rewrite tech policy
Here's just a few of the tech topics that regulators plan to tackle in the coming year. → Read More
The 'dark patterns' in Fortnite that led to the largest FTC penalties ever
The agency alleged that Epic Games used these deceptive tactics to trick young gamers into spending more than they realized. But other companies use them, too. → Read More
'Children are the product': Researchers find students use apps riddled with ads
Report says 96% of the apps studied were sharing data with at least one tech platform like Google. → Read More
Google employees claim their systems fell short of company's privacy promises
Newly unsealed court records reveal executives candidly talking discussing about subverting user consent in their products. → Read More
TikTok will use your data to fuel its multibillion-dollar shopping mall
TikTok is targeting ads toward users based on purchases they haven’t even made yet, according to the ByteDance Inc. social network's pitches to potential... → Read More
Airbnb can ban you for having a criminal record. This Pennsylvania councilwoman found out the hard way.
Bethany Hallam was stunned when she received an email from Airbnb informing her that she’d been banned from hosting or booking reservations on the platform... → Read More
Apple decimated Meta’s adtech empire. Now, it’s honing in on its advertisers
Apple’s quietly begun hiring for roles aimed at poaching the Facebook and Instagram advertisers that felt the biggest brunt from the company’s privacy updates. → Read More
How Amazon Consumed All of Commerce
Over the past twenty plus years, Amazon's gone from bookstore to everything store. Here's all the companies it swallowed to make that happen. → Read More
These Companies Know When You're Pregnant—And They're Not Keeping It Secret
Gizmodo identified 32 brokers selling data on 2.9 billion profiles of U.S. residents pegged as "actively pregnant" or "shopping for maternity products." → Read More
Russian Puppet Regime Blocks Google Search in Eastern Ukraine
While Russia has only fined the search giant, the Donetsk People’s Republic is implementing a full digital blockade. → Read More
Lawsuit Alleges Europe's Top Internet Regulators Violated the GDPR Policies They Created
The European Commission allegedly transferred data to Amazon servers in the U.S. two years after it outlawed that exact practice. → Read More
Russia Fines Google $364 Million for Hosting Anti-Russian Videos
YouTube is the last American tech platform standing in Russia, but it's taking a financial beating from regulators there. → Read More
Amazon Is Bankrolling an Anti-Antitrust Group in the U.S. as it Offers Concessions to EU Antitrust Regulators
Amazon is funnelling money to a fake grassroots group fighting American antitrust legislation even as it pledges concessions to EU regulators in the same arena. → Read More
TikTok Hits Pause on Its Most Controversial Privacy Update Yet
The company planned to unleash targeted ads onto users, even if they didn't consent. Italy warned against it. → Read More
How Is Amazon Tracking You on Prime Day?
Amazon's snooping doesn't stop when your shopping spree does. A non-exhaustive of the traits Amazon tracks, including if you're a fan of Lady Gaga. → Read More
Google Eases Ad Restrictions for Abortion Pill Providers After Roe
For years, the company barred mail-order abortion providers from certifying themselves with a "Provides abortion" label in Search ads. Now they can. → Read More
Russia Fines Google, Airbnb, Pinterest, and Twitch for Not Storing Data Where the Kremlin Can Get It
These four companies ran afoul of a harsh Russian privacy law that led Linkedin to be banned across the country in 2016. → Read More
A Guy Got Drunk Enough to Lose An Entire City’s Personal Data
The residency and tax information for hundreds of thousands of residents of a Japanese city were in one contractor's slippery hands. → Read More
Of Course T-Mobile Is Being Shady With Your App Downloads and Browsing History
The cell service provider's new product bundles info on what apps you've downloaded with what sites you've visited into a sweet deal for advertisers. → Read More