From EPIC.org: In response to a FOIA request from EPIC, the FTC has confirmed that there are over 25,000 complaints about Facebook pending with the Commission. In the eight (8) years since the FTC announced a consent order barring Facebook from making any misrepresentations about use privacy, the FTC has [Read More…]
DHS/CBP/PIA-058 Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) takes steps to ensure the safety of its facilities and personnel from natural disasters, threats of violence, and other harmful events and activities. In support of these [Read More…]
San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is representing an anonymous Reddit commenter who is facing an abusive copyright claim from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, a group that publishes doctrines for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Today, EFF filed a motion to quash the attempt by Watchtower to unmask the online commenter. [Read More…]
Cross-posted from DataBreaches.net because this is an important online privacy issue that parents and young people need to become more savvy about. I missed this one when it first appeared, but it’s worth posting so that parents can once again remind their kids about online safety. Read the full news [Read More…]