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Facebook says Cambridge Analytica may have collected data on up to 87M peopleCambridge Analytica may have harvested the personal data of up to 87 million Facebook users, Facebook's CTO said on Wednesday, a number far higher th…
... Chinese government on matters of censorship and localizing iCloud data. "You ... -
Russia demands Apple pull Telegram for iPhone from App StoreRussia's telecomunications regulator, Roskomnadzor, sent orders to both Apple and Google on Tuesday, asking them to halt local downloads of the popul…
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Apple in talks to get FaceTime ban lifted in United Arab EmiratesApple and Microsoft are talking with the U.A.E. government in bids to remove years-long bans on FaceTime and Skype, respectively. <div align="cent…
... Dhabi. Operating in countries with censorship and mass surveillance has sometimes ... -
CallKit iPhone apps pulled from Chinese App Store amid new government crackdownApple is starting to remove apps from the App Store in China that integrate with CallKit, in response to moves by the country's Ministry of Industry …
... the so-called "Great Firewall" censorship system that affects almost all ... potentially enabled the country's censorship and Internet surveillance policies. In ... -
Russia's political ban on Telegram has Apple blocking GDPR updates to infamous messengerRussia's persistent demand that Apple shut down Telegram has a side-effect of no update to the app for GDPR compliance in the UK. <div align="cent…
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US lawmakers query Apple, Alphabet CEOs over smartphone personal data policiesU.S. lawmakers have sent a request to the chief executives of Apple and Alphabet about how the personal data of their customers is handled on iPhones…
... complicit in assisting China's censorship-based regime. Answers from the ... -
Now-fixed Apple code crashed iOS devices when users typed 'Taiwan'A blog post on Tuesday illustrates the sometimes inadvertent ill effects of modifying or adding code to a major operating system for no other purpose…
... a strong stance on against censorship and government snooping, it has ... -
Chinese iCloud data moved to servers operated by state-owned telcoApple's Chinese iCloud partner has struck a deal with China Telecom to migrate all in-country customer data to the state-owned firm's Tianyi Cloud se…
... of China's record of censorship and snooping is seemingly at ... -
Apple responds to Congress on privacy, reaffirms 'the customer is not our product'Apple's government affairs chief has written a letter defending the company's practices on privacy and data collection, calling them "radically diffe…
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Apple culls thousands of apps in China amid attacks from state mediaFollowing a scathing rebuke of supposedly lax App Store policy enforcement from Chinese state media, Apple on Monday confirmed the removal of thousan…
... action enables China's strict censorship and internet surveillance policies. Cook ... -
European Parliament votes to back controversial 'Article 11' and 'Article 13' copyright re...Members of the European Parliament have approved legislation to revise copyright laws in a decision that has both angered and relieved some internet …
... creators, leaving us vulnerable to censorship in copyright's name. Don ... -
The other problem with Apple's content restrictions -- creative freedomApple is reportedly resistant to sex, violence, and drug-related material in its upcoming content push. AppleInsider looks at why a lack of controver…
... planned content restrictions are not "censorship," as Daily Telegraph ludicrously stated ... -
Former Facebook security chief questions Apple's privacy double standard in ChinaFollowing Apple CEO Tim Cook's impassioned speech on privacy delivered at a privacy conference in Brussels, former Facebook chief security officer Al…
... that let users "avoid pervasive censorship and surveillance" in a regime ... -
Zuckerberg says iMessage biggest competitor to Facebook's messaging services, takes dig at...In a rare concession that Facebook's messaging services are threatened by an industry stalwart, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Apple's iMessage is leading …
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Google's Pichai denies any political bias in search results during lengthy Congressional t...Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified in front of a U.S. congressional panel on Tuesday to address a number of issues, above all deflecting suggestions …
... of the Communist Party's censorship policies. Critics -- including many on ... -
Eero promises transparency in collecting analytics data following Amazon buyoutFresh off its acquisition by Amazon, mesh router maker eero on Tuesday promised to be "upfront and transparent" about analytics data it's collecting …
... blocking, threat scanning, and parental censorship tools. Data collection by some ... -
Apple may have as many as 11 shows ready to preview at March 25 eventOf the shows Apple is expected to preview at March 25's press event, about 11 have either finished shooting are near the end, a report revealed this …
... like Netflix have relatively little censorship. "Black Mirror" for instance is ... -
European Parliament passes controversial 'Article 13' Internet copyright billThe European Union has voted to pass its new copyright rules with "Article 13" intact, a section of the EU Copyright Directive, a controversial rule …
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Macs sold in China no longer able to display Taiwanese flagFollowing Monday's release of macOS 10.14.4, Macs sold in China are reportedly no longer displaying the Taiwanese flag emoji -- though it's apparent…
... way of getting around the censorship. It's believed however that ... the flag intact, and the censorship can be undone by editing ... -
Apple reportedly removes pro-democracy music from Apple Music in ChinaApple recently pulled songs by pro-democracy artists from its Apple Music service in China, according to a report on Tuesday, suggesting the company …
... -democracy media. While claims of censorship have yet to be confirmed ... -
Apple could take a 29% earnings bite if China threatened retaliatory banThough there's no sign of such action on the horizon, a Chinese ban on Apple business would decimate the company, knocking 29% percent off earnings, …
... democratic government less prone to censorship and spying. The fears stoked ... -
Facebook VP Nick Clegg attacks Apple over privacy criticismFacebook vice president of global affairs has attacked Apple in the ongoing feud between the two tech titans over user data privacy, accusing the iPh…
... data, privacy violations, and ongoing censorship battles "a chaos factory." Facebook ... -
Apple uses Apollo 11's 50th anniversary to tease 'For All Mankind' on Apple TV+Apple on Monday premiered a second trailer for "For All Mankind," this time referencing the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing o…
... . On Apple's alleged script censorship, Moore noted that he didn ... -
Half the states in the US reportedly ready to launch Google antitrust investigationGoogle is reportedly the target for an antitrust investigation that will be announced next week, a report claims, with more than half of the state at…
... the company is resulting in censorship of conservative viewpoints in results ... -
Tim Cook defends choice to pull Hong Kong police monitoring app from App StoreA memo has surfaced, showing that Tim Cook supports Apple's choice to remove the controversial police monitoring app, HKMap Live, from the App Store.…
... Hong Kong.#HKmap #HKmaplive #HK #Censorship-- HKmap.live (@hkmaplive) October 10 ... -
Editorial: How Apple beat Samsung in the 2010 global ARM raceApple hasn't been outpacing Samsung in mobile Application Processor design over the past decade simply due to a first-mover advantage or by just havi…
... of revenues, to its curation "censorship" of porn and other content ... -
Google reabsorbing Jigsaw spin-off as it continues to undo AlphabetSearch giant Google is continuing to absorb what it once split from itself to form Alphabet, and has taken back a branch designed to combat online mi…
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Apple under 'great pressure' to respond after investors criticize China app removalsAn Apple shareholder proposal critical of Chinese App Store policies failed to gain approval on Wednesday, but experts say a relatively high show of …
... to deal with workplace and censorship issues in China failed dismally ... -
Apple reportedly removes podcast app in China at request of governmentApple on Wednesday removed popular podcasting app Pocket Casts from the Chinese App Store, with developers of the platform claiming the takedown was …
... the App Store removal as censorship, an oft-repeated refrain from ... open medium, free of government censorship. As such we won't ...
