Justice Department accuses TikTok of gathering American user data on social issues like abortion, gun control
Billionaire Frank McCourt Jr. talks to “The Craman Countdown” about his quest to buy the social media giant. The Justice Department alleges that TikTok collects information about its U.S. users and their opinions on social issues like gun control, abortion and religion, and transmits it to engineers in China. According to documents filed with the […]
Justice Department says TikTok collected user data on social issues
As part of its argument in support of legislation recently signed by President Biden that could force the shutdown of TikTok, the Justice Department has argued that the social media app transmits information about Americans’ social views to Chinese engineers. In a brief filed Friday night, examination According to the Associated Press, the Justice Department […]
Justice Department says TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department late Friday accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. Government lawyers wrote in documents filed to the federal […]
TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control, Justice Dept. claims
WASHINGTON — In a new attack on one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Department of Justice late Friday accused TikTok of using its ability to collect reams of information about its users based on their opinions on gun control, abortion, religion and other socially divisive issues. In briefs filed with the federal […]
Google faces Italy probe over ‘misleading’ pursuit of user data
Google is under antitrust investigation in Italy for alleged “misleading and aggressive” business practices, the latest in an intensifying string of competition investigations targeting the tech giant in the United States and Europe. Italy’s competition authority said its investigation focuses on the consent requests Google sends to users regarding their data, which “do not appear […]
Reddit user refuses to give up meat or alcohol for temporary houseguest at his home
The family drama between four adults who now live under the same roof has sparked thousands of reactions in recent days. Taking to the Reddit page known as AITA (“Am I an Idiot?”), a husband and father posted that his 20-year-old stepson, “Ben,” is “currently on summer break from college” and living with the family. […]
Reddit user is ‘not wrong’ to skip wedding of younger sister and ex-fiancé
The situation is highly unusual, so the woman isn’t wrong to not want to attend her sister’s wedding, relationship experts and Reddit users said in response to the woman’s post. “AITA you refused to attend my sister’s wedding after she secretly dated and got engaged to my ex-fiancé?” user “AlisonVio” asked in a July 8 […]