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South Korean watchdog fines Facebook $6.1 million for sharing user info without consent
A South Korean agency for protecting personal information on Wednesday fined Facebook Inc 6.7 billion won ($6.06 million) and sought...
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Twitter plans to relaunch verification program next year
Twitter Inc on Tuesday released plans for its new policy on how people are "verified" on the site, an area...
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Email-related attacks cost New Zealanders close to one million dollars
Cyber attacks circulated by email posed the greatest threat to New Zealanders’ cyber safety between July and September this year,...
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Bitcoin at $100,000 in 2021? Outrageous to some, a no-brainer for backers
Bitcoin investors, which include top hedge funds and money managers, are betting the virtual currency could more than quintuple to...
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Twitter, Facebook to hand over @POTUS account to Biden on January 20
Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc will transfer control of the @POTUS account to the Joe Biden administration on Jan. 20,...
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Russian parliament given draft law enabling Moscow to block U.S. social media giants
Lawmakers in Russia's parliament presented draft legislation on Thursday that, if passed, would enable the government to restrict internet access...
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Japan Inc to begin experiments issuing digital yen
More than 30 major Japanese firms will begin experiments next year towards issuing a common, private digital currency to promote...
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Twitter slows rollout of disappearing 'fleets' worldwide
Twitter will slow down the rollout of tweets that disappear after 24 hours, a day after it launched the feature...
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Apple to lower App Store fees for smaller developers
Apple Inc on Wednesday said it plans to start a program to lower its App Store commissions for software developers...
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'More power than traditional media': Facebook, Twitter policies attacked
Republican senators on Tuesday attacked the chief executives of Facebook and Twitter for what they called censorship of President Trump...
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Robot enforces mask-wearing, distancing at store in Japan
A robot has signed on as the newest staff member at a store in Japan, taking on the job of...
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Privacy activist files complaints against Apple's tracking tool
A group led by privacy activist Max Schrems on Monday filed complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities over...
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Internet can't be Wild West, EU's Breton tells Google CEO Pichai
Europe's industry chief Thierry Breton has warned Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai that he plans to rein in U.S. tech giants...
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Facebook, swamped with misinformation, extends post-election U.S. political ad ban
Facebook said its post-election ban on political ads would likely last another month, raising concerns from campaigns and groups eager...
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This Week in CyberNews: EU vs. Amazon, Bannon's misinformation network, iPhone/Android "spy" bugs
Welcome to another episode of This Week in CyberNews. This week, we’re discussing the ransomware industry flourishing after Maze retired,...
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China's ByteDance challenges Trump's TikTok divestiture order
ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok, filed a petition late on Tuesday with a U.S. Appeals Court...
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EU aid funding surveillance regimes, privacy campaigners claim
The EU has been accused of secretly supporting surveillance schemes in Africa and the Balkans through development aid and cooperation...
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Crypto crime slows in 2020, but 'DeFi' hacks rise
Losses from cryptocurrency thefts, hacks, and fraud declined to $1.8 billion for the first 10 months of the year compared...
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EU charges Amazon with distorting online retail competition
EU regulators charged Amazon on Tuesday with distorting competition in online retail and opened a second investigation into its business...
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China publishes draft competition rules for online platforms
China's market regulator on Tuesday published draft rules aimed at preventing monopolistic behavior by internet platforms, in a move that...
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