CNBC: Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case. “Meta was ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties by a New Mexico court on Wednesday as part of a data privacy case that stemmed from the company’s Cambridge Analytica scandal from nearly a decade ago.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/10/22/cnbc-meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-penalty-in-new-mexico-cambridge-analytica-case/#onlinesafety — Public Fediverse posts
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RT @FlorianGallwitz: Man muss GrokBot nur mein Paper über die UAE-Bots geben, in dem einige Dutzend Beispiele enthalten sind, und sagen "Suche!", dann findet er in nur einer Nacht Hunderte von Accounts, die genau demselben Schema folgen. https://t.co/4fe3R82CtH
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#BotDetection #Cybersecurity #DigitalThreats #GrokBot #OnlineSafety #UAE_Bots #arint_info
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NPR: TikTok staff raised child safety alarms. Court records show executives failed to act. “TikTok employees repeatedly raised concerns internally about the risks the short-form video app posed to children, including sexual exploitation and exposure to suicide content. Previously unreported court records show that the employees were frustrated with how the company’s leadership responded to […]
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For #DigitalCitizenshipWeek, Lesson 4 in our free curriculum guide for feature film The Post lets you use online media & fake news as springboards for exploring modern #MediaLiteracy & #DigitalCizienship.
https://bit.ly/TeachThePostFilm #DigitalCitizenship #OnlineSafety #EdTech
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Gizmodo: New Data Show How Much Worse Scams Are Getting for Americans Over 60. “The report, which is mandated by Congress under the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act of 2017, found that the amount of money seniors reported to the FTC as being lost to fraud jumped from $600 million in 2020 to $3 billion in 2025. But the real number is likely several times that, since most fraud goes […]
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Booking.com faces EU probe over scams and paid listings not labelled as ads: Paying a higher commission lifts listings in search, and Brussels asks if those are unlabelled ads. Phishing via guest data is in scope too. What could follow? https://ppc.land/booking-com-faces-eu-probe-over-scams-and-paid-listings-not-labelled-as-ads/ #BookingCom #EULaws #DigitalMarketing #OnlineSafety #AdTransparency
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New Jersey Monitor: NJ picks Rutgers to lead social media research center. “Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Monday that Rutgers was selected through a competitive grant process that will provide the state university $500,000 to assess the impact of social media on New Jersey teens, identify specific measures that can be used to mitigate the damage it causes, and promote healthy and responsible use of […]
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