LinkedIn sues software company allegedly scraping data from profiles(therecord.media)

62 points by thm 1 year ago | 51 comments

German court rules Meta tracking technology violates European privacy laws(therecord.media)

298 points by bundie 1 year ago | 129 comments

U.S. Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption(therecord.media)

447 points by walterbell 3 years ago | 316 comments

The Record news article on a U.S. Senate bill developed with the DEA that would require tech companies to report drug activity, threatening end-to-end encryption.

Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy(therecord.media)

467 points by layer8 1 year ago | 173 comments

The Record news article reporting that Denmark has reportedly withdrawn its EU Chat Control proposal after controversy over scanning private messages.

Forewarn gives realtors access to buyers' histories with a phone number(therecord.media)

64 points by compootr 2 years ago | 39 comments

Man pleads guilty to $8M AI-generated music scheme(therecord.media)

41 points by nstj 7 months ago | 37 comments

LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees(npr.org)

341 points by cebert 3 years ago | 285 comments

NPR business article from October 16, 2023 reporting that LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees.

Injunction issued in case about social media pressure from US Government(arstechnica.com)

360 points by cm_silva 3 years ago | 625 comments

Ars Technica article on a federal judge's preliminary injunction finding the White House pressured social networks to suppress speech, in a suit by Missouri and Louisiana.

LinkedIn is now using everyone's content to train their AI tool(twitter.com)

382 points by lopkeny12ko 2 years ago | 209 comments

A post on X by Rachel Tobac saying LinkedIn is using users' content to train its AI tools; the post content did not load.

LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the results into every request(404privacy.com)

398 points by un-nf 5 months ago | 172 comments

A 404 Privacy blog post reporting that LinkedIn probes for 6,278 browser extensions and encrypts the results into requests, and how the data is used.

CEO of data privacy company Onerep.com founded dozens of people-search firms(krebsonsecurity.com)

549 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 142 comments

KrebsOnSecurity investigation finding that the CEO of data-removal service Onerep.com, operating from Belarus and Cyprus, founded dozens of people-search sites.

EU data regulator bans personalised advertising on Facebook and Instagram(dig.watch)

643 points by pbrw 3 years ago | 631 comments

Dig.watch news update reporting that the EU data protection regulator banned Meta's personalised advertising on Facebook and Instagram, with possible fines up to 4% of turnover.