[ad_1] Google has consistently maintained it does not scrape other websites for their data. “We do not crawl or scrape websites to source these lyrics,” Google said in a blog post before Genius sued the company. “The lyrics that you see in information boxes on Search come directly from lyrics content providers, and they are updated automatically […]
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Facebook will label ads from politically connected publications
[ad_1] The social media giant plans to impose other restrictions as well. The company says it won’t include their content in Facebook News. They also won’t have access to the Messenger Business Platform and WhatsApp business API. “… we believe it’s important to ensure when it comes to advertising, these Pages are held to the […]
Former employees claim Talkspace mined therapy transcripts for marketing
[ad_1] Karissa Brennan, a therapist who contracted through Talkspace for two about years, says the company contacted her about a resource she shared with a patient. She says the company told her to keep her clients inside the app. Brennan told the paper she believes she sent an anxiety worksheet to her client. The company’s […]
Twitter test directly shows your tweet quote counts
[ad_1] Twitter is going one step further in its efforts to help you track quoted retweets. The social media site has confirmed to The Verge that it’s testing an approach placing these counts directly on tweets, and has renamed them from Retweets with Comments to a far more digestible Quotes. If people are adding their […]
Amazon may turn dying JC Penney and Sears stores into warehouses
[ad_1] We’ve asked Amazon for comment. There’s no guarantee the two sides reach a deal, provided the report is accurate. However, it would make sense given the state of US shopping malls. Even before the pandemic, malls and their department stores were grappling with reduced traffic as customers increasingly shopped online. Some malls have replaced […]
Twitter is reportedly the latest to explore a deal with TikTok
[ad_1] TikTok’s list of suitors is extending significantly beyond Microsoft. Wall Street Journal sources say Twitter has held “preliminary talks” about a possible union with TikTok’s US business. It’s still very early, and might not move forward, but Twitter reportedly believes it has an advantage over bidders like Microsoft due to its size. It thinks […]
Capital One fined $80 million over 2019 data breach
[ad_1] A bank spokesperson said the company had since poured “significant” resources into bolstering its security and otherwise addressing orders from both the OCC and the Federal Reserve. The payout isn’t small, but it might not make many victims happy. The breach exposed sensitive details like addresses, reported income and (in some cases) account numbers […]
Facebook removes massive QAnon group over hate and harassment claims
[ad_1] Facebook just took down one of the larger targets in its crackdown on QAnon conspiracy theories. The social network told Reuters that it had removed Official Q/Qanon, a group with almost 200,000 members, after multiple posts reportedly violated policies against harassment, hate, and potentially harmful misinformation. The shutdown took effect August 4th, Facebook said, […]
TikTok may sue White House over ban as soon as August 11th
[ad_1] The company declined to comment on the possibility of an impending lawsuit, but did acknowledge beliefs the order was issued “without any due process” and “no substantiation” of the security allegations. TikTok might not have as much trouble contesting the ban as you might think. While Trump used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act […]
Hackers defaced dozens of Reddit communities with pro-Trump messages
[ad_1] If your favorite Reddit community looked like a political billboard on August 7th, you can blame it on hackers. Both Motherboard and ZDNet report that hackers defaced dozens of subreddits with pro-Trump messages, including major subreddits like r/food and r/space as well as numerous communities devoted to sports and TV shows. The affected communities […]