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Irish data watchdog fines Instagram 405m euros over children

DUBLIN: Ireland's Data Protection Commission on Monday said it had fined Instagram a record 405 million euros for breaching regulations on the handling of children's data.

Bangkok Post

2nd web-hosting provider drops harassment site Kiwi Farms

A second web-hosting provider has dropped stalking and harassment website Kiwi Farms, making the forum inaccessible on the public internet

The Independent UK

Instagram fined €405 million in Ireland over handling of teenagers’ personal data

Meta, Instagram’s parent company, said it intended to appeal the fine

Evening Standard

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Instagram owner Meta fined €405m over handling of teens’ data

Penalty follows investigation into Instagram setting that allowed teenagers to set up accounts that displayed contact details

The Guardian - UK

Ireland's data watchdog hits Instagram with €405 million fine

Meta said in a statement that it plans to appeal

Irish Mirror

Instagram fined 405m euros by privacy regulator over handling of children’s data

Penalty is second-biggest issued under the European Union’s stringent privacy rules

The Independent UK

Irish regulators fine Instagram 405M euros for data breach

Irish regulators are slapping Instagram with a big fine after an investigation found the social media platform mishandled teenagers’ personal data

The Independent UK

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Your guide to geolocating photos and videos posted online

Determining whether a scene actually took place where a social media user said it did – also known as geolocation – has become a major part of verifying social media posts. In this article, we take a look at some essential geolocation tools and walk you through a few case…

France 24

What is BeReal? The ‘anti-Instagram’ app Gen Z is obsessed with

The app wants to change the way we use social media

The Independent UK

Parler app used by US Capitol riots insurrectionists to band together back on Google Play Store

Parler has agreed to abide by Play Store rules, according to Google

The Independent UK

Cloudflare reverses decision and drops trans trolling website Kiwi Farms

Internet infrastructure company says it blocked Kiwi Farms because ‘the threats on the site escalated enough in the last 48 hours’

The Guardian - AU

Google’s image-scanning illustrates how tech firms can penalise the innocent

New technology helps to track child abuse images, but in the case of false positives, companies don’t always rescind suspensions

The Guardian - UK

Google Allows Parler App Back into Play Store

Google allowed social media network Parler back into its Play Store Friday, more than a year after banning the platform popular with conservatives in the wake of the insurrection at the US Capitol. Google pulled the Parler app from its online marketplace just days after the deadly attack on the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Meta and Pinterest chiefs ordered to appear in person at Molly Russell inquest

Coroner deemed physical appearance necessary for viewing evidence while giving testimony

The Guardian - UK

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Los Angeles Times

After a golden era at Snap and other tech firms, it's back to reality for workers

A year into the pandemic, Evan Spiegel was flying high. The chief executive of Snap said annual revenue growth of 50% or more was a "steady state opportunity" for the social media company, requiring no additional gains in audience or innovation.

The Independent UK

Twitter readies edit feature for premium users

Permanently misspelled tweets might soon be a thing of the past

Reason

Cloudflare Says Its Online Security Services Won't Be Canceled Based on a Site's Ideology

"Just as the telephone company doesn't terminate your line if you say awful, racist, bigoted things, we have concluded ... that turning off security services because we think what you publish is despicable is the wrong policy. To be clear, just because we did it in a limited set of…

The Guardian - UK

Facebook contractor accused of sacking office cleaner over protests

Meta urged to act after sacking of Guillermo Camacho, union leader who protested against working conditions at London offices

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The Guardian - AU

Cloudflare defends providing security services to trans trolling website Kiwi Farms

Company says it regrets past action against far-right websites because of subsequent calls to move similarly against human rights sites

Input

Instagram reminds users of exhausting feed curation tools

The company says it's important that we "feel good" about the time we spend on Instagram.

The Hindu

Meta takes action against 2.7 crore posts on Facebook, Instagram in India

The company took action against 2.5 crore posts on Facebook and 20 lakh posts on Instagram to comply with Information Technology Rules, 2021.

The Guardian - US

First-of-its-kind legislation will keep California’s children safer while online

Bill approved Monday will require companies to install guardrails for those under age 18 and use higher privacy settings

Wales Online

Twitter rolls out 'more intimate' tool to every user

The Twitter Circle feature has been in testing among select users since May

Wales Online

Twitter down for thousands of UK users amid outage mostly affecting browsers

Twitter going down late on Monday evening has affected more than 10,000 people according to website monitor Downdetector which recorded more than 10,000 outages just before 11pm

Daily Mirror

Twitter down as millions of social media users left unable to use site

Most users attempting to access Twitter on a desktop as opposed to on the mobile app are reporting issues

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