Trump tariffs derailed by law firm that received money from his richest backers Previous backers of libertarian Liberty Justice Center include billionaires Robert Mercer and Richard Uihlein The Guardian - US · May 29, 2025
Meta is about to use Europeans’ social posts to train its AI. Here’s how you can prevent it At the end of May, Meta will start using Europeans’ data to train its AI. Here is how you can exercise your rights and prevent it. Euronews · May 13, 2025
‘We are less protected’ due to AI, says Cambridge Analytica whistleblower on protecting our data In an interview with Euronews Next, Brittany Kaiser unpacks her advocacy for open-source artificial intelligence (AI) in government. Euronews · May 5, 2025
Stalked: how a relentless campaign of online abuse derailed one woman’s life A new BBC podcast recounts the ordeal endured by Hannah Mossman Moore, whose phone was bombarded by fake accounts and her personal data weaponised against her The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister, leaves Meta Clegg was the tech giant’s chief public policy architect when it was facing scrutiny over Cambridge Analytica scandal The Guardian - US · Jan 2, 2025
Tired of festive films? Here's 5 privacy documentaries to twist your mind instead It’s been another big year for digital privacy – and what better way to cap it off than with some documentaries? Here’s my round-up of must-see titles. TechRadar · Dec 28, 2024
Tech giant Meta will pay Australians $50 million for enabling the Cambridge Analytica scandal The Australian Information Commissioner today announced a settlement with tech giant Meta over its involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Conversation · Dec 17, 2024
Facebook to pay Australians $50m over leaked data Facebook has agreed to pay Australians $50 million to settle a lawsuit after users' personal details were leaked to Cambridge Analytica in a notorious breach. AAP · Dec 17, 2024
Potential payouts for up to 300,000 Australian Facebook users in Cambridge Analytica settlement Office of the Australian Information Commissioner announces deal with Meta over scandal that may have affected 300,000 users The Guardian - AU · Dec 17, 2024
Meta Comes To $50 Million Settlement Over Privacy Scandal — How To Know If You’re Eligible Meta has come to a landmark settlement with eh Australian Information Commissioner over an infamous privacy scandal years ago. Pedestrian.tv · Dec 17, 2024
Supreme Court Allows Class Action Lawsuit Against Meta Supreme Court allows class action lawsuit against Meta over Cambridge Analytica scandal to proceed. Investors allege inadequate disclosures led to share pr... Top News · Nov 22, 2024
10 privacy violations in the federal government’s proposed changes to the Canada Elections Act Bill C-65, currently before Parliament, would make changes to the Canada Elections Act. According to the Liberal government, it aims “to engage more people and increase the confidence” of Canadians in elections. The Conversation · Nov 11, 2024
A new era dawns. America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power The era that began with the Great Disruptor’s first term is over. Beware the emerging elite The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024
Supreme Court To Consider Meta's Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Appeal Supreme Court to review investors' lawsuit against Meta over Cambridge Analytica scandal involving Facebook users' data privacy. Top News · Jun 11, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2024 Why Facebook won’t be influential in the UK general election In this week’s newsletter: All-powerful ‘microtargeting’ swaying the masses into voting a certain way was always overblown, but these days social media has moved on – and so have the parties
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 ‘Show this to everyone’: UK political ads move away from microtargeting Old approach of seeking ultra-niche audiences has fallen out of favour as main parties spend tens of millions online
Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2024 OPINION - My boyfriend wanted to use ChatGPT to name our baby, but I won't let him Sam Altman isn’t ordinarily high on the list of men with the power to derail my love life (he is, after all, a man who ate so few vegetables while building his first start-up that he contracted scurvy) but recently my relationship was brought to its knees by Altman. Or…
The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2023 Morning Mail: ‘perverse’ rewards for coalmines, US Congress in turmoil, kids’ gambling affecting schooling Some coalmines could be financially rewarded by safeguard mechanism, analysis shows, and Republican infighting has come out in the open in Congress
The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2023 Facebook argues Australian users’ data harvested in Cambridge Analytica scandal is not ‘sensitive information’ In court documents Meta says parts of the case brought against it by Australia’s privacy regulator are ‘embarrassing’ and ‘defective’
The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023 Are you a Facebook user? You have one month left to apply for a share of this $725M settlement U.S. Facebook users have one more month to apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta agreed to pay late last year
The Guardian - AU · Jun 28, 2023 Australia’s privacy watchdog to enter talks with Facebook owner over Cambridge Analytica lawsuit Federal court orders commissioner and Meta to start mediation to end protracted, costly legal proceedings
Glasgow Live · Jun 11, 2023 Widow slams NHS Glasgow after being spied on following husband's death Bosses at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have come under fire after being slammed for the 'waste of money' as Louise Slorance speaks out, after being monitored under a social media firm
Daily Record · Jun 11, 2023 NHS board's £15,000 a year to social media monitoring firm to spy on patients Louise Slorance, who was being monitored under the firm after her husband died, has slammed NHS bosses for a 'waste of money'.
The Conversation · May 25, 2023 What is 'ethical AI' and how can companies achieve it? The rush to deploy powerful new generative AI technologies, such as ChatGPT, has raised alarms about potential harm and misuse. The law’s glacial response to such threats has prompted demands that the companies developing these technologies implement AI “ethically.”
Kiplinger · Apr 21, 2023 $725 Million Facebook Settlement Payments Have Finally Begun: Are You Getting a Check? You may be owed money from Meta as part of a Facebook settlement stemming from the 2016 election. Here's what you should know.