The FTC Wants Elon Musk’s Emails
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) The Federal Trade Commission has been on a mission to compel Twitter to turn over internal communications and documents related to its ongoing layoffs, the…
FTC Set to Fine BetterHelp $7.8 Million for Sending Facebook Your Mental Health Data
Screenshot: BetterHelp The Federal Trade Commission is poised to ban the mental health app BetterHelp from sharing medical information with Facebook, Snapchat, and other online advertisers. A proposed order issued…
We Found 28,000 Apps Sending TikTok Data. Banning the App Won’t Help.
Photo: Sean Gallup / Staff (Getty Images) Joe Biden gave federal agencies 30 days to remove TikTok from government devices earlier this week. Until now, most politicians intent on punishing…
Apple Faces Third Class-Action Lawsuit Over Data Collection After Gizmodo Story
Right.Photo: yvasa (Shutterstock) No one who understands tech products work will be surprised to learn that Apple collects analytics data about how you use your iPhone. But a lot of…
Why Elon’s Twitter Subscriptions Are Missing the Point
Image: Sergei Elagin (Shutterstock) Controversy sells. For a long time, there has been no place where this is more true than on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Controversy…