- Updates from the US v. Google Antitrust Trial [platformer.news]
Is Google on the brink of a breakup? Casey Newton digs into the latest from the Google antitrust lawsuits and the push for "solutions [lawyers for the US government] are now proposing [that] could begin to reshape the web."
"'Undoing 15 years of illegal monopoly maintenance will take more than weak contract restrictions," said Kamyl Bazbaz, DuckDuckGo's SVP of public affairs, in a statement. "It will require a range of remedies to create enduring competition."
In the news...
- Finding 314 Things the Government Might Know About You [nytimes.com]
Wonder what the government actually knows about you? Two New York Times reporters "spent over a month compiling and analyzing information about the reams of data the U.S. government collects about Americans." Some of it is surprisingly sensitive. "Your personal bank account number, for example. The date of your divorce. Whether you are estranged from your parents."
"This information has long been stored in disconnected government data systems. But the Trump administration is now trying to link those systems and consolidate the data under Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency. Doing so raises major privacy and security concerns, experts say."
- New Study Probes If Online Retailers Follow Privacy Opt Outs [wesleyan.edu]
"Wesleyan University and Consumer Reports researchers released findings from a collaborative study that examines how companies are complying with opt-out requests that protect personal consumer data... and found that many of them appear to be ignoring opt-out requests under state privacy laws."
- New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children [wired.com]
"Discord is facing a new lawsuit from the state of New Jersey, which claims that the chat app is engaged in 'deceptive and unconscionable business practices' that put its younger users in danger." New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin "has filed a number of other lawsuits—most recently against TikTok—in an attempt to force social media giants to improve their child protection measures."
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