Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming it improperly shared users’ information with Cambridge Analytica, a UK-based […]
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Analysing Cambridge Analytica
The Cambridge Analytica story first looked like a plotline out of U.S. TV series Homeland – allegations of an illegal data grab used to manipulate […]
Read moreNews fakers almost face justice
Two key and interlinked characters in the ongoing fake news sagas of recent years faced forms of justice in 2020 – almost. In the USA, […]
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Big lies and big tech
Ex U.S. President Donald Trump has sued three of the globe’s biggest tech companies. He claimed in his suit filed on July 7 2021 that […]
Read moreBig Tech, money and media freedom
The world’s tech information giants remained in the spotlight as debate raged across the world over media freedom and money. Australia passed the world’s first […]
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