Meta Platforms and other large online platforms should offer users the option to use their services for free without targeted advertising, the EU privacy watchdog said on Wednesday, responding to the company's paid ad-free service that has triggered criticism. The U.S. tech giant launched the no-ads subscription service for Facebook and Instagram in Europe last November, saying users who consent to be tracked get a free service which is funded by advertising revenues. Privacy activists and...
Oscar winner reveals she would enjoy fans using her given name despite using Emma professionallyHer films have racked up more than $1bn at the box office and she has won two Oscars under her stage name, but Emma Stone says she would now prefer to be called by her given name: Emily.In a joint interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Nathan Fielder, her co-star in the surreal TV show The Curse, revealed that actors and crew members she worked with called her Emily. Continue reading
After years in the spotlight, Emma Stone is ready to reclaim her real name.
Over 670 Grindr users in the U.K. are suing the queer hook-up app for allegedly and non-consensually sharing their “highly sensitive” private information — including ethnicity, orientation, and HIV-status — […]
The EDPB, the EU's data privacy authority, determined that most 'consent or pay' models do not comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) standards for valid consent.
A CONCERNED woman’s worries about a friend’s unique baby name were met with an unexpected response. Her friend was furious that she spoke up and said that she ruined her cherished baby
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published new guidance that has major implications for adtech giants like Meta and other large platforms. Since November 2023, the owner of Facebook and Instagram has forced users in the European Union to agree to being tracked and profiled for its ad targeting business, or else pay it […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
New York Democrats and other radicals have advanced a ballot initiative that may ultimately pit the state's bill of rights against conservatives, religious residents, and others opposed to gender ideology and abortion. The presently "vague" wording of the proposed New York Equal Protection of Law Amendment (ERA), championed by Planned Parenthood and various other leftist organizations, has some critics worried that there may be ruinous consequences besides the codification of abortion in...
Maybe they’re not gravitating to it after all.
Meta has started to roll out its WhatsApp generative AI tool to select
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested that the high prices of staples such as gas and food are the "real problem" for President Joe Biden as he seeks re-election."The DNC is treating me as if I am President Biden's big challenge. But his real problem is not me, his real problem is $4 milk, $4 gas, $6 loaf of bread and the fact that this generation of American kids are never going to own their own home. We are the only campaign talking about how to make life...
I might be in the minority, but Bellatrix is actually a really pretty name!View Entire Post ›