by Beth Holmes | May 16, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
A lawsuit in Kenya is going ahead against Meta Platforms, alleging unsafe working conditions in a Facebook moderation hub there. Daniel Motaung, a South African man, was relocated to Nairobi, the capitol of Kenya, to work for Facebook in 2019. He worked in a content...
by Beth Holmes | May 9, 2022 | Companies, News, Technology
Intuit, the company behind TurboTax, has reached a settlement to pay $141 million over misleading advertising. Until 2021, Intuit offered two free versions of their tax-filing program, TurboTax. One was through the IRS’s Free File Program, aimed at middle-income...
by Beth Holmes | May 2, 2022 | Companies, News, Technology
Net neutrality won’t be challenged in California, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals on April 20th. Net neutrality is the stance that internet service providers (ISPs) cannot discriminate between the content users choose to access via their services. On a...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 25, 2022 | Companies, News, Technology
Netflix claims dropping subscriber numbers are requiring them to implement harsh new changes. They’ve announced paywalls for multi-household accounts, and a new cheaper ad-supported tier. According to Netflix, over 200,000 subscribers dropped the service during...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 11, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Wikipedia, the massive volunteer-run encyclopedia, is being threatened by the Russian government with large fines if they don’t censor information about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On March 1st, Wikipedia’s Russia site editors were sent a memo from...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 21, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
The Texas AG is suing Meta over facial recognition data being collected without consent from photos and videos. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is claiming that Meta, formerly known as Facebook Inc, has been unlawfully collecting and storing biometric data of Texas...
