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Ticketmaster Fined More Than $2 Million Following 2018 Data Breach
Ticketmaster’s UK wing has been fined £1.25 million pounds (roughly $2 millions) following an investigation into the company’s lacklustre response to a massive 2018 data breach affecting more than nine million customers.
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Wohl Hits Wall
The office of the Attorney General of Michigan announced felony charges on Thursday against far-right conspiracy theorists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, saying the world’s least dynamic pro-Trump duo was behind tens of thousands of robocalls attempting to intimidate voters. If convicted on all four counts, they could face a max sentence of 24 years…
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Facebook Pulls Down ‘Pseudoscience’ Ad Category With Over 78 Million Users
Facebook has removed an ad targeting category for users it has identified as interested in “pseudoscience” after a report in the Markup highlighting how it was being used to market to conspiracy theorists.
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Worse Than Previously Reported: The Facebook Story
The most powerful tool in Facebook’s considerable arsenal isn’t its incalculable trove of user data or yearly revenue that exceeds the GDP of more than a few sovereign nations — it’s the platform’s ability to spread out any PR disaster over months or years so that all but the most dogged beat reporters stop giving…