A bipartisan group of Senators plan to release a bill that aims to regulate contact-tracing apps to help ensure they do not encroach on users’ privacy, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The bill, known as the “Exposure Notification Privacy Act,” would make sure the data collected within the apps isn’t sold to advertisers or used for other commercial use cases. It would also make certain...
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We’re in the middle of Chinese New Year celebrations at the start of the Year of the Rabbit. At Meta Platforms, though, it’s the “year of efficiency,” as CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared Wednesday on announcing fourth-quarter results. Investors such as Altimeter Capital, which last fall called on Meta to streamline, will be happy. It’s just a pity that Meta, like much of big tech, appears to have...
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