Ads that question the outcome of elections are now banned on Facebook and Instagram. That is what Rob Leathern, who is concerned with the integrity of advertisements at Facebook, said on Twitter. According to him, these include advertisements labeling a particular voting method as fraudulent or corrupt, as well as using isolated cases of electoral…
The number of cases of WhatsApp fraud is increasing rapidly, according to the figures from the Fraud Help Desk. Until October 1 of this year, it already received 9605 reports, almost four times as many as in the whole of 2019. The AD reports. In total, 1154 of these people actually became victims. They were…
Taxi delivery app Uber may continue to offer its services in London. A judge has decided that on appeal. In November 2019, Transport for London decided, the UK capital’s transportation authority that Uber’s license would not be renewed. According to the authority, there was a lack of control of drivers. For example, unauthorized drivers could…
The popular TikTok app will remain available for download in America for the time being. Apple and Google do not have to remove the judge’s app from their US stores, something President Trump wanted as of today. TikTok argued before a judge in Washington on Sunday that a download ban is illegal. TikTok’s lawyer also…
Nevertheless, Ruwhof sees that this danger is not always high on the agenda for companies. “I feel quite uncomfortable sitting at the table with a multinational company to discuss a security incident of which the cause is not yet known, while there are all kinds of telephones on the table.” Frank Groenewegen, chief security expert…
Facebook will delete messages denying or distorting the Holocaust. The social media platform will also refer users seeking information about the massacre of Jews by the Nazis to authoritative sources. It is the next in a series of measures the company is taking to counter the spread of conspiracy theories and disinformation. For example, the…
Apple will stop supplying earplugs and a plug with new iPhones. The company says it wants to limit the impact on the environment. Not everyone will be able to understand the lack of the charger in particular. With the top devices of competitors such as Samsung and OnePlus, they are included. Plug costs 25 euros…
After success in the charts and on the internet, the South Korean boy band BTS is now also a hit on the stock exchange. The IPO of parent company Big Hit has brought the group many millions. The price of the shares, listed on the Korean KRX index, had already more than doubled at launch,…
It must be possible to curb the power of large technology companies in a European context. That is what the Netherlands and France say. According to State Secretary Mona Keijzer of Economic Affairs and her French colleague Cédric O, a European regulator must be able to deal with the companies. No companies are mentioned by…
YouTube has announced new rules against the spread of conspiracy theories that incite violence. One of them is QAnon. Supporters of QAnon believe that President Trump is fighting a global conspiracy of high-ranking people who seek world domination (a so-called ‘deep state’) and are guilty of child abuse. A related theory, known as Pizzagate, argues…