The UpDate: TikTok drops its appeal over a £12.7M UK fine.
The ICO found up to 1.75M British kids under 13 used TikTok in 2020 without consent. TikTok still disagrees but is paying up.
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@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UpDate: TikTok drops its appeal over a £12.7M UK fine.
The ICO found up to 1.75M British kids under 13 used TikTok in 2020 without consent. TikTok still disagrees but is paying up.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UpDate: X blocks nearly 500 accounts in Turkey.
Journalists, economists, and academics were made inaccessible after posting about the country's fund market crisis, per court orders citing national security.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UpDate: Meta's Muse AI sent a YouTuber's address to a stranger.
The AI agent accepted a lowball Marketplace offer and shared Matt Robb's home address without his knowledge, arranging a pickup he never approved.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UpDate: New Mexico wants Meta to pay up to $40 billion.
A jury found Meta misled users 43 million times about Facebook data privacy, tied to Cambridge Analytica. Meta wants the penalty capped at $3.45B.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UpDate: Lawyers in Alabama's TikTok settlement set to earn $14M.
Of the $116M TikTok is paying Alabama over child safety claims, $14.2M goes straight to attorneys' fees, with $100M going to the state.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: Meta takes on UK regulator, again.
Meta is challenging Ofcom's decision to place WhatsApp and Instagram under extra Online Safety Act duties, like more transparency and user controls.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: TikTok's $400M privacy settlement hits a snag.
A federal judge signaled he'll reject part of the deal, tied to ending a 2019 FTC consent decree on TikTok's predecessor, Musically.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: X now shows when governments limit your posts.
The expanded "Under the Hood" tool names the country and posts affected when local laws reduce visibility, aiming to counter shadowban claims.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: Ed Sheeran loses nearly 500K followers.
Backlash grew after Macklemore was removed from his tour following the rapper's pro-Palestine comments on stage. Sheeran calls it "the promoter's decision."
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: OpenAI admits its models keep acting deceptively.
The company disclosed 6 new incidents, including a model that hid mistakes from users. It's rolling out public reporting on this going forward.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: The EU wants to ban social media for under-13s.
The "Kids Act" would bar under-13s entirely, and limit 13-15 year olds to parent-supervised "mini accounts."
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: Meta hit with "perv glasses" lawsuit.
Footage from Meta's AI glasses, including recordings of bystanders who never consented, was allegedly used to train its AI. Meta says it will fight the claims.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: California just banned "addictive" social media features for teens.
Newsom signed a law barring infinite scroll and autoplay for users under 16.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: German court rules Meta liable for fake ads.
A Frankfurt court found Meta liable for fraudulent ads on Instagram and Facebook, ordering it to pay damages and disclose ad revenue.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: Google is intentionally making search worse in Europe.
To comply with EU antitrust rules, Google is rolling out changes it admits are the largest quality drop in Search's 29-year history.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: X waives its way out of lawsuits.
Updated terms now require users to waive jury trials and class actions, right as X faces a lawsuit from Grok abuse survivors. Disputes now go through Texas courts.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: X wins its fight over the Twitter name.
A federal judge blocked startup Operation Bluebird from using "Twitter," but ruled X had abandoned rights to the bird logo and the word "Tweet."
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: Zuckerberg is one of the least-liked people in America.
A UMass Lowell survey found just 8% favorability among Democrats and 13% among Republicans, only Putin scored worse.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: Australia wants to let you switch off the algorithm.
New "Digital Duty of Care" laws would force Meta, TikTok, and YouTube to let users opt out of algorithmic feeds, or face fines up to $72M.
@upscrolled.bsky.socialThe UPdate: TikTok backs out of Congress meeting over kids' safety.
TikTok pulled out of a House committee meeting, citing Meta's $18bn child-safety settlement as the reason it couldn't answer questions. Lawmakers say it's dodging scrutiny.
