Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams told a US Senate subcommittee on Wednesday that the tech giant undermined its self-proclaimed free speech values and put the country’s national security at risk by vigorously pursuing business opportunities in China. Wynn-Williams last month released an explosive tell-all memoir that alleged she witnessed first-hand how the company’s leadership curried […]
The discourse surrounding privacy has once again gained prominence, with tech titan Google at the forefront of attention for its decision to purge billions of data records belonging to users who believed they were privately navigating through the ‘incognito mode,’ as part of a concerted effort to settle a significant $5 billion legal dispute. This […]
By Associated Press/VOA Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. On Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other […]
