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Facebook faces fresh lashing from nine countries for its inability to stop the spread of fake news

Facebook on Tuesday faced a fresh lashing from regulators representing Canada, France, the United Kingdom and six other countries for the social-networking giant’s inability to stop the spread of misinformation online and protect its users’ personal data. Facebook faces fresh lashing from nine countries for its inability to stop the spread of fake news Source:

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Current and former employees of news orgs sponsored by the blockchain startup Civil say they haven't received the compensation they were promised when hired (Leigh Cuen/CoinDesk)

Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk: Current and former employees of news orgs sponsored by the blockchain startup Civil say they haven’t received the compensation they were promised when hired  —  Civil was supposed to create a more transparent and democratic model for journalism.  But so far, journalists working on its platform … Current and former employees

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7 EU countries accuse Google of violating GDPR by tracking users

Consumer agencies in seven EU countries have asked privacy regulators to take action against Google for violating GDPR. The search giant has allegedly tracked the movements of millions of Europeans, Reuters reports. According to the BEUC’s announcement — an umbrella organization representing European consumer groups — the Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden, and

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Uber fined ~$1.17M by British and Dutch authorities for a 2016 data breach and cover-up that exposed the personal details of 2.7M British and 174K Dutch users (Elizabeth Schulze/CNBC)

Elizabeth Schulze / CNBC: Uber fined ~$1.17M by British and Dutch authorities for a 2016 data breach and cover-up that exposed the personal details of 2.7M British and 174K Dutch users  —  – Uber was fined a combined $1.17 million by British and Dutch authorities Tuesday for a 2016 data breach and cover-up that exposed

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Apple unveils Entrepreneur Camp to help female founders of app-driven companies with training, support, and more, hosted at Apple Park for two weeks quarterly (Shara Tibken/CNET)

Shara Tibken / CNET: Apple unveils Entrepreneur Camp to help female founders of app-driven companies with training, support, and more, hosted at Apple Park for two weeks quarterly  —  Apple wants to help give female developers a boost when it comes to iOS apps.  —  The company on Monday unveiled … Apple unveils Entrepreneur Camp

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Hackaday Assembling At 35C3

Hackaday is going to be at the 35th annual Chaos Communication Congress (35C3), December 27th – 31st, and we’re putting together an assembly. If you’re coming to 35C3, come join us! If you’ve never been to a Congress before, it’s an amazing scene. This year over 15,000 hackers will take over the Leipzig Congress Hall,

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