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Irish DPC fines Meta €91m for password storage failures
Meta Ireland stored social media users passwords in ‘plaintext’ without encryption.
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DraftKings charged with selectively disclosing material info on social media
The firm fell foul of Regulation Fair Disclosure.
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X could face sanctions for training Grok on Europeans’ data
The Irish Data Protection Commission has said that it will “examine” complaints received.
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Moraes v Musk: The ongoing battle between Brazil’s Supreme Court and the global billionaire
Tension escalates as Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Moraes bans X after Musk shuts down operations and fails to name a new legal rep in the country.
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IMY fines Swedish pharmacies Skr 45m for GDPR failures
The two pharmacies used the Meta pixel to capture information for marketing purposes, but captured more than required and transferred the data to the social media giant.
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Regulators wrestle with challenges posed by social media after riots
Debate about limits of free speech on social media revived as UK riots evoke memory of Capitol Hill insurrection.
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TikTok fined £1.87m for providing inaccurate data on safety controls
TikTok failed to fully cooperate with Ofcom for the purposes of producing the Child Safety Report.
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Famous short seller Andrew Left charged with stock manipulation scheme
The DOJ and SEC claim Left defrauded his followers by publishing false and misleading statements about his stock trading recommendations.