BBC News |
Official complaint filed over Facebook emotion study
BBC News An official complaint has been filed to the US Federal Trade Commission about a Facebook experiment that manipulated the emotional state of users. The study was carried out for one week in 2012 and targeted almost 700,000 users by varying the ... Facebook experiment on users: An ethical breach or business as usual? (+video) Facebook 'Emotional Contagion' Study Prompts FTC Complaint Facebook in hot water over privacy issue, FTC complaint filed |
Maryland-based cab companies want to take Uber to court
Washington Post (blog) This post has been updated. Five area cab and sedan companies on Thursday filed suit against Uber charging that the company is creating an anti-competitive environment that is hampering their ability to do business in Maryland and the region. |
Channel 4 News |
Right to be forgotten: Google may hate it, but we're dangerously close to making ...
ZDNet google-office-thumb Thousands of people have already asked Google to remove them from search results. Image: Google. Last month, the right to be forgotten was enshrined in European law, thanks to a ruling by the European Court of Justice. Except it ... 'Right to be forgotten' leads Google to conceal certain stories from UK media sites Google reinstates 'forgotten' links after pressure Embarrassed EC: Right to be forgotten not a right to "Photoshop your life" |
Toronto Star |
Pew Research Center survey details threats to Internet's future
Toronto Star How will the drive to commercialize online operations affect users accustomed to free and unfettered access? Can an open Internet survive increased surveillance from government and corporations? Experts attempted to answer these and other thorny ... Neither hacking nor cyber crimes, Pew study points to another bigger threat on ... Four biggest threats to the Internet: Pew study looks ahead to 2025 How the freedom of the internet is being threatened |
Top Tech News |
Don't Recognize That Wireless Fee? A Refund May Be Coming
Businessweek John Legere, CEO of T- Mobile US Inc., at an event in Seattle, on June 18, 2014. Photographer: Matthew Williams/Bloomberg. The crackdown on unauthorized mobile-phone charges that led to a federal complaint against T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS:US) this ... How to Avoid Being Scammed On Your Phone Bill T-Mobile faces accusations FTC suing T-Mobile for bogus billing |
The News Ledge |
Under the Microscope? Facebook Emotional Contagion Study Investigated
The News Ledge Someone should take a look at the mood of Facebook's top-level executives. The backlash against the early-2012 study on manipulating the moods of hundreds of thousands of users has drawn the ire of not only regulators, but the journal it was published in. Regrets over Facebook mood study Publisher of controversial Facebook study regrets how experiment was handled Journal defends Facebook 'emotion contagion' study |
Safety agency says Chrysler recall too slow
Fox News FILE - This undated file photo provided by Chrysler shows the 2005 Jeep Liberty Renegade. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is accusing Chrysler of moving too slowly to fix some Jeep SUVs in a recall announced more than a year ago that ... |
Empire State Tribune |
Mercedes-Benz June sales increase by 8% due to popular demand
Empire State Tribune On Friday, it was revealed that sales of the Mercedes-Benz brand increased by 8 percent in June due to strong demand for their compact line of vehicles. The European car manufacturer moved 142,136 vehicles in the month of June, up from previous years. Daimler: Mercedes-Benz H1 Sales Climb 12.8% To 783520 Units |
Subaru recalls 660K vehicles for brake line rust
Long Beach Press-Telegram DETROIT (AP) — Subaru is recalling more than 660,000 cars and SUVs because the brake lines can rust and leak fluid, and that can mean it will take longer to stop the vehicles. For about half the vehicles, it's the second recall for the same problem. Affected ... |
Facebook cuts, woman restores game trophy photos
KHOU DALLAS (AP) — Facebook has deleted some big game trophy photos posted by a Texas Tech cheerleader, saying they violated its standards. However, 19-year-old Kendall Jones later shared a Fox News Channel montage of the deleted photos of rhinos, ... |
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