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The Italian data privacy watchdog ordered video app TikTok on Friday to block the accounts of any users in Italy whose age it could not verify following the death of a 10-year-old girl who had been using the Chinese-owned app. In a statement, the regulator said that although TikTok had committed to ban registration for […]
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Italy orders TikTok to block underage users after 10-year-old girl dies doing viral challenge
January 23rd, 2021 
Awake Goy Italy’s data protection watchdog has ordered TikTok to block access to users whose age cannot be confirmed. The ban comes just days after the death of a young girl in Palermo, who had been taking part in an online “challenge” that has been viral on the platform. “The Italian Data Protection Authority (GPDP) has ordered […]
After users flee in backlash, WhatsApp delays data sharing change
January 16th, 2021 Awake Goy SAN FRANCISCO — WhatsApp on Friday postponed a data-sharing change as users concerned about privacy fled the Facebook-owned messaging service and flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal. The smartphone app, a huge hit across the world, canceled its February 8 deadline for accepting an update to its terms concerning sharing data with Facebook, saying it […]
WhatsApp Privacy Changes Roil Users, Governments
January 13th, 2021 Awake Goy The Media Line — The Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp on Monday lost a prominent user, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced he was quitting the popular app because of the latest changes in its privacy policy. Ankara’s premier has hardly been the only one. The Turkish alternative to WhatsApp, called BiP, which Erdogan promised […]
Israeli spy tech firm tracked mobile users around the world, investigation suggests
December 17th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Views: 0
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No Comments »Israeli public transport users can now pay via phone apps
December 16th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Views: 0
Apple threatens to block apps that track users without permission under new privacy move
December 9th, 2020 Awake Goy Tech giant Apple has warned developers that their apps could be pulled from its store if they refuse to comply with a new Tracking Transparency framework it says prevents advertisers from gathering user data. Apple’s new App Tracking Transparency feature forces companies to present an authorization prompt to users on an opt-in basis before they […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: apple, block, permission, threatens, track, users, without No Comments »‘I Am President-Elect’ Trends On Twitter As Users Mock Biden and Make Claim Without Official Confirmation
November 12th, 2020 Awake Goy Twitter users are declaring themselves President-Elect to mock Joe Biden, claiming that if he can assume the title without any states certifying his incoming administration, and without any official confirmation, then they can too. “I have just as many states that have certified my incoming administration as he does,” said Jenna Ellis, who has named […]
Netflix Signups Plummet With Only 177,000 New U.S. Users, Down 1.3 Million From Forecast
October 24th, 2020 Awake Goy Netflix has reported a dramatic fall in third-quarter subscriptions following the backlash which ensued as a result of the release of the highly controversial ‘Cuties’ movie that was advertised then hosted on the platform. Even though millions of potential consumers around the globe are in lock down, Netflix’s pallid subscription reports raised many […]
“Digital Civil War”: Twitter Blocks Users From Posting Link to New York Post Biden Lobbying Story
October 15th, 2020 Awake Goy Facebook is censoring the bombshell New York Post story about Joe Biden’s foreign lobbying scandal by deliberately reducing its spread on the platform. Earlier today, the newspaper revealed how Hunter Biden had introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive in a Ukrainian energy firm a year before Biden pressured the government […]
Twitter users flood #ProudBoys hashtag with gay pride images
October 5th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Views: 0
Twitter Warns It Will Suspend Users Who Wish For Trump’s Death From Coronavirus
October 3rd, 2020 Awake Goy Twitter says that tweets wishing for President Trump’s death in the wake of his coronavirus diagnosis violate its policies and could result in suspension. Trump was flown to the Walter Reed military hospital in Bethesda, Maryland on Friday evening “out of an abundance of caution” according to the White House. He had been experiencing fatigue, […]
Facebook sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users through phone cameras
September 21st, 2020 Awake Goy Nwo Report Source: RT News Social media giant Facebook secretly used iPhone cameras to obtain “extremely private and intimate” information about the uses of its Instagram picture and video sharing app, a new US lawsuit claims. The legal action follows Instagram users reporting in July that they had noticed the FaceTime symbol, which indicates that […]
Facebook Sued In Federal Court For “Spying” On Instagram Users Through Camera
September 19th, 2020 Awake Goy In August, Facebook was accused of illegally harvesting the biometric data of users from its photo-sharing app Instagram. Now the social media giant is being sued again, this time for spying on Instagram users through their smartphone cameras, reported Bloomberg. The new lawsuit, filed Thursday (Sept. 17) in federal court in San Francisco by Instagram user Brittany Condi, claims Facebook gained access […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: court, Facebook, federal, instagram, Spying, through, users No Comments »How we flattened the curve among the ultra-Orthodox flip-phone users
September 9th, 2020 Awake Goy Imagine a city with a population density three times that of Manhattan’s, whose residents disdain modern technology, particularly the internet, and still use flip phones to communicate. That city exists in Bnei Brak, the largest ultra-Orthodox Jewish town in Israel, and it was hit hard by the novel coronavirus. How could the government go about […]
WeChat users and TikTok sue Trump over app bans
August 23rd, 2020 Awake Goy US-based WeChat users are suing the US government in a bid to block an executive order barring access to the Chinese instant messaging app in the country. The lawsuit was filed on Friday in San Francisco by the nonprofit US WeChat Users Alliance and other individuals who say to be relying on the app for […]
Send us your naked photos to help block revenge porn, Facebook invites users
June 3rd, 2018 Awake Goy Facebook wants its users to send them their naked photos. The social network is rolling out the measure to crack down on revenge porn, the non-consensual sharing of explicit images. The catch is you need to share those photos with the company first. Praised by some as a long overdue step to protect […]
WTF?? Facebook Asks Users To Send In Naked Photos Of Themselves?
May 25th, 2018 Awake Goy Facebook Asks Users To Send In Naked Photos Of Themselves To Prevent Photos From ‘Being Shared’ Well … take a look at this!!! Facebook is testing out a new program to combat revenge porn, but there’s a catch. You have to send them your nudes first. THEIR STORY: Facebook users concerned one of their […]
Donald Trump Can’t Block Twitter Users, Federal Judge Rules
May 24th, 2018 Awake Goy In a decision free speech advocates celebrated as a “historic moment for the First Amendment” and online freedom of expression, a federal judge ruled (pdf) on Wednesday that President Donald Trump cannot block Twitter users for their political views or criticism of his policies. “We’re pleased with the court’s decision, which reflects a careful application of core First […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: block, donald, federal, Judge, Trump, Twitter, users No Comments »Personal data from millions of Facebook users was available on open web for years
May 20th, 2018 Awake Goy We’ve all heard by now about the massive leak of the personal data of three million Facebook users and friends when a personality app, myPersonality, was used to extract personal information. The data was then used by Cambridge Analytica as part of their election targeting efforts. Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress, apologized for the […]
