Facebook Sues Maker of Advertising SDK for Refusing To Participate in Audit

Facebook has filed lawsuits today in both the US and the UK against MobiBurn, a UK software company that provided advertising tools for mobile app developers. From a report: In particular, MobiBurn provided an advertising software development kit (SDK) that allowed app developers to embed ads inside their applications and monetize user behavior. But in a lawsuit filed today, Facebook claims…

Big tech data abuse capped off Silicon Valley’s decade-long fall

With record fines dished out over tech firms’ use of personal data, and their public images becoming increasingly tarnished, 2019 was the year the world started to turn against its tech giants, says Donna Lu Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432613-500-big-tech-data-abuse-capped-off-silicon-valleys-decade-long-fall/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…