Emily Smith reports: Lawyers for the female celebrities whose nude or private images were hacked are threatening to sue Google for $100 million for allegedly failing to remove the images and “making millions from the victimization of women.” Read more on PageSix.
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Facebook apologizes to the LGBT community for its ‘real name’ policy
Hayley Tsukayama reports:03 Facebook’s chief product officer Chris Cox apologized Wednesday for a controversial policy that requires account holders to use their birth names on their accounts. Since Facebook stepped up its enforcement of this policy a few weeks ago, the social network has drawn serious criticism from many users, particularly from members of the drag…
America’s ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Fight Heats Up
H.O. Maycotte writes: …. For Google, and for many Americans, this issue hits close to our constitutional home. And while Internet-savvy civilians are currently preoccupied with the net neutrality fight on the homefront, the right to be forgotten is about to become law in at least one state in 2015 – likely pointing to a country-wide…
Privacy activists hit FTC over kids rules
Julian Hattem reports: Privacy advocates are criticizing the Federal Trade Commission for what they call lax oversight of laws designed to protect children’s privacy. The Center for Digital Democracy and Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood on Tuesday filed comments with the FTC accusing AgeCheq — a company offering a service that lets parents allow websites…