Patrick Kariuki writes: Meta has announced updates for end-to-end encrypted chats on Facebook Messenger. Default end-to-end encryption won’t arrive on Messenger until sometime in 2023, but now you can opt-in and take advantage of the added features. The most noteworthy development is the addition of a control to its disappearing messages that notifies you if…
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French court upholds 100 mln euro fine against Google for breaches linked to cookie policy
Tassilo Hummel reports: France’s Conseil d’Etat, the country’s supreme administrative court, on Friday said it upheld a decision by a watchdog imposing a 100 million euro ($111.46 million) fine on the U.S. tech giant for breaches linked to its cookies policy. Read more at Reuters.
Anonymous Twitter User Says Del. DOJ Overstepped Authority with Unmasking Subpoena
Ellen Bardash reports: An anonymous Twitter user is pushing back on an “unmasking” subpoena, claiming the Delaware Department of Justice’s actions violate state law and the First amendment. The John Doe plaintiff, represented by David L. Finger of Finger & Slanina and D.C. attorney Megan Gray of GrayMatters Law & Policy, has filed a case in Superior…
State attorneys general sue Google with ‘dark patterns’ claims
Joseph Duball reports: The rally for heightened U.S. enforcement against so-called “dark patterns” pushed forward Monday with a group of state attorneys general filing or preparing to file lawsuits over alleged dark patterns linked to Google’s location data practices. Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine announced he and attorneys general from Indiana, Texas and Washington State were…