Daryna Antoniuk reports: The founder of the popular messaging app Telegram stated that the recently announced updates to the platform’s terms of service don’t represent a big change in how it interacts with law enforcement, as the company has been disclosing criminal data to authorities for years. “My previous post may have seemed to announce…
FTC Report Confirms: Commercial Surveillance is Out of Control
Lena Cohen writes: A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report confirms what EFF has been warning about for years: tech giants are widely harvesting and sharing your personal information to fuel their online behavioral advertising businesses. This four-year investigation into the data practices of nine social media and video platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, and X (formally Twitter),…
Reasonable expectation of privacy in Facebook private messages — Florida Fourth District Court of Appeals
John Wesley Hall writes: (1) Florida’s 4th DCA finds a reasonable expectation of privacy in Facebook private messages as analogous to cell phone text messages. (2) When the records were seized under a warrant for a theft, they couldn’t be searched for evidence of this crime, a shooting. Therefore, the good faith exception is not…
Damages in Social Media Lawsuits: Understanding the Psychological and Financial Effects of Social Media Harm
Nick Oberheiden of Oberheiden P.C. writes: Social media harm is a significant concern for users of all ages. However, studies have identified particular mental health concerns among children and teens who use social media platforms, and social media companies are now facing social media addiction lawsuits across the country from families who are grappling with…