WELCOME to Connected Rights, your pop in the stock of digital rights news and analysis. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to a friend or get them to sign up. I'm David Meyer, aka @superglaze on Twitter and @davidmeyerwrites on Facebook. Don't forget to check out the Connected Rights website and download a copy of my book, Control Shift: How Technology Affects You and Your Rights. ǁKhoreǁhare! STOP … Continue reading Turns out the adtech industry isn’t obeying privacy law!
Facebook finally changes its obnoxious terms
WELCOME to Connected Rights, your foot in the sock of digital rights news and analysis. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to a friend or get them to sign up. I'm David Meyer, aka @superglaze on Twitter and @davidmeyerwrites on Facebook. Don't forget to check out the Connected Rights website and download a copy of my book, Control Shift: How Technology Affects You and Your Rights. Zoo siab … Continue reading Facebook finally changes its obnoxious terms
The Copyright Directive battle is lost
WELCOME to Connected Rights, your nail in the coffin of digital rights news and analysis. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to a friend or get them to sign up. I'm David Meyer, aka @superglaze on Twitter and @davidmeyerwrites on Facebook. Don't forget to check out the Connected Rights website and download a copy of my book, Control Shift: How Technology Affects You and Your Rights. Mauri! WELL, … Continue reading The Copyright Directive battle is lost
Facebook may get a big breach fine, but probably not $1.63 billion
WELCOME to Connected Rights, your blessing in the disguise of digital rights news and analysis. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to a friend or get them to sign up. I'm David Meyer, aka @superglaze on Twitter and @davidmeyerwrites on Facebook. Don't forget to check out the Connected Rights website and download a copy of my book, Control Shift: How Technology Affects You and … Continue reading Facebook may get a big breach fine, but probably not $1.63 billion
Time for Google to come clean about China
WELCOME to Connected Rights, your chip off the old block of digital rights news and analysis. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to a friend or get them to sign up. I'm David Meyer, aka @superglaze on Twitter and @davidmeyerwrites on Facebook. Don't forget to check out the Connected Rights website and download a copy of my book, Control Shift: How Technology Affects You … Continue reading Time for Google to come clean about China
“Democracy needs resistance” – the ePrivacy reform is in trouble
WELCOME to Connected Rights, your ham in the slow cooker of digital rights news and analysis. A NEW EU LAW COVERING THE PRIVACY OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS appears to have stalled in the legislative process. The Council of the EU, currently led by the Austrians under a rotating presidency, is supposed to figure out a common position … Continue reading “Democracy needs resistance” – the ePrivacy reform is in trouble
Facebook and the history Zuck denied
WELCOME to Connected Rights, your jam in the jar of digital rights news and analysis. REMEMBER WHEN MARK ZUCKERBERG TOLD CONGRESS that "all of your information is included in 'download your information'", while trying to dodge questions over whether Facebook also collects browsing and other data from third parties, that aren't included in such downloads? Funny … Continue reading Facebook and the history Zuck denied
Dirty spying tools for dirty clients
WELCOME to Connected Rights, your jack in the box of digital rights news and analysis. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to a friend or get them to sign up. I'm David Meyer, aka @superglaze on Twitter and @davidmeyerwrites on Facebook. Don't forget to check out the Connected Rights website. Kaixo! THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF SUPPLYING surveillance equipment to the brutal … Continue reading Dirty spying tools for dirty clients
Forcing big tech to play fair
WELCOME to Connected Rights, your skip in the step of digital rights news and analysis. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS ANNOUNCED A "NEW DEAL FOR CONSUMERS" regarding big tech platforms – or at least announced that one is coming. This follows the Commission's ongoing hassles with Google, Facebook and Twitter over the terms they try to impose … Continue reading Forcing big tech to play fair
The Silicon Valley backlash builds momentum
WELCOME to Connected Rights, your sentinel in the outer ring of digital rights news and analysis. FORMER SILICON VALLEY EMPLOYEES ARE BANDING TOGETHER to fight against their former employers by battling tech addiction and tech-derived depression among young people: http://nyti.ms/2s9YlPS The Center for Humane Technology's campaign will be called The Truth About Tech, and it will … Continue reading The Silicon Valley backlash builds momentum
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