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Photographer Wins Monkey Selfie Copyright Case, Court Slams PETA

Photographer David Slater has won his legal battle over that monkey selfie. A US appeals court ruled Monday that US copyright law doesn’t allow animals to file copyright infringement lawsuits. The decision, made by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, upheld a lower-court ruling that previously

Source: petapixel.com/2018/04/24/photographer-wins-monkey-selfie-copyright-case-court-slams-peta/

Neo-Nazis Burn Swastika After Rally in Georgia

They gathered outside another town about 50 miles from their original rally

Source: time.com/5249811/neo-nazis-burn-swastika-georgia/

How Parkland student David Hogg beats his critics

The Parkland teens teach a masterclass in dealing with bullies.

Source: www.vox.com/videos/2018/4/19/17253324/strikethrough-parkland-student-david-hogg-beats-critics

Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under new EU law

A flaw-by-flaw guide to Facebook’s new GDPR privacy changes

Facebook is about to start pushing European users to speed through giving consent for its new GDPR privacy law compliance changes. It will ask people to review how Facebook applies data from the web to target them with ads, and surface the sensitive profile info they share. Facebook will also allowâ¦

Source: techcrunch.com/2018/04/17/facebook-gdpr-changes/

Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under new EU law

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would continue requiring people to accept targeted ads as a condition of using its service, a stance that may help keep its business model largely intact despite a new European Union privacy law.

Source: www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-eu/facebook-says-users-must-accept-targeted-ads-even-under-new-eu-law-idUSKBN1HP0HB

How Facebook Tracks You, Even When You’re Not on Facebook

Consumer Reports explains how Facebook tracks consumers across many websites, gathering data even if you who don’t have a Facebook or Instagram account.

Source: www.consumerreports.org/privacy/how-facebook-tracks-you-even-when-youre-not-on-facebook/

Filing Taxes Could Be Free and Simple. But H&R Block and Intuit Are Still Lobbying Against It. — ProPublica

The makers of TurboTax and other online systems spent millions lobbying last year, much of it directed toward a bill that would permanently bar the government from offering taxpayers prefilled filings.

Source: www.propublica.org/article/filing-taxes-could-be-free-simple-hr-block-intuit-lobbying-against-it

How We Are Monitoring Political Ads on Facebook — ProPublica

ProPublica built software and a machine-learning algorithm to allow Facebook users to send us the political ads that appear on their Facebook news feeds.

Source: www.propublica.org/article/how-we-are-monitoring-political-ads-on-facebook

Europe’s New Online Privacy Rules Could Protect U.S. Users Too

When Europe begins enforcing sweeping new privacy rules next month, it will have a major impact on U.S. tech companies, both large and small. And it could affect American Internet users as well.

Source: www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2018/04/16/602851375/europe-s-sweeping-privacy-laws-prompt-new-norms-in-u-s

What The European Union’s New Online Privacy Law Means For The U.S.

NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Estelle MassÃ©, senior policy analyst for Access Now â a non-profit organization devoted to open and secure communications worldwide â about the new law adopted by the European Union to protect online privacy.

Source: www.npr.org/2018/04/16/602971733/what-the-european-unions-new-online-privacy-law-means-for-the-u-s

Demographics

From Twitter:

I miss the good old days when political demographics were “Soccer Moms” and “NASCAR Dads” instead of “White Supremacist Bunker Survivalists” and “Nazi Bikers Who Used to Freelance at Infowars.”