SEC Charges Social Media Influencers with Stock Manipulation and Warns Investors
The Justice Department and the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) have charged eight men of using their social media clout to manipulate investors in a stock pump-and-dump scheme [view related]. The...
UK Law May Create ‘Duty of Care’ for Social Media Companies
The UK is reportedly considering legislation that would impose a ‘duty of care’ on social media companies to regulate harmful content on their platforms. This push for an online safety bill...
Privacy Tip #351 – Stay Safe While Using Social Media
The Federal Trade Commission has estimated that 25 percent of social media users have been individually targeted by scammers, with losses totaling more than $770 million. Although the use of social...
Facebook Is Removing Some Sensitive Information from Public Profiles
Starting December 1, Facebook reportedly will remove several biographic details from user profiles, including “Religious views,” “Political views,” “Interested in” (indicating the user’s sexual orientation), and “Address.” Many state privacy laws,...
A step‑by‑step guide to enjoy LinkedIn safely
LinkedIn privacy settings are just as overwhelming as any other social media settings. There’s a lot of menus, a lot buttons to enable, select, accept or reject. To make sure you have control over your information we bring you a step-by-step guide on how to enjoy LinkedIn safely. The post A step‑by‑step guide to enjoy […]
The FCC Wants You to Delete TikTok
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr asserted that TikTok poses an “unacceptable national security risk” in a letter to the CEOs of Google and Apple urging the companies to remove the app from...
Texas AG Sues Meta, Alleging Massive Collection of Face Geometries Without Consent
Texas enacted a biometric information privacy law way back in 2001, which was amended in 2009. That was a long time ago in the context of the development of privacy laws,...
Privacy Tip #319 – How Facial Recognition Technology Works and Why You Should Care
I have written about the privacy concerns of facial recognition technology many times before [view related posts]. Many individuals are unaware of how facial recognition technology works, who is collecting their...
Social media in the workplace: Cybersecurity dos and don’ts for employees
Do you often take to social media to broadcast details about your job, employer or coworkers? Think before you share – less may be more. The post Social media in the workplace: Cybersecurity dos and don’ts for employees appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
CISA Issues Guidance on Protecting Organizations’ Social Media Accounts
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued guidance on protecting the security of organizations’ social media accounts to reduce the risk of unauthorized access to those accounts. The guidance,...