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Digital Crack for Kids: TikTok Sued Again by 14 AGs
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?
For You Plague: TikTok’s in trouble once more—this time, some states complain it’s breaking laws by harvesting children’s data and keeping them addicted ...
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TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?
For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction ...
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Google, Microsoft, Others Support U.S.-Based Spyware Lawsuits
Microsoft and Google were joined by LinkedIn, GitHub, and Trend Micro in a supporting an appeal of a lawsuit against spyware maker NSO Group that was tossed by a U.S. judge who ...
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Citizen Lab vs. NSO Group, Apple AI and Privacy
Tom Eston | | AI, Apple, Apple AI, Apple Intelligence, canada, Citizen Lab, court, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Human Rights, Information Security, Infosec, lawsuit, NSO Group, Pegasus, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, spyware, technology, Weekly Edition
In episode 334, hosts Tom Eston, Scott Wright, and Kevin Johnson discuss two major topics. First, they explore the ongoing legal battle between Citizen Lab and the Israeli spyware company NSO Group ...

TikTok Ban — ByteDance Sues US to Kill Bill
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, china, chinese government, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban
PAFACA SueTok: U.S. Courts “likely” to rule whether new law is constitutional—or even practical ...
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Google: Zero-Day Attacks Rise, Spyware and China are Dangers
The number of zero-day vulnerabilities that are exploited jumped in 2023, with enterprises becoming a larger target and spyware vendors and China-backed cyberespionage groups playing an increasingly bigger role, according to Google ...
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TikTok ‘Ban’ — ByteDance CEO and EFF are BFFs
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, china, chinese government, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Shou Zi Chew, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban
7521 momentum builds: Shou Zi Chew plays for time, while Electronic Frontier Foundation says TikTok-kill bill is DOA ...
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TikTok Ban Incoming — but ByteDance Fights Back
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, china, chinese government, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban
Hilltop BillTok: ByteDance mobilizing addicted user base, as U.S. TikTok ban steamrolls through Capitol Hill after unanimous committee vote ...
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US Uses Visa Restrictions in Struggle Against Spyware
The United States will impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals who have been involving the misuse of spyware, the latest effort by the Biden Administration to address the dangers of the commercial ...
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NSA iPhone Backdoor? Apple Avoids Russian Blame Game
Richi Jennings | | Apple, back door, backdoor, CVE-2023-32434, CVE-2023-32435, CVE-2023-32439, CVE-2023-38606, CVE-2023-41990, FSB, imessage, ios, iPhone, kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab, Kaspersky Security, nsa, Russia, Russian FSB, SB Blogwatch, spyware, triangulation, Zero Click Attack, Zero-Click Exploit
“No Ordinary Vulnerability” — Operation Triangulation research uncovers new details of fantastic attack chain ...
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