Woman opens fire at YouTube headquaters, injures 3 before shooting herself

At least three people were injured when a woman opened fire at YouTube headquarters before fatally shooting herself, local police said Four people were injured, with one being in critical condition, after a woman open fired at the YouTube Headquarters. The woman then allegedly shot herself as per the police.

Facebook deletes more Russian troll farm-affiliated accounts

Facebook said removed 70 Facebook accounts, 138 Facebook pages, and 65 Instagram accounts, all controlled by the Internet Research Agency. Facebook deletes more Russian troll farm-affiliated accounts Facebook said removed 70 Facebook accounts, 138 Facebook pages, and 65 Instagram accounts, all controlled by the Internet Research Agency.

Facebook finds hundreds more pages run by Kremlin-linked troll group

Months after it removed hundreds of fake pages and accounts run by a Kremlin-linked troll group that were targeted at Americans, Facebook said on Tuesday it had removed almost 300 more pages and accounts run by the group, the vast majority targeted at Russian speakers. Last summer, the company removed hundreds of pages and accounts run by the Internet Research Agency that were designed to look like they were run by real American activists.

US Supreme Court urged to abandon Microsoft data privacy case

San Francisco, April 1 - The US Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to abandon its case against Microsoft over international data privacy after a law was signed to legally collect the data stored on foreign soil. The DoJ, in a court filing posted late on Saturday, said the new law signed by President Donald Trump last week answered the legal question at the heart of Microsoft's case.

GOPa s omnibus bill should have gone off a cliff

On Dec. 22, President Donald Trump signed the $1.5 trillion Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the most significant levy reduction since 1986. Even Trump's critics conceded that Republicans ended 2017 on an unexpectedly high note, with their free-market banners flapping smartly in the tail winds.

‘Great for tech’: Silicon Valley warms to Trump after a chilly start

"There is a lot of fear within Google," said Sundar Pichai, the company's chief executive, according to a video of the meeting viewed by The New York Times. When asked by an employee if there was any silver lining to Trump's election, Google co-founder Sergey Brin said, "Boy, that's a really tough one right now."

Texas Democrats try to seize on Cambridge Analytica controversy

Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, speaks during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. The list of speakers at CPAC that opens today includes two European nativists who will address the gathering between panels and events on the dangers of immigration, Sharia law and lawless government agencies.

Watchdog: FBI could have tried harder to hack iPhone

FBI officials could have tried harder to unlock an iPhone as part of a terrorism investigation before launching an extraordinary court fight with Apple Inc. in an effort to force it to break open the device, the Justice Department's watchdog said Tuesday. The department's inspector general said it found no evidence the FBI was able to access data on the phone belonging to one of the gunmen in a 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, as then-FBI Director James Comey told Congress more than once.

ICE is ‘using Facebook login data to track down illegal immigrants’

A new report by The Intercept has found the government department who deport illegal immigrants used the swathes of information held by the social media giant. One example flagged in the document was how the ICE was able to get their hands on Facebook login details and corresponding IP addresses when a man they were hunting in New Mexico.

Man drives a stolen car into a lake and is then found by police…

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Linda Brown, central figure in school segregation case, dies

Brown, the Kansas girl at the center of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling ... . A person, who refused to give their name, checks a sign on the door of the Russian consulate office stating that the office is closed and not accepting any new passport applications in Seattle, Wash., Monday, March 26, 2018.

Harvard students will be able to report professors

'She can describe him intimately': Stormy Daniels' lawyer says she was ready to discuss intimate details of her alleged affair with Trump and more evidence will be released in coming weeks BREAKING NEWS: Federal Trade Commission will investigate Facebook over privacy - knocking billions off the value of Mark Zuckerberg's firm IBM boss joins Tim Cook in calls for more oversight following Facebook data scandal, after the Apple CEO warned 'profound change is needed' REVEALED: How Facebook logs ALL your phone calls and texts - but the social media giant insists the function has always been 'opt-in only' Apple's Steve Jobs tried to warn Mark Zuckerberg about privacy issues in 2010 when he said policies should be spelled out in 'plain English and repeatedly' Facebook is still not being 'fully forthcoming' about its data leak, Senator Mark Warner says as he calls for Zuckerberg to testify 'and ... (more)

The Latest: UK: 18 nations expel more than 100 Russians

Facebook's CEO apologized for the Cambridge Analytica scandal with ads in multiple U.S. and British newspapers Sunday. The ads signed by ... On the same day Facebook bought ads in US and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from... On the same day Facebook bought ads in US and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from Android devices.

Virgil Abloh named Louis Vuitton’s men’s wear designer

Facebook's CEO apologized for the Cambridge Analytica scandal with ads in multiple U.S. and British newspapers Sunday. The ads signed by ... On the same day Facebook bought ads in US and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from... On the same day Facebook bought ads in US and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from Android devices.

Sudden Consumer Data Outrage In The Age Of App Madness Is Bizarre And Dumb

According to reporting by The New York Times , Cambridge Analytica - a voter-profiling firm - amassed information on 50 million Facebook users in an attempt to predict people's personalities and psychological profiles. The company secured the data from a Cambridge University researcher named Aleksandr Kogan, who harvested it from a personality quiz app.

Congress gives police in other countries easier access to U.S. data, raising privacy concerns

Police in other countries will be able to get emails and other electronic communication more easily from their own citizens and from Americans under a bill that Congress stuffed inside the massive $1.3 trillion spending deal passed this week. Supporters say the bill, dubbed the CLOUD Act, will simplify the process for the U.S. government and its allies to get evidence of serious crimes and terrorist threats when that evidence is stored on a server in another country.