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Photo: Ina Fassbender (Getty Images)Amazon’s burgeoning ad business is already raking in tens of billions of dollars for the company annually, and it looks like that number’s about to get bigger. The e-commerce giant has begun quietly hiring for roles in a newly created Local Ads team, a move that will likely rankle some of its biggest competitors (read: Facebook and Google), Insider reported Wednesday.Like the name implies, Amazon is tasking this team with working alongside smaller, city-specificad companies—the kind…

The far-right anti-Islamic firebrand Avi Yemini wants to unveil the name and info of a Twitter antagonist using a defamation lawsuit.Photo: Darrian Traynor (Getty Images)In the continuing saga of compounding privacy implications for social media companies down under, an Australian judge ordered that Twitter must hand over the personal details of one of its users to a far-right figurehead for defamation purposes.On Tuesday, an Australian judge ordered that Twitter must hand over information on user PRGuy17 to far-right…

You might well spend a lot of time scrolling through social media feeds—but have you checked the state of your own profile pages lately? From Twitter to Slack, these profiles tell the rest of the world (or the office) about you, and it’s important that they’re consistent, up to date, and showing you in your best light.Here we’ll take you through the steps needed to update your profiles on most of the major social networks, and guide you through the options that are available—some of which you may not be aware of. We’re…

Photo: Mehaniq (Shutterstock)An Australian Court announced Monday that Google will need to pay $515,000 for refusing to remove two YouTube videos about John Barilaro, the former New South Wales state deputy premier. Despite those damages being a small drop in the bucket for Google and its owner Alphabet, it may be a canary in a coal mine for how even more social companies could face even more legal action for users’ content.The videos cited in the suit were created by YouTuber Jordan Shanks, who also goes by…

Google was allegedly collecting biometric data from photos without notifying users.Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images)Google took another hit today. The tech company has settled for $100 million following a class action lawsuit in Illinois over data privacy concerns from users of the Google Photos app.Why did Google get sued?A class action lawsuit was filed by the plaintiffs against Google, alleging that the company broke Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act. The act states that any private company collecting…

Far-right media figure Laura Loomer who has unsuccessfully sued Twitter and Facebook for banning her on their platforms, pictured in 2019.Photo: Stephanie Keith (Getty Images)The U.S. Supreme Court put a controversial new Texas law on hold in a 5-4 decision late Tuesday. The law would allow social media users to sue companies like Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook if those users felt they were being “censored” online.The Texas law, which was signed by Gov. GregAbbott in September 2021, would force social media companies to…