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- "Make no mistake: The fundamental premise of Facebook’s business—gathering more data about us in order to reach us with more-targeted and effective advertising—will stay the same, writes Christopher Mims". (March 7, 2019)
- "Colleges are turning to the corporate-marketing playbook to better identify and appeal to prospective adult students, crunching consumer databases to tailor their pitches". (July 14, 2018)
- "A recent cyberattack on one of Freddie Macs vendors showed how large organizations are vulnerable to breaches targeted not only at themselves but also at companies they hire, WSJ Pros Elaine Chen reports. Loan application information was on the vendors system hit by a ransomware attack, prompting Freddie Mac to warn borrowers and regulators about the compromise". (July 21, 2020)
- "Facebook banned an array of personalities whose views it deemed too inflammatory to be shared on its social network, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, far-right talk-show host Alex Jones and conservative Jewish activist Laura Loomer". (May 2, 2019)
- "A survey found just 52% of employees were optimistic about Facebook’s future, down from 84% a year earlier. The darker mood comes amid a dropping share price and disclosures of privacy violations". (November 14, 2018)
- "TikTok, as a deal with Oracle nears, is working to settle a privacy suit filed on behalf of users as young as eight years old, WSJ Pros David Uberti reports. The complaints claim that TikTok sends user data to Chinese servers and improperly collects voiceprints and face geometry scans to recommend content based on users age, race and physical attractiveness". (September 15, 2020)
- "Facebook and Twitter have taken different stances on moderating President Trump on their platforms. It's the latest controversy in an ongoing debate about the responsibility tech companies have in policing speech online". (June 8, 2020)
- "Millions of smartphone users confess their most intimate secrets to apps, including personal health information. Unbeknown to most people, in many cases that data is being shared with someone else: Facebook". (February 22, 2019)
- "Companies in the commercial trucking and hauling industry in the European Union and some parts of Asia are under pressure to improve safeguards against cyberattacks to comply with a new United Nations regulation, WSJ Pros Catherine Stupp reports from Brussels". (September 14, 2020)
- "The chemical industry is considered a critical piece of U.S. infrastructure. But federal cybersecurity standards for the sector havent been updated in a decade, leaving it at risk for devastating cyberattacks, according to a new assessment from the Government Accountability Office". (May 22, 2020)