The class action against YouTube, Hasbro and others for alleged children’s privacy abuses has been dismissed because the plaintiffs’ lawyers opted not to refile. The case could now go to appellate court.
Leaked documents have revealed that Google fired dozens of employees between 2018 and 2020 for company data misuse, including leaking, stealing, or abusing data of users or other employees. Facebook, meanwhile, has been called out by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for making misleading claims on why it cut off the accounts of ad researchers from New York University who were studying political ad use on the platform. Read More – Google Read More – Facebook
Following an assessment that found dynamically served ads were promoting gambling and other age-restricted products to children, the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has recommended better use of targeting tools. ASA’s analysis focused on problems with non-logged in websites and YouTube channels with mixed-age audiences.
Snowflake is always looking for ways to add value to its core cloud database product. Its latest step is to purchase Neeva, which offers generative AI-based search technology. It will be applied to help companies search their own databases, a.k.a. enterprise search.