In Brief: Meta to provide greater transparency about how users are targeted based on political or cultural affiliations
The move comes after academics and researchers expressed concern over risks of discriminatory targeting.
The move comes after academics and researchers expressed concern over risks of discriminatory targeting.
Four privacy commissioners from around the country are expected to rule soon on findings. The company has 4.3 million active users per month on its app, second only to Amazon in Canada.
Every self-respecting SaaS application wants an app marketplace of its own. Payment platform Stripe just reached that milestone, launching a marketplace with integrations including Hubspot, Mailchimp, Intercom, Dropbox, and Docusign. Users can access data from those tools within their Stripe dashboard and update the tools’ own files with data from Stripe.
Preliminary findings by the European Commission state that Apple and Google are in violation of the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Among the findings, Google Search is accused of prioritizing Google’s own products and services in results; Apple is instructed to improve interoperability between iOS and third-party devices. The companies now have an opportunity to respond.