Facebook’s competitor known for its privacy stance of not viewing its users’ posts has gained millions of viewers recently as mainstream platforms face heightened scrutiny. In context, MeWe reports 16 million users, while Facebook claims more than 1.8 billion.
While we’re on the subject, Twitter is also trying to improve its news content. They just launched cutely-named Birdwatch, which will let vetted users flag and notate misleading Tweets. Let’s be blunt: the list of things that could go wrong is far longer than the list of things that could go right.
Employee surveillance prompts $12.7M fine of German tech retailer Workplace surveillance is seen by regulators as a major violation and growing concern. A Lower Saxony Commissioner just set their highest fine in response to a German laptop retailer found to be recording videos of employees throughout their facility.
Salesforce has reversed course on its bid to acquire data management and integration platform Informatica a source has told Reuters. Informatica itself said that it is not in talks to be acquired. Salesforce stocks rose on this latest news while Informatica’s fell.