A recent report revealed leaked pitch decks outlining technology that uses smartphone microphones to monitor conversations for targeted advertising. While Facebook denies using this technology, the report implicates the company and raises concerns about user privacy.
Google and Meta, typically fierce competitors, secretly collaborated to target teenagers on YouTube with Instagram ads, bypassing Google’s own rules for treating minors online. The project, which involved promoting Instagram to 13- to 17-year-old YouTube users, violated Google’s policies on personalizing ads for under-18s and circumvented its guidelines.
Grindr, a popular dating app for gay and bisexual men, is facing a class-action lawsuit in the U.K., alleging that it shared personal information with third parties without user consent. Specifically, the lawsuit claims sensitive data like user ethnicities, sex lives, and even HIV status information were transferred for targeted advertising purposes and potentially shared further with additional recipients.
