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  1. AlphaAtlas

    Facebook is Under Criminal Investigation for Data Sharing Practices

    Facebook's news coverage hasn't been particularly positive over the past few months, but they had a particularly bad day yesterday. Following a widespread outage that lasted over 14 hours, and likely cost the company millions in advertising revenue, the New York Times released a report claiming...
  2. cageymaru

    FTC to Host Public Workshop on Loot Boxes in Video Games

    According to Variety, the FCC is planning to host a public workshop on the topic of loot boxes in video games later this year. In the letter obtained by Variety, that was sent from commission chairman Joseph Simons to Senator Maggie Hassan, there is no timeline set for a FTC investigation or an...
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  3. cageymaru

    Welfare Agents Tapped License Plate Database to Track and Prove Welfare Fraud

    Since 2016, welfare fraud investigators in Sacramento, California have been using the automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system to track welfare recipients to prove fraud. The Department of Human Assistance (DHA) didn't notify the public of this as required by Senate Bill 34, until the...
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    • alpr california investigation license plate tracking privacy sacramento tracking welfare fraud
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    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  4. DooKey

    U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation

    The DoJ has opened up a criminal probe into possible manipulation of cryptocurrency prices. Apparently, the DoJ is concerned about fraud because they aren't sure exchanges are going after cheaters and there is a lack of regulation like those that govern stocks. Primary targets of the...
  5. DooKey

    SEC Possibly Looking Into Several ICOs

    According to the Wall Street Journal the SEC has issued subpoenas and information requests to several companies that have issued an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) recently. This does jive with the warning from the SEC Chairman back in December that ICO's may be violating securities. Whether or...
  6. DooKey

    Possible Drone-Linked Aircraft Crash Being Investigated

    What is possibly the first drone-linked aircraft crash in the U.S. is being investigated in South Carolina. A student pilot and his instructor were flying a helicopter when according to both a small drone appeared directly in front of them. A collision with the drone was avoided when the...
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