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Data Privacy and Cybersafety concerns amidst COVID-19

With many challenges that COVID-19 has brought in our lives, social distancing has become unavoidable. Resultantly, all kinds of lifestyle, education, and business activities are dependent on virtual services. Be it business meetings, conferences seminars, or online classes

DoJ, DoL: Facebook settlement agreement resolves claims of foreign hiring discrimination
The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday that they had reached settlement agreements with Facebook over claims that the tech giant had misused the Department of Labor’s Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM) in its recruitment and hiring practices. The settlement requires Facebook to pay $15 million, marking the largest total […]
US lawmakers accuse Amazon of misleading subcommittee
Five members of Congress sent a letter Monday accusing Amazon of misleading the House of Representatives antitrust subcommittee. The members of Congress, both Republican and Democrat, seek “exculpatory evidence” to “corroborate prior testimony” given on behalf of Amazon to the committee. The conflict stems from two articles alleging information that is directly in conflict with […]
India digital rights organization claims YouTube content strikes misuse copyright laws
Indian digital liberties organization Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) on Monday made a representation to Google India asserting that recent content takedowns and blocking of YouTube channels belonging to independent news outlets, citizen journalists and satirists result from incorrectly applied copyright rules. In an open letter to Google India’s public policy head, IFF noted that such […]
US Treasury reviews sanctions system, emphasizes issues related to cryptocurrency
The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday released its review of the US sanctions system and addressed new challenges. Former President Donald Trump used sanctions as primary tools to address foreign policy concerns, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen promised to review the use of these tools during her confirmation. […]