Netflix’s $ bid to acquire Warner Bros. raises fresh privacy questions 🎥
Merging two massive data sets—viewing, search, and location—could deepen user profiling risks 🔍
Regulators must weigh not just competition, but consent 🧩

🔗 https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/netflixs-bid-for-warner-bros-highlights-privacy-concerns

#TechNews #Privacy #Data #Streaming #BigTech #Antitrust #Regulation #AI #Surveillance #Security #Ethics #ConsumerRights #Policy #DataProtection #Transparency #Netflix #Stream

Netflix’s $ bid to acquire Warner Bros. raises fresh privacy questions 🎥
Merging two massive data sets—viewing, search, and location—could deepen user profiling risks 🔍
Regulators must weigh not just competition, but consent 🧩

🔗 https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/netflixs-bid-for-warner-bros-highlights-privacy-concerns

#TechNews #Privacy #Data #Streaming #BigTech #Antitrust #Regulation #AI #Surveillance #Security #Ethics #ConsumerRights #Policy #DataProtection #Transparency #Netflix #Stream

Google will pay $68M to settle claims its Assistant recorded users without consent 📱
The lawsuit says “false activations” captured private chats since 2016, data later used for ads 🧠
A reminder of the tension between convenience and consent 🔍

🔗 https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/google-assistant-privacy-lawsuit-settlement/

#TechNews #Privacy #Data #AI #Surveillance #BigTech #Google #Voice #Consent #Security #Ethics #Antitrust #Regulation #AIethics #OnlineSafety

Google will pay $68M to settle claims its Assistant recorded users without consent 📱
The lawsuit says “false activations” captured private chats since 2016, data later used for ads 🧠
A reminder of the tension between convenience and consent 🔍

🔗 https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/google-assistant-privacy-lawsuit-settlement/

#TechNews #Privacy #Data #AI #Surveillance #BigTech #Google #Voice #Consent #Security #Ethics #Antitrust #Regulation #AIethics #OnlineSafety

Google's AI is bleeding through the web like a blot of ink on a piece of paper. It's using summaries to manipulate traffic and divert it to its own domains. This may sound innocuous for individual consumers, but it's bad for online businesses.

The mere slap on the wrist Google received for its antitrust practices have empowered it. Google now fancies itself "unstoppable," and it will destroy the web if it isn't stopped. It would be fine were the AI parasites to build a whole new web exclusively for their thieving agents, but that's not what's happening. Instead, they are cannibalizing the human web.

Reuters, from yesterday: Google defeats bid for billions of dollars of new penalties in US privacy class action https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-defeats-bid-billions-dollars-new-penalties-us-privacy-class-action-2026-01-30/ @Reuters

From last month:

RealClear Science: Is AI Really Killing the Internet? https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2025/12/15/is_really_ai_killing_the_internet.html #Google #antitrust #privacy #Internet

Google's AI is bleeding through the web like a blot of ink on a piece of paper. It's using summaries to manipulate traffic and divert it to its own domains. This may sound innocuous for individual consumers, but it's bad for online businesses.

The mere slap on the wrist Google received for its antitrust practices have empowered it. Google now fancies itself "unstoppable," and it will destroy the web if it isn't stopped. It would be fine were the AI parasites to build a whole new web exclusively for their thieving agents, but that's not what's happening. Instead, they are cannibalizing the human web.

Reuters, from yesterday: Google defeats bid for billions of dollars of new penalties in US privacy class action https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-defeats-bid-billions-dollars-new-penalties-us-privacy-class-action-2026-01-30/ @Reuters

From last month:

RealClear Science: Is AI Really Killing the Internet? https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2025/12/15/is_really_ai_killing_the_internet.html #Google #antitrust #privacy #Internet