Senator Ron Wyden said the allegations, if true, would represent "one of the largest known data breaches in American history." ...

Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has ...

Your Attention Please, a documentary premiering this week at SXSW in Austin, Texas, explores how we live in the attention economy.

Social media firms need to use better age verification technologies to keep children off their platforms, the U.K.'s ...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Independent analysis of 15 leading AI chat platforms reveals critical gaps in privacy, encryption, and data portability as global AI chat usage ...

Social Security’s internal watchdog is investigating a whistleblower complaint that a former DOGE worker misused sensitive ...

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Abstract: Social engineering is found in a strong majority of cyberattacks today, as it is a powerful manipulation tactic that does not require the technical skills of hacking. Calculated social ...

The plaintiff, identified only as K.G.M., took the stand to testify against Meta and Instagram in a bellwether case over tech addiction.

A proposed new law banning children in the UK from using social media and virtual private networks (VPNs) would frustrate adults and erode their privacy, as they will have to verify their age to use a ...

44% say they’re experts. One in three had a sovereignty incident anyway. The gap between knowing and proving is where the damage happens. Awareness without enforcement is a false sense of security.” — ...