Black Father-Daughter Legal Duo Listed as One of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in Law & Justice
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Black Father-Daughter Legal Duo Listed as One of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in Law & Justice

Attorney Zulu Ali and Attorney Whitney Ali are listed as two of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), Law and Justice Edition (https://www.mipad.org/files/MIPAD-ANNOUNCEMENT-2022-Online-Version.pdf).  The Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), is a...
Posted On 22 Jan 2024
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Facebook-Australia standoff may have turned a corner

The proposed news bargaining code remains in suspense as Australia’s Treasury department brings Facebook and publishers back to the table. ICYMI: Facebook unfriended Australia this week after the government there proposed a legal code that would allow Australian news...
Posted On 24 Feb 2021
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Facebook Acquires Giphy, Adding It to Instagram

Facebook announced it is acquiring Giphy, with plans to integrate it into the Instagram platform. Giphy is a popular service that lets users share short, looped videos, reminiscent of animated GIFs. The service is widely used in text messaging, social media and more. Facebook...
Posted On 18 May 2020
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Germany May Make Working From Home a Legal Right

German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil plans to put forth legislation that will make working from home a legal right, long after the coronavirus pandemic. As the pandemic has swept the globe, it has had a profound impact on businesses and organizations of all sizes. One of the...
Posted On 28 Apr 2020
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Google Expands Advertiser Identity Verification Policy

Google has announced it is expanding its advertising identification policy in an effort to improve transparency. The company initially rolled out its identify verification policy in 2018, although it applied primarily to political advertisers. In recent years, however, Google and...
Posted On 24 Apr 2020
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Amazon and Ring Sued In Federal Court Over Failure to Secure Cameras

TMZ is reporting that Ring and its parent company, Amazon, are being sued in federal court in California, claiming they have failed to protect users. Ring made headlines a couple of weeks ago when a number of cameras where hacked. In one particularly disturbing incident, a camera...
Posted On 28 Dec 2019
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Facebook Reveals New Census Interference Policy Ahead of 2020 Census

Facebook received its share of criticism over the 2016 election thanks to Russian operatives using the social media platform to sow disinformation and disagreement. As a result, ahead of the 2020 census—the first people can complete online—Facebook is taking measures to protect...
Posted On 20 Dec 2019
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TikTok Accused of Illegally Collecting Data and Uploading It to China

A California student has filed a class-action lawsuit against TikTock, the wildly popular social media app from China. According to a report in the Daily Beast, the suit alleges that TikTok uploads data without user consent—in some cases without a user even creating an account....
Posted On 04 Dec 2019
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Truecaller Flaw Puts 150 Million Users at Risk

Zak Doffman at Forbes is reporting on a newly discovered vulnerability in the Truecaller app that puts 150 million iOS and Android users at risk. Truecaller is one of the premier caller ID apps, identifying unknown calls from mobile, landline and prepaid phones. It also provides...
Posted On 25 Nov 2019
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The Next Big Streaming War Is Going To Be Internationally… and Netflix Has a Huge Lead

“We are looking at it with a very US-centric perspective visa vie either Netflix or any of these big streaming wars next phase of growth,” says Propagate Content CEO Ben Silverman. “I think Netflix is just so ahead internationally in reaching out and creating subscriber growth...
Posted On 17 Oct 2019
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