Tag: Information

Facebook, Google ‘manipulate’ users to share data despite EU law: study

OSLO, Norway (AFP) — Facebook and Google are pushing users to share private information by offering “invasive” and limited default options despite new EU data protection laws aimed at giving users more control and choice, a government study said Wednesday. The Norwegian Consumer Council found that the US tech giants’ privacy updates clash with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which forces companies to clarify what choices people have when sharing private information. “These […]

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Supreme Court BAC chair denies awarding contract to ICT consultant who received P250,000 monthly salary

(Eagle News) — The chair of the Supreme Court’s bids and awards committee on Tuesday denied awarding the contract to an information and communications technology consultant who received a whopping monthly salary of P250,000. “Yes, your Honor,” Raul Villanueva, who is also the SC deputy chief administrator, said when asked if the participation of the BAC in the engagement of the services of Helen Perez-Macasaet was merely a “formality.” Villanueva was a resource person  during the […]

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Venezuelans looking to BusTV for news amid lack of information

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Returning from an anti-government protest in Caracas early May, artist Claudia Lizardo noticed that many people on the bus around her were unaware of the reasons so many had taken to the streets. Among shortages of basic goods and medicines gripping the crisis-hit nation, she noticed something else missing: information. The result was Bus TV, a spoken news journal presented by Lizardo and other journalist- and actor-friends aboard the capital’s buses, […]

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Every page is information

In the new age of technology many teenagers today forget to value the importance of reading books. Nowadays, some teens spend sleepless night surfing the web as opposed to reading their books. Some children frequently ask this question, “Why do we need to read books?” when their parents force them to study and read. Obviously we all know that books are essential in our lives since every page contains vital information. This means that if […]

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