There Needs To Be So Much More Legislation When It Comes To Advertising, Especially Mobile Adverts Which

there needs to be so much more legislation when it comes to advertising, especially mobile adverts which are 99% lies and often predatory.

very great coverage of stalkerware use by government workers in australia, im very happy to have worked with crikey to make this reporting possible!

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'Can I log into my partner's device?’: Politicians, police, public servants spy on family's phones, leak suggests

Leaked data from stalkerware company mSpy shows how customers want to use the technology to surveil family violence victims and police suspe

While exploring the evolving search habits of Americans, we discovered a surprising trend: Over 2 in 5 have used TikTok as a search engine. Consumers most often turned to TikTok to search for new recipes, but they also frequently searched for new music, DIY tips, and fashion advice. This shift was particularly pronounced among younger generations, with 64% of Gen Zers and 49% of millennials saying they’ve used TikTok as a search engine. Gen Zers were also 29% more likely than millennials to scour TikTok for new recipes. And even more striking, nearly 1 in 10 Gen Zers preferred TikTok over traditional giants like Google for their search needs. Another surprising find was the new chatbot on the block, ChatGPT. Over 1 in 10 consumers turned to ChatGPT to search for information, with 1 in 20 going as far as asking it for personal finance advice.

https://www.adobe.com/express/learn/blog/using-tiktok-as-a-search-engine

(Study conducted by Adobe, with 808 consumers, no data provided, and no information on how the consumers were selected)

yesterday for April Fool’s my workplace had a short training article on recognizing computer-generated faces from real ones and one of the tricks mentioned was “count the teeth” and I just wanted to say that it’s both ironic and kind of horrifying how society has unwittingly cycled right back to IF YE MEET A MAN ON THE ROAD, COUNT HIS FINGERS LEST YE DEAL UNKNOWING WITH A FAE