Facebook Fallout Intensifies, Weinstein Co. Files for Bankruptcy
The fallout from Facebook's latest data scandal continues to intensify. Reports emerged late Monday that Facebook's chief security officer is leaving the company later this year amid a dispute over how the company handles the spread of misinformation. In response to the reports, Alex Stamos said on Twitter that he is “still fully engaged" with his work at Facebook. Criticism of the social networking company is growing after it came to light that the data firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to information on 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
The Weinstein Co. officially files for bankruptcy protection after many attempts to sell the company failed. The Dallas-based Lantern Capital Partners firm is acquiring the company's assets. The Weinstein Co. is also ending all non-disclosure agreements with women who were forced to stay silent up until now, and encouraging those women to speak up. This follows numerous sexual assault allegations against the company's co-founder Harvey Weinstein.
Irrigation might have saved Jackson's hay, but she and her husband rejected the idea about 10 years ago over the cost: as much as $75,000 for a new well and all the equipment. But now — with an extended drought and another U.S. heat wave this week that will broil her land about an hour northwest of Dallas for days in 100-degree-plus temperatures — Jackson said she is “kind of rethinking.”
Children’s advocacy groups including Fairplay and Common Sense Media are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, saying the tech giant serves personalized ads to kids on YouTube despite federal law prohibiting the practice.
U.S. regulators on Wednesday announced a settlement with the company that runs Dollar Tree and Family Dollar aimed at improving worker safety at thousands of the bargain stores across the country.
