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PRIVACY

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 5, 2019
A TikTok craze is minting celebrities and ruining lives in India
Arpita Chaudhary, a newly recruited police constable in India's western Gujarat state, became an overnight celebrity after posting a clip of a 15-second gambol — clad in her civvies — on the hit social video app TikTok.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2019
Panel warns over 30 firms that got Japan job-seeker data from scandal-hit Recruit Career
A government commission has issued a warning to more than 30 companies that received from the Recruit Holdings Co. group data predicting the odds of job-hunting students declining informal job offers.
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2019
Twitter makes global changes to comply with privacy laws
Twitter Inc. is updating its global privacy policy to give users more information about what data advertisers might receive and is launching a site to provide clarity on its data protection efforts, the company said on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2019
Real news: Hardly anybody shares fake news
Radio and cable TV are bigger conduits for conspiracy theories.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 15, 2019
Google restricts data-sharing for ads under EU privacy pressure
Google said it would make changes to its advertising technology to better protect people's privacy following scrutiny by European Union watchdogs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 14, 2019
Should people be paid for sharing their data online? Microsoft employee says people have been 'fooled'
From tagging photos on Facebook to driving with Google Maps, people should join forces in "data unions" to demand payment for letting online tools collect their data, according to an economist advocating for radical reforms to improve society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 14, 2019
Amid privacy backlash, China's DJI unveils phone app to track nearby drones
China's DJI, the world's largest commercial drone maker, said on Wednesday it is developing technology that would allow the public to track the registrations of drones in flight using just a smartphone, amid a broader industry push to make such data available.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 8, 2019
Facebook staffers' gripes about 'unethical,' anti-competitive practices rejected by execs in 2012: leaked chats
Facebook Inc. employees repeatedly chafed at what they viewed as anti-competitive or unethical practices by the company, internal chats show. But their concerns, voiced in 2012 and 2013, were overruled by senior managers including Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, who argued that the survival...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2019
California reveals Facebook probe, saying social media firm stonewalling probe
California revealed for the first time an 18-month investigation into Facebook Inc's privacy practices and accused the social media giant in a court filing on Wednesday of hampering the investigation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 1, 2019
Twitter says its tech tools removed 1 in 2 abusive tweets in first half
Twitter's technology tools removed one in two tweets containing abusive content posted in the first half of this year, it said on Thursday, amid calls to the U.S. social media company and its peers to do more to tackle the issue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2019
Facebook reportedly focus of U.S. Justice Department and state attorneys general meeting
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general, including Letitia James of New York, met Monday with U.S. Attorney General William Barr to discuss a state-level probe of Facebook Inc., two sources briefed on the matter confirmed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2019
The Jack Bauers of Europe love facial recognition
As regulators wake up to the threat of this technology, governments are pushing back with an unconvincing public-safety defense
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2019
Two groups of U.S. states launch antitrust probes of tech companies like Facebook and Google
Reuters
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 2, 2019
China's popular face-swapping app Zao provokes privacy concerns
Chinese face-swap app Zao rocketed to the top of app store charts over the weekend, but user delight at the prospect of becoming instant superstars quickly turned sour as privacy implications began to sink in.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 31, 2019
Google will pay up to $200 million in U.S. probe over violating children's privacy, source says
Google will spend up to $200 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission investigation into YouTube's alleged violation of a children's privacy law, a person briefed on the matter told Reuters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2019
Messaging app Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters
Telegram, a popular encrypted messaging app, will allow users to cloak their telephone numbers to safeguard Hong Kong protesters against monitoring by Chinese authorities, according to a person with direct knowledge of the effort.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 17, 2019
British mall tested facial recognition of shoppers
A British mall that scanned shoppers using facial-recognition cameras said on Friday it is no longer using technology that advocacy groups called a threat to privacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 15, 2019
U.S. lawmakers pressure tech as devices capture conversations
Members of Congress from both parties called out Facebook Inc. on Wednesday for paying contractors to transcribe audio clips from its users and urged new statutes to tackle the drumbeat of such revelations from across the tech industry.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 9, 2019
U.S. calls China 'thuggish regime' for leaking personal info of diplomat who met Hong Kong protesters
The U.S. State Department's spokeswoman called China a "thuggish regime" for releasing personal information on an American diplomat who met with opposition protesters in Hong Kong, escalating a war of words over protests that have wracked the territory.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2019
Facebook loses facial recognition appeal and must face privacy class action
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc.'s effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data on millions of users without their consent.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
Trump would make U.S. Supreme Court history by attending tariffs case
There is no record in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 235-year history of a sitting president ever attending arguments, according to Clare Cushman, director of publications and resident historian at the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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