Aimee Pearcy
Aimee is a contributing editor at Pando.
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Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix banned from running companies for 7 years
Cambridge Analytica boss Alexander Nix has been banned from running or serving as a director of limited companies in Britain for 7 years, effective from 5 October 2020.
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TikTok finally banned ads for weight loss supplements
TikTok finally took some moral responsibility and announced that it will ban ads for weight loss supplements, fasting apps, and anything that “promotes a harmful and negative body image.”
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China state media blasts 'dirty', 'underhanded' TikTok deal
Last night, China Daily, a daily newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, published an editorial claiming that the proposed TikTok deal is a “dirty and underhanded trick”.
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Nick Clegg says Facebook is “prepared” for the impending disaster it helped to create
After spending years violently fanning the flames, Facebook has announced that it will take aggressive measures to “restrict the circulation of content” on its platform if the U.S. presidential election descends into chaos, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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TikTok and WeChat downloads to be blocked in the U.S. from Sunday
In a move that pretty much everyone saw coming, it looks like the U.S. Commerce Department is planning to issue an order that will prevent people in the U.S. from downloading WeChat and TikTok from Sunday, Sep 20.
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Palantir just got its hands on the UK’s post-Brexit border and customs data
Palantir is already buried deep into the heart of the United States. Now, it’s getting cozy with the United Kingdom.
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Apple handed over iCloud data to help the FBI track down a George Floyd protestor
Apple has helped the FBI to track down George Floyd protestor Kelly Jackson, who was accused of firebombing police cars, by handing over vital evidence from the protestor’s iCloud.
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An Uber safety driver was just charged with negligent homicide for the fatal 2018 crash
The morning after an autonomous Uber vehicle killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg in Tempe on March 18, 2018, Police Chief Sylvia Moir blamed the victim.