By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technologies Writers BOSTON (AP) — Long right before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was doing work to make Russia’s net a effective tool of surveillance and social command akin to China’s so-called Fantastic Firewall. So when Western tech corporations started reducing ties with Russia pursuing its
Facebook operator Meta Platforms Inc is contacting out half a dozen personal surveillance providers for hacking or other abuses, accusing them in a report posted Thursday of collectively focusing on about 50,000 folks throughout its platforms. The company’s fight with the spy firms comes amid a broader transfer by American tech providers, U.S. lawmakers and
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