… Reports suggest users of Meta’s platforms including Instagram and Facebook see billions of scam ads a day, and the company’s own oversight board has acknowledged it has a deepfake problem. YouTube also says it is “investing heavily” in combating celebrity scam ads. …
Google is launching a new feature for its Phone app that aims to protect you from AI impersonation scams. Now, when you receive a call from a scammer that appears to be coming from the same number as one of your contacts, Phone by Google will flag the call as suspicious so you can hang up. …
… Warren is giving Musk until April 21st to answer more than a dozen questions about X Money, including whether Cross River Bank will act as its partner, whether it plans to issue a stablecoin, and what controls the service will have to prevent scams, fraud, and illicit finance. …
… Scammers have cloned people’s voices, called their relatives, and had the voice say they’re being held for ransom. …
… There are also new protections for when your phone gets stolen: You’ll be able to enable biometric protection remotely when you mark your phone as lost in Find Hub, and Google is reducing the number of attempts someone can make to guess a PIN or password while increasing the wait time between failu…
… They sweeten the pot further by throwing in free phone protection plans with Omega insurance and roadside assistance from Drive America, both of which are owned by Ensurety Ventures, a separate company that just so happens to also be run by Pat O’Brien. …
… Workers at Raven Software have finally secured their first union contract winning for its members guaranteed wage increases, protection against mandatory overtime known as crunch, and more. …
… Those are the kinds of people who should actually have an oversight body they can go to, and they should have explicit statutory protections of the kinds we see in other sectors. …