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LinkedIn said that the claims of a purported data breach were not accurate, because marketed data was not hacked from LinkedIn by using security flaws, but rather through scraping many Internet sources, as detailed in the firm's April 2021 data scraping update, says Business Today.  LinkedIn stated, "Our teams have investigated a set of alleged LinkedIn data that has been posted for sale. We want to be clear that this is not a data breach, and no private LinkedIn member data was exposed". "Our initial investigation has found that this data was scraped from LinkedIn and various other websites and includes the same data reported earlier this year in our April 2021 scraping update. Members trust LinkedIn with their data, and any misuse of our members' data, such as scraping, violates LinkedIn's terms of service. When anyone tries to take member data and use it for purposes LinkedIn and our members haven't agreed to, we work to stop them and hold them accountable". More than 700 million LinkedIn users’ records were listed for sale on a hacking forum Recently, a hacker grabbed 700 million records and posted a sample of 1 million data on a well-known hacking forum, demonstrating his…

A sales offer with data from over 700 million – and thus almost all – users of the LinkedIn platform, which has been in a hacker forum since the beginning of last week, is still active. This was shown by a contact by heise Security with the seller “Tom Liner” on Wednesday: For US $ 5,000 as a basis for negotiations, he is still offering information about LinkedIn users, not all of which are publicly available on the user profiles. In an official statement, LinkedIn has denied a leak in the classic sense as well as possible weaknesses in a LinkedIn API. The data was only collected from the public user profiles by so-called “scraping”. All non-publicly viewable data in the offer should therefore come from other sources. Heise Security published a detailed report on the incident yesterday, Tuesday. Among other things, we had a “taste” published by Tom Liner under the microscope with over 400 user data records, which contained, among other things, full names, email and postal addresses, location data, telephone numbers as well as LinkedIn user names and profile URLs as well as information on gender, personal and professional career and other social media accounts of the…

The technology industry challenged the law, which was set to take effect Thursday, saying it would infringe on the First Amendment rights of online businesses.Florida lawmakers approved the law after Facebook, Twitter and YouTube suspended Trump’s accounts following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.A federal judge on Wednesday night blocked a Florida law that would penalize social media companies for barring the speech of politicians, striking a blow to conservatives still fuming over the suspension of former President Donald Trump and allegations that Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube censor right-wing views.In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle of the Northern District of Florida said the law, which would have forced social media companies to allow speech even if it violated their rules, would likely be found unconstitutional.The technology industry challenged the law, which was set to take effect Thursday, saying it would infringe on the First Amendment rights of online businesses.   » Read More

Law360 (June 30, 2021, 7:05 PM EDT) -- Delaware's Supreme Court pressed for answers Wednesday on how the law could let Facebook stockholders pursue a $90 million recovery over the social media company's defense and later settlement of litigation over an abandoned, controversial stock reclassification plan without asking company directors to act first.The questions surfaced during class arguments before the full five-member court for reversal of Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster's dismissal of the second, derivative suit in October 2020. The lower court found that class members failed to first demand action by Facebook's board on the derivative damage recovery claims arising from the first suit, or to... Stay ahead of the curve In the legal profession, information is the key to success. You have to know what’s happening with clients, competitors, practice areas, and industries. Law360 provides the intelligence you need to remain an expert and beat the competition. Access to case data within articles (numbers, filings, courts, nature of suit, and more.) Access to attached documents such as briefs,  » Read More

Searching for your content... ASHLAND, Ore., June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Few of us are who we portray on Facebook, Instagram, or even LinkedIn. Social media is, in fact, carefully calibrated to undermine raw honesty. Instead, it spawns enticing illusions and addictive engagement. Instagram model Jessica Wilde has made a handsome living off that dark reality, but she's also a victim of the digital funhouse mirror. Wilde's namesake online persona is an idealized sex goddess who bears little resemblance to her creator. Unfortunately, it's all too easy to confuse the two identities—even for the flesh-and-blood Wilde. Going Wilde Cover Image She explores that troubling paradox in her brutally honest and intriguing new memoir, Going Wilde: How I Became the Woman I Was Meant to Be by Creating a Woman I'm Not. It would be understandable to mistake Wilde's story for a simple rags-to-riches tale. After all, she went from a youth marred by poverty, social isolation, sexual abuse, and bad decisions, to Internet fame that gave her control over her own destiny and provided a comfortable life for her and her daughter. Unfortunately, true happiness is never that simple. As she accumulated followers and her online success grew, Wilde struggled…

Instagram will begin showing users full-screen videos in their feeds in response to “stiff competition” with TikTok and YouTube, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said on Wednesday. “Let’s be honest: There’s some really serious competition right now. TikTok is huge, YouTube is even bigger and there’s lots of other upstarts as well. And so people are looking to Instagram to be entertained. There’s stiff competition, and there’s more to do,” Mosseri said in a video. “We have to embrace that. And that means change.” The videos that will start showing up in users’ feeds in the coming months will include recommended content from accounts users don’t already follow, with a new test feature being rolled out this week that will allow users to select topics that they want to see more or less of, Mosseri said. In recent years, Instagram has rolled out video-focused platforms like IGTV, which allows users to upload videos up to 15 minutes, as well as its TikTok copycat, Reels. Since its 2018 launch, IGTV has struggled to find success among creators in a crowded video space, but the company introduced IGTV ads and monetization tools for creators using IGTV in May. And later this month, Instagram will…

Cannabis lifestyle brand Civilized Worldwide Inc. is teaming up with Tumblr to design the network's first cannabis industry blog, which is expected to launch in July. Civilized will be the cannabis content curator for the new site, Cannabis.Tumblr.com and will build out its content and community of contributors and partners to create a "culturally accurate, informative and entertaining cannabis experience for the Tumblr community." Not A Moment Too Soon Tumblr's ever-expanding audience accounts for 21% of CBD sales in the U.S. based on a 2020 analysis done by GWI Global. At the beginning of this year, the popular Gen Z-attractive social networking site had 327 million unique visitors across the world. “Just a few weeks ago we announced our re-launch with a focus on amplifying the voice of the cannabis, hemp and CBD communities,” said Terri MacDonald Riedle, CEO and co-founder of Civilized. “Now, our strategic partnership with Tumblr is an exciting extension of that promise. The Tumblr audience is a critical community for our industry, and we are thrilled to directly introduce their membership of millions to broader cannabis culture.” Terry City, vice president of brand partnerships at Tumblr, added that they are pleased to partner with Civilized and utilize their experience on this project while advancing their platform. “We are thrilled to have…

What Should Queer Representation in the MCU Even Look Like? Episode three of Marvel’s Loki gave some fans something they’ve been waiting over a decade to see: a confirmed queer leading character in an MCU property. Loki has been a fan favorite going back to the release of Thor in 2011. (The original Tumblr fandom is living its absolute best life these days.) So it’s no surprise that Loki’s confirmation as bisexual sent fans into an emotional tweetstorm of queer glee. Series director Kate Herron, who is bisexual herself, shared her own connection to the episode. Though she called the inclusion a “small step” in terms of representation in the MCU,  she added, “I’m happy, and heart is so full.” Herron’s statement on the importance of Loki’s bisexuality becoming text marks a major shift in the MCU. Loki’s coming out follows years of fan criticism of the way the MCU has handled queer representation to date. As one fan noted in 2019, with then 22 movies on the books and a host of tangential television properties, “the lack of LGBTQ+ characters and tendency to queerbait characters is beyond frustrating.” (Note: Loki doesn’t use the word “bisexual,” but maybe we can…

June 30, 2021 | 1:15pm Enlarge Image JJ Watt recently reposted an old Twitter exchange he had with Kealia Ohai. Getty Images Long before JJ Watt and Kealia Ohai tied the knot in 2020, the two were simply chummy on Twitter. On Tuesday, the Arizona Cardinals defensive end reposted a 2014 exchange with Ohai, which took place after the Houston Dash selected the soccer star second overall in the NWSL College Draft in January of that year. “Welcome to Houston @KealiaOhai! Great start for the new Dash franchise #TeamHouston,” Watt tweeted, calling out his then-NFL city. Ohai later responded to Watt, stating she was “excited to play in one of the best cities in the world.” Watt, 32, went on to thank a Twitter follower Tuesday for bringing the brief conversation with Ohai, 29, to his attention. “Thanks for pointing this out @lllaciminos,” Watt tweeted. “Turned out to be a great start in many ways, eh @KealiaOhai?” Watt, who played for the Houston Texans from 2011 to 2021, was first linked to Ohai in 2016. Three years later, the couple got engaged during a sunset dinner. Watt later flew Ohai’s loved ones to Houston to celebrate the engagement. Kealia Ohai…

Twitter isn’t the biggest social network out there: Both Facebook and Instagram are significantly bigger, and Snapchat also has surpassed Twitter’s daily user base. But two of Twitter’s top execs focused on the entertainment industry, Sarah Rosen and Lara Cohen, say they’re looking to deliver on quality of engagement for their partners, not just quantity of followers. On this week’s episode of Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast, Rosen and Cohen broke down how the company teams up with talent and media companies to maximize reach and is regularly developing new tools to connect with fans. Social media has grown far more crowded in the last few years, said Rosen, head of U.S. entertainment and news partnerships for Twitter. Compared with other platforms, she said, “We are the place for realness — and that’s what resonates with users… and people actually read on Twitter, so your words and your tweets matter.” Her group works with TV networks, music companies, publishers and other media; Rosen called out MTV and Bravo as great examples of partners that are “true to their voice.” “We’ve never been the biggest platform. We haven’t been the newest,” Rosen said. “So we’ve always set out to be the best…