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Meta Reaches $1.4B Settlement With Texas Over Privacy Violations

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:19:43 +0000

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram faced allegations that it had collected facial identification information on millions of users in violation of a state law.

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SJ Police Launch ‘Most Wanted’ Facebook and Instagram Pages

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:03:41 +0000

The San Jose Police Department social media pages will showcase violent crime cases displaying suspects that have been identified but outstanding.

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Feds Say San Jose Man Schemed to Sell Stolen High-End Bicycles in Mexico

San Jose Inside — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:59:20 +0000

Victoriano Romero owns an automotive shop in San Jose where prosecutors say he received the stolen bicycles, took pictures of them, disassembled them, packaged them for delivery, and then had them transported to Mexico for sale.

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Meta Accused by CA and Other States of Luring Children to Instagram, Facebook

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:57:43 +0000

Meta was accused of knowingly using features on Instagram and Facebook to hook children to its platforms, even as the company said its social media sites were safe for young people.

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Op Ed: Social Media Companies Can Help Stop Dangerous ‘Sideshows’

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 23:56:07 +0000

Research shows that sideshow posts can attract hundreds of people in a matter of minutes. We are asking social media platforms to work with our police department to suspend the accounts of people who post content promoting these events.

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How Silicon Valley Moguls Save Millions in Taxes by Skirting a Century-Old Law

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:34:20 +0000

Congress outlawed tax deductions on “wash sales” in 1921, but Goldman Sachs and others have helped billionaires like Silicon Valley's Mark Zuckerberg, Brian Acton and Dustin Moskovitz see huge tax savings by selling stocks for a loss and then replacing them with nearly identical investments.

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Capitol Bracing for Social Media Showdown

CalMatters — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:25:56 +0000

Under amendments made public June 30, only public prosecutors, such as the state attorney general and county district attorneys, would have the power to bring civil lawsuits against social media giants for deploying designs or features they know will addict kids.

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Former San Jose Resident Sentenced to Five Years In Prison for Online Fraud Scheme

San Jose Inside — Thu, 05 May 2022 19:30:28 +0000

San Jose police and the IRS discover that Amanda Riley faked cancer to defraud victims out of more than $105,000.

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Kremen Drops Out of Assessor Race after Accusations of Sexual Harassment

San Jose Inside — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:15:05 +0000

Gary Kremen, founder of Match.com, promised to return $71,000 in campaign contributions from his assessor campaign, but said he wants to keep his seat on the Santa Clara Valley Water District board of directors.

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Facebook Allowed Surge of Insurrection Threats Leading up to Jan. 6 Attack on Capitol

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:21:35 +0000

A ProPublica/Washington Post analysis of Facebook posts, internal company documents and interviews, provides the clearest evidence yet that the social media giant played a critical role in spreading lies that fomented the violence of Jan. 6.

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