Meta has settled a significant privacy case by agreeing to stop targeting UK user Tanya O'Carroll with personalized ads, potentially influencing millions of users. This landmark decision might lead to a future offering of a paid, ad-free version of its platforms for UK users. Meanwhile, Yahoo has sold TechCrunch to Regent, marking yet another ownership shift for the influential tech news platform. In related news, UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle urged critics of the AI copyright framework to embrace change, as the government seeks to balance technological advancement with artistic innovation.
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has agreed to stop targeting a UK citizen, Tanya O'Carroll, with personalised adverts - settling a landmark privacy case that could set a precedent for millions of social media users.
Yahoo has announced the sale of TechCrunch, the influential tech journalism site, to media investment firm Regent. The deal marks another shift in ownership for TechCrunch, which has changed hands multiple times in recent years.
UK technology secretary Peter Kyle has called on opponents of the government's proposed AI copyright framework to avoid resisting change, as he prepares to make a decision on the controversial policy.
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