Neowin News Feed for: Violation

Apple removes ad-free Instagram client from App Store following complaints from Meta

Usama Jawad — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:14:01 +0000

A third-party Instagram client has been removed from the App Store after raking in thousands of downloads in a few days. It offered an ad-free, customizable experience that Meta did not appreciate. Read more...

Indonesia has blocked Steam, Yahoo, PayPal, and more for license violations

Usama Jawad — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:12:01 +0000

The Indonesian government has blocked multiple companies and services for continuing to operate without registering themselves. Registration would also enforce certain tough regulatory restrictions. Read more...

Meta fined by US government for implementing racist and discriminatory algorithms

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 07:44:01 +0000

The US government has taken Meta to court and imposed a fine for violating the Fair Housing Act for implementing discriminatory ad targeting system based on their "race, color, religion, and more". Read more...

Google is killing off most call recording apps next month

Usama Jawad — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:10:01 +0000

Google is effectively killing off third-party call recorder apps in the Play Store by restricting access to its Accessibility APIs which were being used by developers to circumvent Google's policies. Read more...

Facebook bans NYU Ad Observatory's accounts for unauthorized data scraping

Usama Jawad — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 06:32:01 +0000

The NYU Ad Observatory project studies political ads on Facebook. Its access to the platform has now been shut down because it breached user privacy by scraping data, despite repeated warnings. Read more...

Apple reverses stance about popular Mac app being named after a drug

Usama Jawad — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 06:14:02 +0000

Apple recently stated that the Amphetamine app for Mac would be removed from the App Store for being named after a drug and featuring a pill icon. Now, the company has reversed its stance. Read more...

Twitter cracks down on QAnon conspiracy group, bans 7,000 accounts

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:12:01 +0000

Twitter announced a crackdown on QAnon, the conspiracy theory movement, by banning 7,000 accounts, and taking additional measures to prevent the spread of content violating the platform's rules. Read more...

Lyrics website alleges that Google steals its content

Usama Jawad — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:46:01 +0000

Popular lyrics website Genius has alleged that Google steals content from its website and shows it directly in search results, which consequently means less viewership for the website. Read more...

Spotify is being sued for gender discrimination and equal pay violation

Ruel Revales — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:32:01 +0000

A former employee at Spotify has filed a legal complaint against the music streaming company for giving a higher pay to male staffers and for other violations such as gender discrimination. Read more...

Facebook bans Myanmar's top military chief and dozens of pages from its services

Jay Bonggolto — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 15:32:54 +0000

Following a UN Human Rights Council report which found evidence of human rights abuses in Myanmar, Facebook has banned dozens of accounts and pages, including that of the country's top military chief. Read more...

The state of Washington sues Facebook and Google for not keeping track of election ads

Gurkaran Singh — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:24:01 +0000

The state capital of the United States is filing a lawsuit against the two conglomerates for allegedly violating campaign finance law. The state seeks penalties and an injuction on the two companies. Read more...

Qualcomm fined over $850 million for antitrust violations

Usama Jawad — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 08:16:01 +0000

Qualcomm has been fined over $850 million in South Korea for violating antitrust laws. The company has publicly complained against the decision and aims to file an official appeal soon. Read more...

Microsoft stresses that Windows 10 does not breach your privacy

Usama Jawad — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:50:01 +0000

Microsoft's Terry Myerson has offered a statement on the privacy concerns faced by some users in Windows 10, claiming that "unlike some other platforms", Microsoft does not collect personal data. Read more...

YouTube porn filters versus Irish Gaelic; luck of the Irish wins

Steven Parker — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:44:01 +0000

One user discovered a loophole in YouTube's automatic word filtering for unsavoury content and promptly uploaded around twenty pornographic videos *cue canned laughter* Read more...

Google quietly removes Amazon's app from the Play Store

Usama Jawad — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:10:01 +0000

Amazon's official app has been removed from Google Play due to a store hidden internally within the main app, which violated Google's Developer Distribution Agreement. Read more...

Google removes Pirate Bay related apps from the Play Store

Usama Jawad — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:30:01 +0000

Google continues its efforts to eradicate piracy after facing harsh criticism. The latest includes removing Pirate Bay related apps from the store, much to the dismay of the respective developers. Read more...

Microsoft accused of patent violation in China

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:31:11 +0000

A small Chinese high-tech firm is suing Microsoft Corp because it says the software giant has stolen its creation that allows Internet users to type Chinese characters, but Microsoft countered the claim on Friday. Zhongyi... Read more...

Apple faces iPod, iTunes patent violation claims

Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:24:07 +0000

Apple has found itself facing a pair of intellectual property challenges that separately claim its FairPlay DRM system and its iPod music player contain technologies to which the Mac maker does not have a right.... Read more...

Microsoft to face patent violation claims today

Tue, 08 Jul 2003 10:07:58 +0000

Microsoft will find itself in dock (again) today when the patent infringement case brought against it by little-known, privately owned technology developer Eolas comes to the US District Court for Eastern Illinois. At... Read more...