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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.
- $4. Facebook has fought vigorously against the release of the documents, arguing that they presented an unbalanced picture of the company.
- $4. California has been quietly investigating Facebook over privacy issues and its business model for more than a year.
- $4. In April 2018 Facebook implemented new rules restricting the amount of personal data third parties could access following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but some apps seem to have been unaffected by the new rules.
- $4. The criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday alleges that the former employees snooped on the accounts of people who were critical of Saudi Arabia.
- $4. David Drummond, Alphabet's chief legal officer, had an affair and a child with a subordinate and is accused of having other affairs with women in his department.
- $4 Gates said he thought affiliating with Epstein would encourage the financier to commit money to global health initiatives, but that the money never materialized.
- $4. Airbnb will now verify all listings and have a 24/7 help line available, among other changes.
- $4. The curfew is part of its relaunch of Hitch, a carpooling app which Didi suspended after the murder of a female passenger in August 2018.
- $4. Underage gamers will also be restricted to 90 minutes of gameplay on weekdays according to China's General Administration of Press and Publication.
- $4. This was a major defeat for Airbnb, which spent more than $4 million campaigning against the increased regulation ahead of the vote and its upcoming IPO.
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