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Is Google bad?
It’s bad enough when you run a search company in an increasingly social world. Google’s history of anti-social social networks and anti-trust trust relations that deceptively breach online consumer privacy and trust has already begun to threaten its longstanding web hegemony and its vaunted brand. …
How does the FTC regulate social media?
The FTC’s authority to enforce consumer protection laws and prevent fraudulent practices against consumers has taken a unique and enhanced turn due to the advent of social media platforms. The agency is authorized to regulate social media platforms, blogs, posts, online articles, endorsements and testimonials, etc.
Enforcement Relief The FTC actively works with other law enforcement partners to monitor social media advertising and enforce compliance, such as state attorneys general and other federal agencies, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Is Google Photos the first Google product that persuades people to share?
While we allow the company to passively track us through platforms like Chrome and Maps, Google Photos may be the first Google product that persuades people to actively share their personal information with the company en masse since Gmail.
What is Google Photos and how popular is it?
Right now the company is feasting on photos and videos being uploaded through its surprisingly popular app Google Photos. The cloud-storage service, salvaged from the husk of the struggling social network Google+ in 2015, now has 500 million monthly active users adding 1.2 billion photos per day.
How often do your photos disappear from Google Photos?
Every week or so, the last 5-6 years’ of photos disappears temporarily from Google Photos. I can still access photos I’ve placed into albums, but everything else is simply unavailable for hours or days. This has been going on for a couple of years. Right now, I’ve had all photos from after June 2013 disappear.
Is Google Photos the best option for managing a large library?
The service already uses machine-learning algorithms to classify the objects in photos and make them searchable, so that users can easily find all their pictures of dogs or beer or sunsets. With all these perks, plus unlimited storage, Google Photos is set to become the most convenient, powerful option available for managing a large media library.