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<p>Mark Zuckerberg may face members of European Parliament about the company's privacy scandals.&nbsp;</p>

Facebook nears deal for Zuckerberg to face European Parliament

Fresh off his grilling by Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly is close to an agreement on a format for an appearance before the EU.

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Facebook: We take 'false news' in your timeline seriously

Google, LinkedIn, AirBNB and Microsoft join Facebook at a conference on abuse of online services in explaining how they use algorithms to fight fraud.

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Here's the tech China's using to monitor, shame and rate citizens

The government is using surveillance cameras, facial recognition and smart glasses to score people on social behavior, which can lead to punishment.

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China turns to tech to monitor, shame, rate citizens

In Beijing, the Chinese government is using surveillance cameras, facial recognition and smart glasses to score people on their social behavior, which can lead to public shaming and punishment.

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<p>Europol said it shut down the largest DDoS-for-hire website on Wednesday.</p>

Europol shuts down largest cyberattack-for-hire website

Webstresser.org was allegedly behind 4 million distributed denial-of-service attacks before police in Europe arrested its administrators.

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<p>Researchers discovered a way to keep Amazon's voice assistant constantly listening.</p>

Amazon's Alexa had a flaw that let eavesdroppers listen in

The problem was promptly fixed once researchers alerted Amazon.

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<p>Twitter released a new privacy policy Tuesday that will go into effect on May 25, 2018.&nbsp;</p>

Twitter's new privacy policy: Here's what we do with your data

In a new policy, the social media site lays out how it uses your data. As EU regulations loom, expect more privacy updates from the services you use.

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<p>The CIA has been targeting wireless routers since 2010, according to newly released documents.</p>

CIA says foreign AI is tracking its spies

AI systems are now more likely to snoop on agents than their human counterparts.

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<p>Yahoo, now known as Altaba, has agreed to pay $35 million over failing to disclose its breach for up to two years.</p>

Company formerly known as Yahoo to pay $35M over massive breach

Altaba, called Yahoo before the Verizon buyout, will have to pay for a failure to disclose a giant data breach from 2014.

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<p>One hundred cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stand outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, April 10, 2018. Advocacy group Avaaz is calling attention to what the groups says are hundreds of millions of fake accounts still spreading disinformation on Facebook. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)</p>

Here's how Facebook defines terrorism -- and how it's responding

The social network says it removed 1.9 million pieces of ISIS and al-Qaida related content.

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Gmail spam mystery: Before you change your password, read this

Some Gmail users have been reporting spam in their sent folders. But before you change your password, do this first.

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Facebook says you aren't the product, social media is

The social network's vice president of ads seeks to answer the "hard question" of how much data the company has on its 2 billion users and how it's used.

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