Banks Fined $549 Million Over Use of WhatsApp and Other Messaging Apps
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Banks Fined $549 Million Over Use of WhatsApp and Other Messaging Apps

The penalties add to nearly $2 billion in record-keeping fines last year for the improper policing of employee communications on private messaging services.
Elon Musk’s Quixotic Quest to Turn X Into an ‘Everything App’
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Elon Musk’s Quixotic Quest to Turn X Into an ‘Everything App’

Mr. Musk, the owner of Twitter, is the latest Silicon Valley mogul to pursue an all-in-one app, the kind that has thrived in Asia but not elsewhere.
Russia Seeds New Surveillance Tech to Squash Ukraine War Dissent
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Russia Seeds New Surveillance Tech to Squash Ukraine War Dissent

Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. The tech may also be sold overseas.