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Instagram files to dismiss Terms of Service lawsuit

Instagram's lawyers have filed to dismissed a user's lawsuit over the company's controversial terms of service changes, arguing that the user has the facts all wrong.

On Feb 14, 2013 by Kris Holt

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How to protect your photos on Twitter

A judge has ruled that photos can't just be lifted from Twitter users' pages, but apparently embedded tweets are in a convenient loophole. What to do?

On Jan 21, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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High-profile users abandon Instagram over new terms of service

National Geographic, Wired writer Mat Honan, and singer Pink are just three of the well-known Instagram users who are leaving the photo-sharing community because of its controversial new terms of service.

On Dec 19, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III

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Instagram promises to “fix any mistakes” in terms of service

Instagram is trying to soothe users after making headlines for all the wrong reasons. 

On Dec 18, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III

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Former Reddit programmer hit with 9 more felony charges in MIT hacking case

Aaron Swartz, an early Reddit employee, is now being charged with criminal violations of a website's terms of service.

On Sep 18, 2012 by Kevin Morris

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Bruce Willis takes on the iTunes terms of service, becomes a meme

When the action star found out he couldn't bequeath his massive iTunes music library to his daughters, he said he might sue Apple. Reddit immediately turned Anti-iTunes Willis into an image macro.

On Sep 3, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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“Arab Spring” Kickstarter suddenly suspended

Former journalist Matthew Vandyke was about $4,000 short when his documentary project was taken offline yesterday.

On Aug 22, 2012 by Jennifer Abel

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California establishes privacy protection unit

Six dedicated prosecutors seek to punish websites that violate consumers' privacy.

On Jul 25, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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YouTube MP3 founder seeks meeting with Google brass

Philip Matesanz, 21, has almost a million supporters in his fight to keep YouTube MP3 up and running.

On Jul 18, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger

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Dot Dot Dot: Coming to terms with Terms of Service

Should companies be required to seek our input when they want to change their TOS?

On Jul 5, 2012 by Nicholas White

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YouTube attempts to shutter MP3 download site

The video-sharing site is suing YouTube MP3, claiming any tool that allows users to download YouTube content is a breach of its terms of service.

On Jun 19, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III

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Twitter details information collected from users

As part of a privacy update last week, Twitter clarified the data it collects from users and under what circumstances it would use that information. 

On May 21, 2012 by Fruzsina Eördögh

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What you need to know about Google’s privacy changes

 In essence, Google wants to smooth the lines between its many services and build a better data profile of you. 

On Mar 1, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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