This week in the Weekly News Roundup, Social Media is under attack for PI tracking, the FBI crime sharing database is hacked, and TikTok study shows self-harm videos shown to kids in less than 30 minutes. We also visit SillyVille.

The Articles

Privacy
https://privacylaw.proskauer.com/2022/12/articles/data-privacy-laws/hhs-bulletin-covered-entities-disclosure-of-phi-collected-via-online-tracking-technologies-falls-under-hipaa/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/12/indiana-sues-tiktok-describes-it-as-chinese-trojan-horse

https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/5000/how-avoid-social-media-monitoring-guide-climate-activists

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/15/meta-facebook-owner-warns-spyware-social-media

https://blogs.dlapiper.com/privacymatters/end-of-metas-targeted-ads-model/

Security
https://www.techradar.com/news/sequoia-breach-sees-hackers-access-customer-social-security-numbers-and-covid-19-test-results

https://www.techradar.com/news/new-attack-method-can-steal-offline-pc-data-through-walls

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/139647/malware/gotrim-botnet-wordpress.html

https://blog.talosintelligence.com/html-smugglers-turn-to-svg-images/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/12/fbis-vetted-info-sharing-network-infragard-hacked/

Business
https://9to5google.com/2022/12/12/manifest-v2-chrome-extension/

https://www.techradar.com/news/antivirus-software-can-be-hijacked-to-wipe-data

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/report-apple-engineers-are-working-on-third-party-app-store-support-in-ios/

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/14/1062385/the-cloud-is-key-for-financial-services-undergoing-digital-transformation/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/15/tiktok-self-harm-study-results-every-parents-nightmare

SillyVille
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-throws-christmas-tree-wife-after-being-asked-help-with-dinner

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/13/smart-speakers-help-people-living-alone-feel-less-lonely-survey-finds

https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/13/cuba-ransomware-microsoft-drivers/

Banned
https://notthebee.com/article/pennsylvania-school-board-member-says-electing-a-qualified-cis-white-male-for-district-president-would-send-the-wrong-message/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11523837/Photographer-picked-Britains-Moon-tourist-anti-fracker-fossil-fuel-critic.html

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/recycling-firm-fined-after-tossed-batteries-cause-garbage-truck-fires/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/13/leo-varadkar-nightclub-footage-triggers-privacy-debate-in-ireland-social-media-regulation

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/youtube-moderation-bots-will-crack-down-on-spam-in-comments-live-chats/

https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(22)00822-1/fulltext