Meta Platforms was hit with 11 complaints on Thursday over proposed changes that would see it use personal data to train its artificial intelligence models without asking for consent, which may breach European Union privacy rules. Advocacy group NOYB (none of your business) urged national privacy watchdogs to act immediately to halt such use, saying recent changes in Meta's privacy policy, which come into force on June 26, would allow it to use years of personal posts, private images or online tracking data for its AI technology. NOYB has already filed several complaints against Meta and other Big Tech companies over alleged breaches of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which threatens fines up to 4% of a company's total global turnover for violations.
美股顯著造好,炒減息的氣氛將納斯達克指數推升近2%,重上17,000點以上,並與標普500指數雙雙創歷史新高。晶片股大爆發,英偉達市值突破3萬億美元,並超越蘋果,成為美國第二大上市公司。再有數據顯示美國就業市場降溫,而鄰國加拿大率先減息,創七大工業國之先,市場對美國減息的憧憬升溫。金價顯著升超過1%。
Dubbed the Magnificent Seven stocks, Apple, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Tesla lived up to their name in 2023 with big gains. But the middle part of the second quarter of 2024 showed a big divergence of returns.