![]() ![]() Only 24 percent of iPhone users around the world have consented to being tracked by advertisers, according to data published in December by the analytics company Flurry. And the tech industry received a clear notice that a long-planned shift in how people’s information may be used online was having a dramatic impact on Madison Avenue and internet companies that have spent years building businesses around selling ads. Meta’s warning and its cratering stock price were reminders that even among tech giants, Apple holds extraordinary sway because of its control of the iPhone. Zuckerberg said Wednesday that Apple’s changes and new privacy regulations in Europe represented “a clear trend where less data is available to deliver personalized ads.” The news, along with increased spending as Meta tries to focus on the new idea of a metaverse, dropped Meta’s stock price more than 26 percent on Thursday morning. Zuckerberg’s company $10 billion in lost sales this year. Meta said that privacy features introduced by Apple last year could cost Mr. That lesson was clear on Wednesday in an earnings report from Meta, the company that Mark Zuckerberg founded as Facebook. ![]() Apple’s vision of a more private web is not necessarily a more profitable one for internet companies that depend on advertising revenue. Background checks on all gun sales are a common-sense solution with overwhelming public support and are a critical step toward stemming the gun violence epidemic in this country. The Senate must follow the House's lead by passing bipartisan legislation that would update the background checks law, helping to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them, in an effort to save lives. However, in the decades since, the law requiring background checks on gun sales has not been updated to reflect how people buy guns today. Since Congress established the background check system 25 years ago, background checks have blocked more than 3.5 million gun sales to prohibited purchasers, including to convicted felons, domestic abusers, and people who have been involuntarily committed. That's why we urge the Senate to stand with the American public and take action on gun safety by passing a bill to require background checks on all gun sales and a strong Red Flag law that would allow courts to issue life-saving extreme risk protection orders.īackground checks and Extreme Risk laws (also referred to as "Red Flag laws") are proven to save lives. We need our lawmakers to support common sense gun laws that could prevent tragedies like these. There are steps Congress can, and must, take to prevent and reduce gun violence. Gun violence in America is not inevitable it's preventable. ![]() Doing nothing about America's gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable and it is time to stand with the American public on gun safety. This is a public health crisis that demands urgent action.Īs leaders of some of America's most respected companies and those with significant business interests in the United States, we are writing to you because we have a responsibility and obligation to stand up for the safety of our employees, customers and all Americans in the communities we serve across the country. These are more than mass shootings in recent weeks, gun violence has devastated Chicago, Canoga Park, Newport News, Gilroy and Brooklyn, among others. ![]() These families became members of a club that no one wants to join: the millions of Americans whose lives have been forever altered by gun violence.Įvery day, 100 Americans are shot and killed and hundreds more are wounded. Our hearts are with the victims, their families and loved ones and all those affected by the tragic shootings in El Paso and West Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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