Five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it. All stories from 24 October 2026
Google now says it may use your Gmail, Drive and Photos to target ads if you let Gemini and Search see them
If you switched on Gemini's Personal Intelligence, Google's own policy now lets that data shape the ads you see.
A New Mexico court orders Facebook to pay $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy, and Meta says it will appeal
The New Mexico Department of Justice says a court ordered Facebook to pay $25 billion in civil penalties under the state's Unfair Practices Act. A jury had found 43,899,725 violations in a case that grew out of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and covered Facebook's statements about user privacy, third-party access to personal data and harmful content. The Los Angeles Times reports Meta says it will appeal.
- Open Facebook and Instagram settings, find the apps and websites that can access your account, and remove those you no longer use.
- Before you connect Meta's Muse assistant to your business accounts, decide what it may see, and keep client data and payment details out of it until you are sure.
Source: New Mexico Department of Justice. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: New Mexico Department of Justice, from its own announcement. How we source and credit
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