Four-time Emmy nominee and Critics’ Choice Television Award winner Cat Deeley will host the live broadcast of the Critics’ Choice Television Awards on A&E on Sunday, May 31 (8pm ET/5pm PT), it was announced today by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA). Deeley, longtime host of So You Think You Can Dance, hosted the first Critics’ Choice Television Awards in 2011.
In addition to So You Think You Can Dance, Deeley can be seen as villain Camomile White on Hulu’s Deadbeat, currently in its second season. Her other television credits include Disney Channel’s Shake it Up, HBO’s Life’s Too Short, TV Land’s The Exes as well as a voice role on The Simpsons.
The Critics’ Choice Television Awards will honor programs and performances that aired between June 1, 2014 and May 31, 2015. Submissions are still being accepted for The Most Exciting New Series category, which honors series premiering after May 1, 2015, including any announced summer, fall or winter premieres. The Most Exciting New Series winners will be announced on Tuesday, May 26.
South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users
South Korea's privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.
It was the latest in a series of penalties against Meta by South Korean authorities in recent years as they increase their scrutiny of how the company, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, handles private information.
Following a four-year investigation, South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission concluded that Meta unlawfully collected sensitive information about around 980,000 Facebook users, including their religion, political views and whether they were in same-sex unions, from July 2018 to March 2022.
It said the company shared the data with around 4,000 advertisers.
South Korea's privacy law provides strict protection for information related to personal beliefs, political views and sexual behavior, and bars companies from processing or using such data without the specific consent of the person involved.
The commission said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing the pages the Facebook users liked or the advertisements they clicked on.
The company categorized ads to identify users interested in themes such as specific religions, same-sex and transgender issues, and issues related to North Korean escapees, said Lee Eun Jung, a director at the commission who led the investigation on Meta.
"While Meta collected this sensitive information and used it for individualized services, they made only vague mentions of this use in their data policy and did not obtain specific consent," Lee said.
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