Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Facebook.
The social media giant agreed to settle a lawsuit for sharing data with third parties like Cambridge Analytica. Meta's Facebook settled a long-running lawsuit in a US court seeking damages for letting third parties access the private data of users, according to an article in POLITICO. The mos... Read more
2 years ago
According to Norway's data protection authority, Facebook owner Meta should be penalized for continuing to transfer Europeans' private data to the United States in contravention of an essential EU court order. If authorities do not punish the US tech giant, there would be little or no motivation... Read more
2 years ago
Facebook and Instagram are staying online for the foreseeable future. The Irish Data Protection Authority (DPA) wants to tighten the reins on Meta, but not every member state supports its case. Ireland's DPA proposed a ban on intercontinental data transfers from Meta in July, threatening to remo... Read more
2 years ago
Meta revealed an updated Facebook app that closely resembles TikTok. The update will be pushed to users next week. The tab features a 'Suggested for You' option that brings users to content unrelated to their page. The design is highly similar to TikTok. Earlier this month, part of the rele... Read more
2 years ago
Amazon is taking the administrators of 10,000 Facebook groups to court for posting fake reviews. The administrators allegedly pay consumers in exchange for posting fake product reviews on Amazon's retail platform. According to Amazon, the Facebook group administrators recruit fake reviewers for ... Read more
2 years ago
Meta's head of engineering told his managers to identify and report low performers so they could force those employees out of the company, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The move is just the latest sign of belt-tightening at the organization behind Facebook. “Every manager n... Read more
2 years ago
The Irish privacy authority wants to ban data transfers between Meta and the United States. The bill can be implemented in a few months. There's a chance that Instagram and Facebook will no longer be available to European users. The Irish privacy authority shared the proposal in a letter to all ... Read more
2 years ago
France's antitrust authority confirmed that Alphabet subsidiary Google has pledged to settle a national copyright issue. According to the antitrust authority, Google decided not to fight a $528 million punishment paid last year. The ruling puts an end to the authority's probe into Google, which ... Read more
2 years ago
According to an EU document obtained by Reuters, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other tech giants will have to combat deepfakes and fake accounts or face heavy fines under a revised European Union code of practice. As part of its war on false news, the European Commission will release a revised ... Read more
2 years ago
A second probe into Google's Advertising practices was launched by British Competition Regulators on Thursday, indicating that the tech giant may be favoring its own services by distorting competition. The competition and market authority (CMA) recent probe follows up on the investigation into F... Read more
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