Tag: Facebook

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Brazil's antitrust watchdog is asking Facebook to explain it fee structure

  

  Brazil's antitrust watchdog is asking Facebook Inc to explain the fee structure for its short-lived payments service launched in June in partnership with card processor Cielo SA, according to a document seen by Reuters.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Facebook and Twitter take down the accounts of high-profile Bolsonaro supporters

  

  Facebook and Twitter took down the accounts of several high-profile supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro following a Supreme Court order, a move that underlines the tricky territory the social media titans are navigating in some of the world's largest jurisdictions.

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 06:47 UTC

  Trump replaces his campaign manager with less than four months to Election Day

  

  President Donald Trump replaced his campaign manager on Wednesday as he faces a gap in the polls against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden with less than four months to Election Day.

• Thursday, July 9th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  Facebook suspends network of political messages from staff at Bolsonaro and his two sons' offices

  

  Facebook on Wednesday suspended a network of social media accounts it said were used to spread divisive political messages online by employees of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and two of his sons.

• Thursday, July 9th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Hate speech: Germany insists in regulating online social networks, despite Facebook's promises

  

  Germany is determined to expand its attempts to regulate online hate speech even as Facebook promises to do more to clean up its site after a global advertiser boycott, with politicians saying the issue is too important to leave to self-regulation.

• Wednesday, July 8th 2020 - 06:49 UTC

  StopHateForProfit coalition will continue Facebook ad boycott: no agreement with Zuckerberg

  

  Organizers of the Facebook ad boycott vowed on Tuesday to continue their campaign, saying the social network's top executives had failed to offer meaningful action on curbing hateful content.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Facebook 'hate speech' boycott: 400 brands stop advertising; civil rights groups insist in meeting Zuckerberg

  

  Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook as of Thursday, after the failure of last-ditch talks to stop a boycott over hate speech on the site.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:12 UTC

  Brazil's WhatsApp payment messaging service lifts antitrust ruling, but still faces central bank objections

  

  Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade on Tuesday said it was revoking its previous decision suspending Facebook Inc’s recently launched WhatsApp payments messaging service in partnership with card processor Cielo SA.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Some of the largest corporations that joined the boycott of Facebook: “stop hate for profit”

  

  Some companies have joined a boycott of Facebook after critics accused the social network of inadequately policing hateful and misleading content on its platform. Here's a list of companies that are planning to halt spending on social media.

• Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:28 UTC

  Facebook advertising boycott campaign preparing to expand to major companies in Europe

  

  Organizers of a Facebook advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list of major companies are now preparing to take the battle global to increase pressure on the social media company to remove hate speech. The new chapter comes when PepsiCo had decided to stop advertising on Facebook Inc, according to Fox Business News.