Tag: Facebook

• Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 07:39 UTC

  Unilever stops advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in US until the end of 2020

  

  Consumer giant Unilever, home to brands including Ben and Jerry's and Marmite, said on Friday it will stop advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the US until the end of 2020 due to the “polarized election period” there.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 21:10 UTC

  US and EU clash over taxes on digital firms; accord or no accord France will apply a 3% levy by end of the year

  

  France said a U.S. decision to quit global talks on how to tax big digital firms such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook was a “provocation” and the European Union said it could impose taxes even if no deal was reached by year-end.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 21:06 UTC

  Facebook removes 900 accounts associated with far right violent groups

  

  Facebook on Tuesday removed almost 900 accounts associated with the far-right Proud Boys and American Guard, including those belonging to Proud Boys supporters who marched into a protest zone in Seattle last Monday and confronted anti-racist demonstrators.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  Ahead of US presidential election, Facebook will affix labels to political ads shared by users

  

  Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would affix labels to political ads shared by users on their own feeds, closing what critics have said for years was a glaring loophole in the company’s election transparency measures.

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 07:14 UTC

  Facebook employee who challenged Zuckerberg's silence towards inflammatory posts from Trump was fired

  

  A Facebook Inc employee who criticized Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump this month said on Friday that the social media company had fired him.

• Saturday, June 6th 2020 - 13:31 UTC

  Twitter, Facebook, Instagram disable Trump's campaign video, citing copyright complaints

  

  Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled President Donald Trump’s campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms on Friday, citing copyright complaints.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 09:39 UTC

  US billionaires become significantly richer during the pandemic

  

  The combined wealth of America's billionaires, including Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, jumped more than 19% or by half a trillion since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, according to a report published by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  Facebook staff criticize Zuckerberg for leaving Trump’s most inflammatory verbiage unchallenged

  

  Facebook employees walked away from their work-from-home desks on Monday and took to Twitter to accuse Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg of inadequately policing U.S. President Donald Trump’s posts as strictly as the rival platform has done.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 10:00 UTC

  Facebook removes events promoting protests against stay-at-home measures

  

  Facebook Inc said on Monday that it has removed events in Nebraska, New Jersey and California promoting protests against stay-at-home measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:45 UTC

  Colombia orders Facebook to strengthen security measures to protect users personal data

  

  Colombia issued an ultimatum to Facebook, telling the Silicon Valley-based tech giant it must strengthen its security measures to better protect users' personal data in the Andean country.