Tag: Facebook

• Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 12:20 UTC

  Brazil fines Facebook for breach of privacy involving some 443.000 users

  

  Brazil's government imposed a 6.6 million real (US$ 1.5 million) fine on Facebook and its local unit for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The fine is tied to Facebook's unlawful sharing of data from its users in Brazil, Brazil's justice ministry said in a statement posted on its website Monday.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Google bans political advisors' microtargeting, but decision could help incumbents and punish rookies

  

  Google's tightening of its political ad policy could help reduce the spread of misinformation on election campaigns, but at a cost for lesser-known candidates. The move by Google placing restrictions on how advertisers can target specific groups of voters also adds to the pressure on Facebook to modify its hands-off policy on political ads.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Facebook admits to have taken down some 5.4 billion fake accounts and “millions prevented every day”

  

  Facebook on Wednesday said it has taken down about 5.4 billion fake accounts this year in a sign of the persistent battle on social media against manipulation and misinformation. Amid growing efforts to create fraudulent accounts, Facebook said it has stepped up its defenses and often removes the accounts within minutes of being created.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Twitter to ban political advertising globally, beginning 22 November

  

  Twitter announced on Wednesday it would ban political advertising globally on its platform, responding to growing criticism over misinformation from politicians on social media.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  EC warns Facebook, Google, Twitter: tackle fake news or face regulatory action

  

  Facebook, Google and Twitter must do more to tackle fake news or face regulatory action, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 18:54 UTC

  Australia files lawsuit against Alphabet Google for misleading consumers on stored personal data

  

  Australia's consumer regulator filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google on Tuesday, alleging it misled consumers about how it was collecting, storing and using personal location data.

• Friday, October 4th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Facebook refuses to suspend encryption plan despite impact on criminal activities

  

  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg defended on Thursday his decision to encrypt the company's messaging services, despite concerns about its impact on child exploitation and other criminal activity.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  Facebook states it will not be the arbiter of acceptable speech in the political arena

  

  Facebook on Tuesday said it would not take down politicians' posts that violate its community standards and will not label them as rival Twitter has promised, saying it should not be the arbiter of acceptable speech in the political arena.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Facebook working to stop manipulation of headlines, following an incident with the UK Conservative party

  

  Facebook said on Monday it is working to stop advertisers from changing headlines in links to news stories after concerns raised by a British political party's altering of one such link.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Facebook faces major lawsuit for allowing third parties access to users private data

  

  A US federal judge on Monday ordered Facebook Inc to face most of a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties such as Cambridge Analytica access users' private data, calling the social media company's views on privacy “so wrong.”