Tag: Facebook

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  Facebook again caught ignoring privacy practices: it paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from its services

  

  Facebook Inc has been paying outside contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its services, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company confirmed that it had been transcribing users' audio, and said it was no longer doing so, Bloomberg reported.

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  End of game: Brazil considers tech companies like Google and Facebook as media companies

  

  A Brazilian agency which sets the commercial rules of the advertising market has approved a resolution to classify technology companies like Google and Facebook as media companies, a move which could subject digital platforms to the same rules faced by other media.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  US government and Facebook settlement on mishandling users privacy, plus a fine, to be announced

  

  The Federal Trade Commission is set to announce this Wednesday that Facebook has agreed to a sweeping settlement of significant allegations it mishandled user privacy and pay US$5 billion, people briefed on the matter have said.

• Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 - 11:54 UTC

  New York after Facebook for alleged discriminatory advertising platforms

  

  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday ordered the U.S. Department of Financial Services to investigate reports that state-regulated advertisers were using Facebook Inc's advertising platform in a discriminatory manner.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  Relief for Facebook legal problems in Brazil: fine reduced to US$ 5 million

  

  Facebook Inc’s fine for withholding WhatsApp messages from a drug-trafficking investigation in Brazil should be reduced to 23 million reais (US$ 5 million), a Brazilian federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 07:46 UTC

  Ecuador denies extradition of US citizen charged with trying to defraud Facebook's Zuckenberg

  

  Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno has blocked the extradition to the United States of a New York man charged with trying to defraud Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg, according to a document obtained by Reuters.

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Mike Zuckerberg has become far too powerful, Facebook has to be broken up, says the social media co-founder

  

  One of the co-founders of Facebook called on Thursday for the social media behemoth to be broken up, warning that the company's head, Mark Zuckerberg, had become far too powerful.

• Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  Facebook profits and users rising, but company will set aside US$ 3bn for US FTC investigation into privacy practices

  

  Facebook has said it will set aside US$ 3bn to cover the potential costs of an investigation by US authorities into its privacy practices. While it has provided for a heavy toll from the investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission, the final cost could be US$ 5bn, it said.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Sunday outages for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users

  

  Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users on Sunday experienced difficulties accessing the social network sites and messaging service. According to the Down Detector website, Facebook began experiencing technical issues at about 6.30am US Eastern Time with users affected worldwide.

• Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 07:17 UTC

  Facebook spent US$ 22.6m in CEO Zuckerberg's security in 2018

  

  Facebook Inc more than doubled the money it spent on Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's security in 2018 to US$22.6 million, a regulatory filing showed on Friday. Zuckerberg has drawn a base salary of US$1 for the past three years, and his “other” compensation was listed at US$22.6 million, most of which was for his personal security.