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Meta Fined $840 Million For "Abusive" Facebook Ad Practices
The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.
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Suit Says Google, Facebook Bosses Made Illegal Deal To Dominate Ad Market
Top bosses of Google and Facebook were directly involved in approving an allegedly illegal 2018 deal to cement their dominance of the online advertising market, US court documents revealed Friday.
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US Senate Panel Chair Urges Probe Of Facebook's "Deceptive" Ad Practices
The chair of the US Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday asked a regulator to investigate whether Meta Platforms' Facebook misled its advertising customers and the public about the reach of its advertisements.
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Meta, Formerly Facebook, Plans to Remove Thousands of Sensitive Ad-Targeting Options
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, said it plans to remove detailed ad-targeting options that refer to "sensitive" topics, such as advertisements based on interactions with content around race, health, religious practices, political beliefs, or sexual orientation.
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Facebook Plans To Remove "Sensitive" Ad Targeting Options
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it plans to remove detailed ad targeting options that refer to "sensitive" topics, such as ads based on interactions with content around race, health, religious practices, political beliefs or sexual orientation.
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Germany Tells Its Ministries to Stop Using Facebook Pages Over Privacy Concerns
Germany's data protection commissioner has asked government organisations in the country to shut down their Facebook pages adding that the social network had failed to change its practices to comply with German and European privacy laws
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Apple Defends Delay of Privacy Feature, Slams Facebook
Apple slammed Facebook and other internet giants for their ad-targeting practices in response to a letter questioning a decision by the iPhone maker to delay a new privacy feature.
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Facebook Seeks To Block Political Ad Targeting Research
Facebook has demanded that New York University pull the plug on a research project into the platform's targeting practices for political ads, saying it is a violation of terms to collect user data.
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Agree on Deal With Advertisers on Steps to Curb Harmful Content
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have agreed with big advertisers on first steps to curb harmful content online, following boycotts of social media platforms that advertisers had accused of tolerating hate speech.
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How to Watch Netflix, More Together With Social-Distanced Friends During the Coronavirus Pandemic
From Chrome extension Netflix Party to virtual environments in Plex VR, here’s how you can watch Netflix, YouTube, Facebook and more together with friends as you practice social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Facebook Rolls Out Tool to Block Off-Facebook Data Gathering
Facebook is launching a long-promised tool that lets you limit what the social network can gather about you on outside websites and apps.
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Twitter Says Fixed Bug That Enabled Advertisers to Target Users With Racist Terms
As per a report, Twitter ads returned 26.3 million users who may respond to the term "wetback", 18.6 million to "Nazi" and 14.5 million to "n***er".
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Mumbai dentist sues another over Facebook ad
A city-based dentist has filed a case against his counterpart from Pune for posting an advertisement offering lectures and practicals to dental students. According to Dr Vivekanand Rege, the advertisement posted by Dr Swapnil Bumb on his Facebook account was highly misleading. Besides, Dr Rege has also lodged a defamation case with the MRA Marg pol...
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Meta Fined $840 Million For "Abusive" Facebook Ad Practices
The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.
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Suit Says Google, Facebook Bosses Made Illegal Deal To Dominate Ad Market
Top bosses of Google and Facebook were directly involved in approving an allegedly illegal 2018 deal to cement their dominance of the online advertising market, US court documents revealed Friday.
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US Senate Panel Chair Urges Probe Of Facebook's "Deceptive" Ad Practices
The chair of the US Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday asked a regulator to investigate whether Meta Platforms' Facebook misled its advertising customers and the public about the reach of its advertisements.
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Meta, Formerly Facebook, Plans to Remove Thousands of Sensitive Ad-Targeting Options
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, said it plans to remove detailed ad-targeting options that refer to "sensitive" topics, such as advertisements based on interactions with content around race, health, religious practices, political beliefs, or sexual orientation.
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Facebook Plans To Remove "Sensitive" Ad Targeting Options
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it plans to remove detailed ad targeting options that refer to "sensitive" topics, such as ads based on interactions with content around race, health, religious practices, political beliefs or sexual orientation.
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Germany Tells Its Ministries to Stop Using Facebook Pages Over Privacy Concerns
Germany's data protection commissioner has asked government organisations in the country to shut down their Facebook pages adding that the social network had failed to change its practices to comply with German and European privacy laws
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Apple Defends Delay of Privacy Feature, Slams Facebook
Apple slammed Facebook and other internet giants for their ad-targeting practices in response to a letter questioning a decision by the iPhone maker to delay a new privacy feature.
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Facebook Seeks To Block Political Ad Targeting Research
Facebook has demanded that New York University pull the plug on a research project into the platform's targeting practices for political ads, saying it is a violation of terms to collect user data.
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Agree on Deal With Advertisers on Steps to Curb Harmful Content
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have agreed with big advertisers on first steps to curb harmful content online, following boycotts of social media platforms that advertisers had accused of tolerating hate speech.
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How to Watch Netflix, More Together With Social-Distanced Friends During the Coronavirus Pandemic
From Chrome extension Netflix Party to virtual environments in Plex VR, here’s how you can watch Netflix, YouTube, Facebook and more together with friends as you practice social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Facebook Rolls Out Tool to Block Off-Facebook Data Gathering
Facebook is launching a long-promised tool that lets you limit what the social network can gather about you on outside websites and apps.
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Twitter Says Fixed Bug That Enabled Advertisers to Target Users With Racist Terms
As per a report, Twitter ads returned 26.3 million users who may respond to the term "wetback", 18.6 million to "Nazi" and 14.5 million to "n***er".
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Mumbai dentist sues another over Facebook ad
A city-based dentist has filed a case against his counterpart from Pune for posting an advertisement offering lectures and practicals to dental students. According to Dr Vivekanand Rege, the advertisement posted by Dr Swapnil Bumb on his Facebook account was highly misleading. Besides, Dr Rege has also lodged a defamation case with the MRA Marg pol...
