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How Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta Generated Billions In Fines, But Didn't Pay Them
Rarely a month goes by without big tech companies getting fined for price fixing, squashing competitors or misusing data, but it can take years before they pay a penny.
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Facebook Sues Analytics Firm for Data Misuse
Facebook on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against oneAudience data intelligence firm over a tactic it used to gather information about users of social media platforms.
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Facebook Hit by $35 Billion Class-Action Lawsuit Over Misuse of Facial Recognition Data
A court in the US has denied Facebook's request to quash $35 billion class-action lawsuit against its alleged misuse of facial recognition data in Illinois.
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Mark Zuckerberg Must Face Prison For Privacy Woes: US Senator Ron Wyden
Democrat Senator Ron Wyden from Oregon is demanding jail term for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying he should face serious consequences for letting his social media platform misuse consumers' personal data.
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Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Not Happy With India’s Data Localisation Demands
In a conversation with historian and author Yuval Noah Harari on Friday, Zuckerberg said the motives and intents behind storing data locally matter the most.
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With Maximum Facebook Users In India, Concerns Over Security Breach
Data of 50 million Facebook users have been exposed following a massive security breach by unknown hackers, its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said, amid fears that a significant number of the accounts affected could be from India. The precautionary measure taken by the social media giant has impacted another 40 million users, Mr Zuckerberg said o...
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Facebook Suspends Over 400 Apps Over User Data Misuse Concerns
Facebook said it has suspended more than 400 apps it determine were improperly sharing people's personal information.
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CBI To Probe Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Data Theft: Law Minister
The government has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe political consultancy Cambridge Analytica's misuse of Facebook user data, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told parliament on Thursday.
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Facebook's Influential Head of Policy Is Leaving Amid Wave of Controversies Over Data Misuse
Facebook's Elliot Schrage said he is stepping down after a decade at the company, a rare departure among the senior ranks at the social network.
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On Sharing Of Users' Data, Government Seeks Facebook's Explanation By June 20
The government has sought an explanation from Facebook by June 20, on reports that it shared information of users with mobile device makers.
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Facebook Defends Data-Sharing Partnerships With Phone Makers
Facebook said that the partners signed agreements that prevented people's information from being used for any other purpose than to recreate Facebook-like experiences.
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Facebook Suspends 200 Apps Over Data Misuse Investigation
Facebook Inc has so far suspended around 200 apps in the first stage of its review into apps that had access to large quantities of user data, in a response to a scandal around political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
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Facebook Suspends 200 Apps Over Data Misuse Investigation
Facebook has so far suspended around 200 apps in the first stage of its review into apps that had access to large quantities of user data.
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Aadhaar Data Leak Can Influence Poll Outcome, Says Supreme Court
A leak of Aadhaar data can influence the outcome of an election, the Supreme Court said today, expressing its concerns about the issue amid the huge controversy over the illegal use of Facebook data in the US elections.
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Zuckerberg Barely Talked About Facebook's Biggest Global Problem
Facebook's most vexing global problem is the misuse and abuse of the site in countries outside North America or Western Europe.
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How Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta Generated Billions In Fines, But Didn't Pay Them
Rarely a month goes by without big tech companies getting fined for price fixing, squashing competitors or misusing data, but it can take years before they pay a penny.
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Facebook Sues Analytics Firm for Data Misuse
Facebook on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against oneAudience data intelligence firm over a tactic it used to gather information about users of social media platforms.
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Facebook Hit by $35 Billion Class-Action Lawsuit Over Misuse of Facial Recognition Data
A court in the US has denied Facebook's request to quash $35 billion class-action lawsuit against its alleged misuse of facial recognition data in Illinois.
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Mark Zuckerberg Must Face Prison For Privacy Woes: US Senator Ron Wyden
Democrat Senator Ron Wyden from Oregon is demanding jail term for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying he should face serious consequences for letting his social media platform misuse consumers' personal data.
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Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Not Happy With India’s Data Localisation Demands
In a conversation with historian and author Yuval Noah Harari on Friday, Zuckerberg said the motives and intents behind storing data locally matter the most.
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With Maximum Facebook Users In India, Concerns Over Security Breach
Data of 50 million Facebook users have been exposed following a massive security breach by unknown hackers, its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said, amid fears that a significant number of the accounts affected could be from India. The precautionary measure taken by the social media giant has impacted another 40 million users, Mr Zuckerberg said o...
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Facebook Suspends Over 400 Apps Over User Data Misuse Concerns
Facebook said it has suspended more than 400 apps it determine were improperly sharing people's personal information.
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CBI To Probe Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Data Theft: Law Minister
The government has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe political consultancy Cambridge Analytica's misuse of Facebook user data, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told parliament on Thursday.
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Facebook's Influential Head of Policy Is Leaving Amid Wave of Controversies Over Data Misuse
Facebook's Elliot Schrage said he is stepping down after a decade at the company, a rare departure among the senior ranks at the social network.
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On Sharing Of Users' Data, Government Seeks Facebook's Explanation By June 20
The government has sought an explanation from Facebook by June 20, on reports that it shared information of users with mobile device makers.
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Facebook Defends Data-Sharing Partnerships With Phone Makers
Facebook said that the partners signed agreements that prevented people's information from being used for any other purpose than to recreate Facebook-like experiences.
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Facebook Suspends 200 Apps Over Data Misuse Investigation
Facebook Inc has so far suspended around 200 apps in the first stage of its review into apps that had access to large quantities of user data, in a response to a scandal around political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
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Facebook Suspends 200 Apps Over Data Misuse Investigation
Facebook has so far suspended around 200 apps in the first stage of its review into apps that had access to large quantities of user data.
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Aadhaar Data Leak Can Influence Poll Outcome, Says Supreme Court
A leak of Aadhaar data can influence the outcome of an election, the Supreme Court said today, expressing its concerns about the issue amid the huge controversy over the illegal use of Facebook data in the US elections.
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Zuckerberg Barely Talked About Facebook's Biggest Global Problem
Facebook's most vexing global problem is the misuse and abuse of the site in countries outside North America or Western Europe.
