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New Documents Reveal Facebook Snooped On Users' Snapchat, YouTube Data In Secret Project
Facebook launched a secret initiative called 'Project Ghostbusters' in 2016 to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between Snapchat's app and its servers.
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Meta, Google Advised in Vietnam to Use AI to Detect Toxic Content on Social Media: Report
Vietnam has told cross-border social platforms to use artificial intelligence (AI) models that can detect and remove "toxic" content automatically, the latest requirement in its stringent regime for social media firms, state media reported on Friday. Vietnam has repeatedly asked companies like Meta's Facebook, Google's YouTube and TikTok to coordin...
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Big Tech CEOs Subpoenaed Over Free Speech By US House Judiciary Committee
US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Wednesday subpoenaed the chief executives of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms, and Microsoft for documents and communications relating to free-speech issues.
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Mark Zuckerberg to Testify in FTC Case Against Facebook's Virtual Reality Deal
Meta Platforms Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a case by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that argues the company's proposed deal to buy virtual reality (VR) content maker Within Unlimited should be blocked. In a court document filed with the US District Court Northern District Of California on Friday, the FTC listed 18 wi...
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Russian Influencer Claims She Is Facing 6 Years In Jail For Using Instagram
Veronika Loginova, 18, showed the lawsuit document that accuses her of 'standing out too much'.
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Facebook Asks US Court for Old FTC Documents in Antitrust Fight Against Company's Merger
Facebook has asked a US court for eight documents created by the US Federal Trade Commission as part of their review of the company's purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC sued Meta's Facebook in 2020, during the Trump administration, alleging that the company acted illegally to maintain its social network monopoly.
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Instagram Owner Meta Urged to Review Policies on Moderation of Persian-Language Content Over Protests in Iran
Instagram parent Meta was urged to review its content moderation policies for Persian-language content amid ongoing protests in Iran to share information. Currently, Instagram is the only social mode of communication in the country as all other platforms have been blocked.
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Facebook Owner Meta Questions Necessity of Data Requests in EU Antitrust Investigations on Social Media App
Meta Platforms have compared EU antitrust probe regulators on Facebook's data and online marketplace to a fishing super trawler. The company claims it has already handed over more than a million documents to the European Commission since its first request in 2019. Meta has questioned the necessity and proportionality of the data requests and the re...
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Twitter Reportedly to Pay $150 Million to US to Settle Allegations it Misused Private Information
Twitter has reportedly agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations it misused private information, like phone numbers, to target advertising after telling users the information would be used for security reasons, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.
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Facebook Lacks Information on Collected User Data, Including How It Is Used: Leaked Document Shows
Facebook is reportedly unable to identify where most of the data it collects from its users is located, or how it is used within the company, a leaked document reveals. The report was created by privacy engineers on Facebook’s Ad and Business Product, and details the challenges the company could face in complying with various privacy regulations ...
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Urged by Religious Leaders to Scrap Instagram Kids Plans
Reverends, rabbis, and other religious leaders urged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to permanently stop the company's plan for an Instagram version aimed at young users.
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Google, Facebook CEOs Colluded in Online Advertisement Sales, Lawsuit Alleges
Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. The CEOs of both companies were aware of the deal and signed off on it, the lawsuit alleges.
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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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Instagram Aims to Launch Chronological Feed Option in 2022: Adam Mosseri
Instagram head Adam Mosseri said he aims to launch next year a version of the app with a chronological feed, rather than one ranked algorithmically, in his first appearance before US Congress where he was grilled about children's safety online.
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Facebook Whistleblower Says She Wants To "Start A Youth Movement"
What exactly does one do after leaking thousands of documents from the world's most powerful social media company? For Frances Haugen, the answer is obvious: start a youth movement.
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New Documents Reveal Facebook Snooped On Users' Snapchat, YouTube Data In Secret Project
Facebook launched a secret initiative called 'Project Ghostbusters' in 2016 to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between Snapchat's app and its servers.
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Meta, Google Advised in Vietnam to Use AI to Detect Toxic Content on Social Media: Report
Vietnam has told cross-border social platforms to use artificial intelligence (AI) models that can detect and remove "toxic" content automatically, the latest requirement in its stringent regime for social media firms, state media reported on Friday. Vietnam has repeatedly asked companies like Meta's Facebook, Google's YouTube and TikTok to coordin...
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Big Tech CEOs Subpoenaed Over Free Speech By US House Judiciary Committee
US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Wednesday subpoenaed the chief executives of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms, and Microsoft for documents and communications relating to free-speech issues.
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Mark Zuckerberg to Testify in FTC Case Against Facebook's Virtual Reality Deal
Meta Platforms Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a case by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that argues the company's proposed deal to buy virtual reality (VR) content maker Within Unlimited should be blocked. In a court document filed with the US District Court Northern District Of California on Friday, the FTC listed 18 wi...
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Russian Influencer Claims She Is Facing 6 Years In Jail For Using Instagram
Veronika Loginova, 18, showed the lawsuit document that accuses her of 'standing out too much'.
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Facebook Asks US Court for Old FTC Documents in Antitrust Fight Against Company's Merger
Facebook has asked a US court for eight documents created by the US Federal Trade Commission as part of their review of the company's purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC sued Meta's Facebook in 2020, during the Trump administration, alleging that the company acted illegally to maintain its social network monopoly.
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Instagram Owner Meta Urged to Review Policies on Moderation of Persian-Language Content Over Protests in Iran
Instagram parent Meta was urged to review its content moderation policies for Persian-language content amid ongoing protests in Iran to share information. Currently, Instagram is the only social mode of communication in the country as all other platforms have been blocked.
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Facebook Owner Meta Questions Necessity of Data Requests in EU Antitrust Investigations on Social Media App
Meta Platforms have compared EU antitrust probe regulators on Facebook's data and online marketplace to a fishing super trawler. The company claims it has already handed over more than a million documents to the European Commission since its first request in 2019. Meta has questioned the necessity and proportionality of the data requests and the re...
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Twitter Reportedly to Pay $150 Million to US to Settle Allegations it Misused Private Information
Twitter has reportedly agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations it misused private information, like phone numbers, to target advertising after telling users the information would be used for security reasons, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.
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Facebook Lacks Information on Collected User Data, Including How It Is Used: Leaked Document Shows
Facebook is reportedly unable to identify where most of the data it collects from its users is located, or how it is used within the company, a leaked document reveals. The report was created by privacy engineers on Facebook’s Ad and Business Product, and details the challenges the company could face in complying with various privacy regulations ...
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Urged by Religious Leaders to Scrap Instagram Kids Plans
Reverends, rabbis, and other religious leaders urged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to permanently stop the company's plan for an Instagram version aimed at young users.
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Google, Facebook CEOs Colluded in Online Advertisement Sales, Lawsuit Alleges
Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. The CEOs of both companies were aware of the deal and signed off on it, the lawsuit alleges.
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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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Instagram Aims to Launch Chronological Feed Option in 2022: Adam Mosseri
Instagram head Adam Mosseri said he aims to launch next year a version of the app with a chronological feed, rather than one ranked algorithmically, in his first appearance before US Congress where he was grilled about children's safety online.
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Facebook Whistleblower Says She Wants To "Start A Youth Movement"
What exactly does one do after leaking thousands of documents from the world's most powerful social media company? For Frances Haugen, the answer is obvious: start a youth movement.
