Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement
A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data...
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Facebook blocks Australians from accessing news on platform
Facebook announced Thursday it has blocked Australians from viewing and sharing news on the platform because of proposed laws in the country to make digital...
Facebook’s Zuckerberg agrees closed-door talks with MEPs
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to meet European Parliament members behind closed-doors to answer questions in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a...
Cambridge Analytica shared data with Russia: whistleblower
Political consulting group Cambridge Analytica used Russian researchers and shared data with companies linked to Russian intelligence, a whistleblower told a congressional hearing on interference...
Being A Facebook Wallflower Isn’t Good For You, The Social Site Says
That’s why everyone has to start posting, the company argues in a blog post.Passively reading Facebook posts — without posting messages or responding to comments...
Former Facebook executive: social media is ripping society apart
Chamath Palihapitiya, former vice-president of user growth, expressed regret for his part in building tools that destroy the social fabric of how society works. A...
Facebook only hired seven black people in latest diversity count
Facebook is still dominated by white men despite Mark Zuckerberg’s repeated promise to get serious about building a workforce that better reflects the diversity of...
Facebook draws some of YouTube’s top content producers : WSJ
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc has approached some of YouTube’s biggest content producers to get them to distribute their videos on the social network, the Wall...
Google linking of social network contacts to email raises concerns
(Reuters) – A new feature in Google Inc’s Gmail will result in some users receiving messages from people with whom they have not shared their...