April 09, 2018
Former FTC Head Predicts $1B Or More Fine For Facebook
Facebook’s latest disclosure that its search tools collect data on most of its 2.2 billion users could open up the social media company to record fines from the Federal Trade Commission...
April 09, 2018
Facebook Backs Legislation That Would Reveal Political Ad Buyers
Facebook offered up legislation late last week that would require social media companies to reveal the buyers of online political campaign ads as it tries to make right with the...
April 08, 2018
Italy: Antitrust watchdog opens Facebook probe
The Italian competition authority Antitrust said on Friday, April 6, it had opened an investigation into Facebook for “alleged improper commercial practices” by not adequately informing users about data-gathering. Facebook...
April 06, 2018
Consumer Groups Plan Complaint Over Facebook’s Facial Recognition
A coalition of consumer groups are planning to file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over Facebook’s use of facial recognition to tag photos. The groups contend...
April 06, 2018
Facebook Defends Data Sharing Tool As FTC Compliant
Facebook is defending its data sharing tool, saying it was in compliance with a 2011 privacy agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. The social media site just admitted that the...
April 06, 2018
Facebook Wants To Work With EU Regulators On Data Breach
Facebook is hoping to work with regulators in the European Union (EU) after new evidence revealed the data scandal with Cambridge Analytica could have impacted 87 million Facebook users, much...
April 06, 2018
Facebook’s Sandberg Says Opting Out Of Ad Targeting Would Be...
Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said Thursday (April 5) that if Facebook users want to opt out of targeted ads, they may have to pay for that ability. According...
April 05, 2018
Facebook Admits Most Of Its 2B Users Had Their Public...
Another data issue for Facebook: The company announced that “malicious actors” were able to use search tools to discover the identities and collect information on most of its 2 billion...
April 05, 2018
Facebook Updates Policies To Clarify For Users
Reeling from its latest data scandal, social media giant Facebook is taking steps to spell out in plain English how it gathers and uses the data of its users. According...