Competition watchdog accepts Meta ad data rule changes
4 months ago

Competition watchdog accepts Meta ad data rule changes

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK’s competition watchdog says it has accepted proposed changes from Meta to the way the social media giant uses the data of customers who advertise on its platforms. The Competition and Markets Authority said Meta had pledged to allow advertisers to place adverts on Facebook Marketplace and be certain their data would not then be used to improve Facebook’s own products. Under its original plans, Meta had pledged to limit how it uses advertising customers’ data in order to prevent it from getting an unfair advantage by offering competitors that advertised on Meta platforms an option to opt-out of their data being used to improve Facebook Marketplace.

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Meta tightens ad rules to curb financial scams aimed at Australians
3 weeks ago

Meta tightens ad rules to curb financial scams aimed at Australians

The Hindu  

Instagram and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms said on Monday it had introduced stricter rules for advertisers of financial products and services targeting Australians, in a bid to crack down on scams on the social media platforms. The move comes after Meta in October said it took down 8,000 so-called "celeb bait" ads, as part of an effort with Australian banks to …

Meta is hit with £664million EU fine for 'abusive' facebook breaches
1 month, 1 week ago

Meta is hit with £664million EU fine for 'abusive' facebook breaches

Daily Mail  

The EU has slapped Meta with a £664million fine for engaging in 'abusive' Facebook Marketplace practices. Meta tied its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace to its personal social network Facebook and imposed unfair trading conditions on other online classified ads service providers. It did so to benefit its own service Facebook Marketplace, thereby giving it advantages that other online …

Meta fined 800 million euros by the EU for antitrust violations in classified ads practices
1 month, 1 week ago

Meta fined 800 million euros by the EU for antitrust violations in classified ads practices

Firstpost  

The EU alleges that Meta’s actions were designed to give Facebook Marketplace an unfair edge that other online classified ad services simply couldn’t compete with The 798 million euro penalty is Meta’s first major antitrust fine, following a previous 110 million euro fine in 2017 for misleading the EU's investigation into its WhatsApp acquisition. File Image Meta has been hit …

EU fines Meta over 800 mln USD for breaching EU antitrust rules
Top News
1 month, 1 week ago

EU fines Meta over 800 mln USD for breaching EU antitrust rules

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-15 01:05 Morning commute traffic streams past the Meta sign outside the headquarters of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc in Mountain View, California, US November 9, 2022. BRUSSELS -- The European Commission on Thursday fined US tech giant Meta 797.72 million euros for breaching European Union antitrust rules and abusing its dominant positions in the markets. …

EU fines Meta over 800 mln USD for breaching EU antitrust rules
Top News
1 month, 1 week ago

EU fines Meta over 800 mln USD for breaching EU antitrust rules

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-15 01:05 Morning commute traffic streams past the Meta sign outside the headquarters of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc in Mountain View, California, US November 9, 2022. BRUSSELS -- The European Commission on Thursday fined US tech giant Meta 797.72 million euros for breaching European Union antitrust rules and abusing its dominant positions in the markets. …

EU fines Meta over 800 mln USD for breaching EU antitrust rules
Top News
1 month, 1 week ago

EU fines Meta over 800 mln USD for breaching EU antitrust rules

China Daily  

Morning commute traffic streams past the Meta sign outside the headquarters of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc in Mountain View, California, US November 9, 2022. BRUSSELS -- The European Commission on Thursday fined US tech giant Meta 797.72 million euros for breaching European Union antitrust rules and abusing its dominant positions in the markets. for breaching EU antitrust rules …

EU fines Meta over 800 mln USD for breaching EU antitrust rules
1 month, 1 week ago

EU fines Meta over 800 mln USD for breaching EU antitrust rules

China Daily  

Morning commute traffic streams past the Meta sign outside the headquarters of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc in Mountain View, California, US November 9, 2022. BRUSSELS -- The European Commission on Thursday fined US tech giant Meta 797.72 million euros for breaching European Union antitrust rules and abusing its dominant positions in the markets. for breaching EU antitrust rules …

'A high school student': Attorney for Matt Gaetz's alleged victim claims to have witnesses
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1 month, 1 week ago

'A high school student': Attorney for Matt Gaetz's alleged victim claims to have witnesses

Raw Story  

"This is illegal under EU antitrust rules. - 'Abusive practices' - Detailing what it termed "abusive practices" by Meta, the commission said that because Facebook Marketplace was tied to Facebook, the former enjoyed a "substantial distribution advantage which competitors cannot match." "All Facebook users automatically have access and get regularly exposed to Facebook Marketplace whether they want it or not," …

EU fines Meta $840 million for 'abusive' Facebook ad practices
Top News
1 month, 1 week ago

EU fines Meta $840 million for 'abusive' Facebook ad practices

Raw Story  

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. - 'Abusive practices' - Detailing what it termed "abusive practices" by Meta, the commission said that because Facebook Marketplace was tied to Facebook, the former enjoyed a "substantial …

EU slaps Meta with 798M euros fine for breaching antitrust norms
1 month, 1 week ago

EU slaps Meta with 798M euros fine for breaching antitrust norms

Firstpost  

The fine is the latest in a string of hefty penalties the commission, the regulator for the 27-nation European Union, has imposed against Big Tech companies over their practices in recent years – and ranks among the 10 largest antitrust fines The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users …

EU imposes €797 million fine on Meta Platforms for abusive Facebook ad practices
1 month, 1 week ago

EU imposes €797 million fine on Meta Platforms for abusive Facebook ad practices

Live Mint  

The European Commission on Thursday fined Meta Platforms €797.72 million over abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace, it said in a statement. for breaching EU antitrust rules by tying its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace to its personal social network Facebook and by imposing unfair trading conditions on other online classified ads service providers," the European Commission said. The latest …

Europe fines Meta $840 million over practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace
1 month, 1 week ago

Europe fines Meta $840 million over practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace

CNN  

The European Union has fined Meta Platforms €798 million over what it called abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace. “The European Commission has fined Meta … for breaching EU antitrust rules by tying its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace to its personal social network Facebook and by imposing unfair trading conditions on other online classified ads service providers,” the EU’s …

Meta fined 798 million euros ($846m) for breaking EU antitrust rules
1 month, 1 week ago

Meta fined 798 million euros ($846m) for breaking EU antitrust rules

Al Jazeera  

EU says Meta automatically ties its ad service – Facebook Marketplace – to Facebook, creating an unfair advantage. The European Union has hit technology giant Meta with a fine just shy of 800 million euros for what it called “abusive practices” involving its Facebook Marketplace online classified ads business. The advantage stems from Meta automatically tying its ad service – …

Instagram, Facebook users in Europe to get less personalised ads, low-cost plans
1 month, 1 week ago

Instagram, Facebook users in Europe to get less personalised ads, low-cost plans

Hindustan Times  

Meta Platforms is set to come up with a new feature where Instagram and Facebook users in Europe will be given a choice of "less personalised ads," a proactive measure announced on Tuesday to address growing regulatory scrutiny. A spokesperson for the EU emphasised that the new model introduced by Meta is under Meta's sole responsibility, and it is neither …

European Union accuses Facebook owner Meta of breaking digital rules with paid ad-free option
5 months, 3 weeks ago

European Union accuses Facebook owner Meta of breaking digital rules with paid ad-free option

The Hindu  

European Union regulators accused social media company Meta Platforms on Monday of breaching the bloc's new digital competition rulebook by forcing Facebook and Instagram users to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them. The U.S. tech giant rolled out the option after the European Union’s top court ruled Meta must first get consent before showing ads to users, …

European Union accuses Facebook owner Meta of breaking digital rules with paid ad-free option
5 months, 3 weeks ago

European Union accuses Facebook owner Meta of breaking digital rules with paid ad-free option

Associated Press  

LONDON — European Union regulators accused social media company Meta Platforms on Monday of breaching the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook by forcing Facebook and Instagram users to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them. The U.S. tech giant rolled out the option after the European Union’s top court ruled Meta must first get consent before showing ads …

EU may charge Instagram and Facebook-parent Meta over digital rules violation: Report
5 months, 3 weeks ago

EU may charge Instagram and Facebook-parent Meta over digital rules violation: Report

The Hindu  

EU authorities may charge Meta over its model that makes Facebook and Instagram users pay in order to stop their data from being shared, reported Financial Times, citing several anonymous sources. However, EU regulators have previously warned that as per the Digital Markets Act, “gatekeeper platforms” would not be able to “track end users outside of the gatekeepers’ core platform …

Meta accused of breaking European law with its ‘pay or consent’ model
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta accused of breaking European law with its ‘pay or consent’ model

CNN  

London CNN — Facebook parent Meta has been accused of breaking Europe’s new digital competition rules over its “pay or consent” advertising model. The European Commission said in a statement Monday that, in its preliminary view, “this binary choice forces users to consent to the of their personal data and fails to provide them a less personalized but equivalent version …

Meta under fire from European Union for not doing enough about election disinformation
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta under fire from European Union for not doing enough about election disinformation

Associated Press  

LONDON — The European Union said Tuesday that it’s investigating Facebook and Instagram for suspected violations of the bloc’s digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign disinformation ahead of EU-wide elections. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said it’s opening formal proceedings into whether parent company Meta Platforms breached the Digital Services Act, a sweeping …

Meta is ending its deals to pay for Australian news content. This is how it could change your Facebook and Instagram feeds
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta is ending its deals to pay for Australian news content. This is how it could change your Facebook and Instagram feeds

ABC  

If you ever get your daily news fix by scrolling through Facebook and Instagram, you may soon be seeing a whole lot less. "The number of people using Facebook News in Australia and the US has dropped by over 80 per cent last year," Meta said in a statement. Professor Martin said we have already seen dangerous deep fake videos …

Meta targeted in privacy complaints by 8 EU consumer groups
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta targeted in privacy complaints by 8 EU consumer groups

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms was hit with privacy complaints on Thursday as eight EU consumer groups asked watchdogs to act against the Facebook owner for allegedly breaching the bloc's privacy rules when it hoovers up user data. The complaints by the consumer groups in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain to data protection authorities in their countries …

Facebook must face $3.8 bln UK mass action over market dominance, tribunal rules
10 months, 1 week ago

Facebook must face $3.8 bln UK mass action over market dominance, tribunal rules

The Hindu  

Facebook must face a collective lawsuit valued at around 3 billion pounds over allegations the social media giant abused its dominant position to monetise users' personal data, a London tribunal ruled on Thursday. Legal academic Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, who is bringing the case on behalf of around 45 million Facebook users in the UK, says they were not properly compensated …

Spanish newspaper association files multimillion-euro suit against Meta over advertising practices
1 year ago

Spanish newspaper association files multimillion-euro suit against Meta over advertising practices

Associated Press  

MADRID — A Spanish association representing more than 80 newspapers has filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of unfair competition in online advertising by allegedly ignoring European Union rules on data protection. The association accuses Meta of “systematic and massive non-compliance” with EU data protection regulations between May 2018, when they took force, and July 2023. The …

Amazon and Meta settle UK investigations with pledges to refrain from unfair practices
1 year, 1 month ago

Amazon and Meta settle UK investigations with pledges to refrain from unfair practices

Associated Press  

LONDON — Amazon and Meta settled separate U.K. antitrust investigations by agreeing to stop practices that give them an unfair advantage over merchants and customers using their platforms, the watchdog said Friday. Amazon welcomed the deal, saying it “engaged constructively with the CMA.” The company settled a European Union antitrust case involving the buy box in December by agreeing to …

European privacy officials widen ban on Meta’s behavioral advertising to most of Europe
1 year, 1 month ago

European privacy officials widen ban on Meta’s behavioral advertising to most of Europe

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — European officials widened a ban on Meta’s “behavioral advertising” practices to most of Europe on Wednesday, setting up a broader conflict between the continent’s privacy-conscious institutions and an American technology giant. Behavioral advertising, used by Meta’s Facebook and Instagram among many other tech companies, involves observing individual behavior such as browsing habits, mouse clicks and app usage, …

Meta faces Europe-wide data privacy restrictions for targetted ads
1 year, 1 month ago

Meta faces Europe-wide data privacy restrictions for targetted ads

Live Mint  

Meta Platforms Inc. is poised to encounter Europe-wide restrictions on utilizing the personal data of Facebook and Instagram users for targeted advertising, Bloomberg reported. Ireland's Data Protection Commission, acting as the chief privacy overseer for Meta in the region, has a two-week window to impose a ban on processing personal data for behavioral advertising based on contractual and legitimate interest …

Changing Tactics: Meta may remove ads from Insta, FB because of EU’s DSA and ad transparency laws
1 year, 3 months ago

Changing Tactics: Meta may remove ads from Insta, FB because of EU’s DSA and ad transparency laws

Firstpost  

Meta may be thinking of giving users an option to completely remove ads from their feeds on Instagram and Facebook. This is because EU’s DSA and strict ad transparency laws are set to cause trouble for tech companies who do not handle user data properly, and target them with ads Meta, the tech giant encompassing various platforms, has often displayed …

Meta may allow Facebook, Instagram users in EU to pay to avoid ads: Report
1 year, 3 months ago

Meta may allow Facebook, Instagram users in EU to pay to avoid ads: Report

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms is considering paid versions of Facebook and Instagram with no Those who pay for the subscriptions would not see ads while Meta would also continue to offer free versions of the apps with ads in the EU, the report said, citing three people with knowledge of the plans. The report added that the possible move may help Meta …

Today’s Cache | AI could soon detect breast cancer in scans; Meta to ask EU users’ consent for targeted advertising; Meta starts news block in Canada
1 year, 4 months ago

Today’s Cache | AI could soon detect breast cancer in scans; Meta to ask EU users’ consent for targeted advertising; Meta starts news block in Canada

The Hindu  

AI could soon detect breast cancer in scans The results of a new Swedish study have suggested that AI technology could be used to lighten or even halve the workload of radiologists who work in twos to read breast scans for signs of cancer. Meta to ask EU users’ consent for targeted advertising Meta said it will ask its EU-based …

Meta to ask EU users' consent to share data for targeted ads
1 year, 4 months ago

Meta to ask EU users' consent to share data for targeted ads

The Hindu  

Social media giant Meta on Tuesday said it intends to ask EU-based users to give their consent before allowing targeted advertising on its networks including Facebook, bowing to pressure from European regulators. It said the changes were to address "evolving and emerging regulatory requirements" amid a bruising tussle with the Irish Data Protection Commission which oversees EU data rules in …

Meta offers to limit use of ad data to address U.K. competition concerns
1 year, 6 months ago

Meta offers to limit use of ad data to address U.K. competition concerns

The Hindu  

Britain's competition watchdog on Friday said social media giant Meta had offered to limit its use of other businesses' advertising data for its Facebook Marketplace service to address the regulator's competition concerns. The Competition and Markets Authority said it was minded to accept the commitments, which include advertisers being able to opt out of allowing their data to be used …

Meta rolls out long-sought tools to separate ads from harmful content
1 year, 8 months ago

Meta rolls out long-sought tools to separate ads from harmful content

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc. said on Thursday it is now rolling out a long-promised system for advertisers to determine where their ads are shown, responding to their demands to distance their marketing from controversial posts on Facebook and Instagram. Meta also will provide a report via advertising measurement firm Zefr showing Facebook advertisers the precise content that appeared near their ads …

Meta explores ban on political ads in Europe
1 year, 8 months ago

Meta explores ban on political ads in Europe

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc. executives are discussing a company-wide ban on political advertising in Europe due to concerns that Facebook and Instagram will be unable to comply with upcoming EU regulations targeting online campaigns, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The proposed rules require U.S. tech giants to provide more data on their targeted political ads, with fines up to 4% …

Meta told to reassess legal basis for EU personalised ads
1 year, 11 months ago

Meta told to reassess legal basis for EU personalised ads

The Hindu  

Meta must reassess the legal basis on how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to target advertising in the European Union, its lead privacy regulator in the bloc said on Wednesday when it fined the social media giant 390 million euros for the breaches. The order on personalised advertising was made in December by the EU's privacy watchdog, according to …

EU fines Meta $414 million for privacy violations, prohibits firm from forcing users to agree to personalised ads
1 year, 11 months ago

EU fines Meta $414 million for privacy violations, prohibits firm from forcing users to agree to personalised ads

Firstpost  

London: European Union regulators on Wednesday hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines for privacy violations and banned the company from forcing users in the 27-nation bloc to agree to personalized ads based on their online activity. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission imposed two fines totaling 390 million euros in its decision in two cases that could shake …

Meta fined more than $400 million in EU for serving ads based on online activity
1 year, 11 months ago

Meta fined more than $400 million in EU for serving ads based on online activity

Live Mint  

A top European Union privacy regulator ruled that Meta Platforms Inc. can’t use its contracts with Facebook and Instagram users to justify sending them ads based on their online activity, delivering one of the bloc’s biggest blows yet to the digital-advertising industry. The ruling, announced Wednesday by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, also imposed fines of 390 million euros, or $411 …

EU accuses Meta of antitrust breaches with classified ads
2 years ago

EU accuses Meta of antitrust breaches with classified ads

Associated Press  

The European Union on Monday accused Facebook parent Meta of breaching antitrust rules by distorting competition in the online classified ads business, the bloc’s latest maneuver to curb the power of Big Tech companies. In its complaint following an investigation launched last year, the EU’s executive commission took issue with the tech company tying its online classified ad business, Facebook …

Meta-backed Facebook threatens to ban news on their platforms if the US Congress passes a new journalism bill
2 years ago

Meta-backed Facebook threatens to ban news on their platforms if the US Congress passes a new journalism bill

Firstpost  

Meta argues that publishers and broadcasters who put their content on platforms like Facebook or Twitter do so for better reach and to earn revenue, which benefits publishers and broadcasters, not distributors like Facebook or Twitter. Andy Stone, Meta’s head of policy communications, said on Twitter that Facebook will “be forced to consider removing news” from Facebook if a new …

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill
2 years ago

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. on Monday threatened to remove news from its platform if the U.S. Congress passes a proposal aimed at making it easier for news organisations to negotiate collectively with companies like Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook. Sources briefed on the matter said lawmakers are considering adding the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to a must-pass annual …

Meta accepts UK order to sell Giphy after antitrust battle
2 years, 2 months ago

Meta accepts UK order to sell Giphy after antitrust battle

The Hindu  

Britain's competition regulator has ordered Facebook-owner Meta to sell animated-images platform Giphy on Tuesday after a tribunal upheld its view that the acquisition could damage its rivals and remove a potential competitor in advertising. U.S. antitrust regulators had, earlier in October, filed a lawsuit against Meta's acquisition of virtual reality content maker Within Unlimited Inc., saying it would "tend to …

Meta announces new privacy policy for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger
2 years, 6 months ago

Meta announces new privacy policy for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger

The Hindu  

Meta, a California-based tech firm that owns social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it has ‘rewritten and redesigned’ its privacy policy to make it ‘easier to understand’ and also to ‘make it clearer’ to users how it used or shared their information. The updated Meta Privacy Policy that would kick in from July 26 would cover Facebook, Instagram, …

Australian watchdog sues Meta over scam advertisements
2 years, 9 months ago

Australian watchdog sues Meta over scam advertisements

The Hindu  

Australia's competition watchdog filed a lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta Platforms on Friday, alleging the social media giant failed to prevent scammers using its platform to promote fake ads featuring well-known people. The The lawsuit filed in the Federal Court also alleges Facebook "aided and abetted or was knowingly concerned in false or misleading conduct and representations by the advertisers," …

Google, Meta face EU, UK probes into ad bidding agreement
2 years, 9 months ago

Google, Meta face EU, UK probes into ad bidding agreement

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — British and European regulators threatened to crack down on Google and Facebook parent Meta over an agreement for online display advertising services, saying Friday that the deal may breach rules on fair competition. The European Union’s top competition watchdog opened an antitrust investigation into a 2018 pact for Meta’s Audience Network to participate in Google’s Open Bidding program. …

Facebook-owner Meta sets out grounds for UK appeal on Giphy
2 years, 11 months ago

Facebook-owner Meta sets out grounds for UK appeal on Giphy

The Hindu  

Facebook-owner Meta has applied to appeal a British competition watchdog ruling that it must sell Giphy on grounds that include challenging the finding that the deal removed a potential competitor in display advertising. Meta said last month it had lodged an appeal against the decision by the Competition and Markets Authority to block its 2020 acquisition of Giphy. The U.S …

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