Facebook may be imposed with a record-setting fine for its privacy lapses
5 years, 11 months ago

Facebook may be imposed with a record-setting fine for its privacy lapses

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FTC is considering hitting Facebook with a penalty that would top its previous fine of $22.5 mn. Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the US Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations involving the personal information of its 2.2 billion users. The FTC is considering hitting Facebook with a penalty that would top its previous record fine of $22.5 million, which it dealt to Google in 2012 for bypassing the privacy controls in Apple’s Safari browser, according to The Washington Post. The potential fine stems from an FTC investigation opened after revelations that data mining firm Cambridge Analytica had vacuumed up details about as many as 87 million Facebook users without their permission. The FTC decree, which runs through 2031, requires Facebook to get its users’ consent to share their personal information in ways that aren’t allowed by their privacy settings.

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EU Slaps Meta With Fine Of $263.5 Million For 2018 Security Breach That Affected 29 Million Users
3 weeks, 1 day ago

EU Slaps Meta With Fine Of $263.5 Million For 2018 Security Breach That Affected 29 Million Users

ABP News  

Meta has been slapped with a hefty fine of €251 million by the European Union's data privacy watchdog in Ireland. The penalty stems from a 2018 security breach on Facebook that compromised the personal information of 29 million users. Reuters quoted DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle as saying, “By allowing unauthorised exposure of profile information, the vulnerabilities behind this breach …

Ireland slaps Meta with $263 million fine for data breach that hacked 29M Facebook accounts
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Ireland slaps Meta with $263 million fine for data breach that hacked 29M Facebook accounts

Firstpost  

In 2018, Meta reported a security breach that compromised over 29 million Facebook accounts all over the world. Of the 29 million accounts, three million belonged to users based in Europe Ireland’s Data Protection Commission on Tuesday fined Meta $263 million over data protection failure that led to the hacking of over 29 million Facebook accounts globally. Meta fined in …

Facebook owner Meta hit with 251 million euros in fines for 2018 data breach
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Facebook owner Meta hit with 251 million euros in fines for 2018 data breach

India Today  

European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totaling 251 million euros on Monday after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform that exposed millions of accounts. Ireland's Data Protection Commission issued the penalties after wrapping up its inquiry into the breach, when hackers gained access to user accounts by exploiting bugs in …

Facebook owner hit with 251 million euros in fines for 2018 data breach
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Facebook owner hit with 251 million euros in fines for 2018 data breach

Associated Press  

LONDON — European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totaling 251 million euros on Monday after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform that exposed millions of accounts. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission issued the penalties after wrapping up its inquiry into the breach, when hackers gained access to user accounts by exploiting …

Meta settles Cambridge Analytica lawsuit with Australia’s privacy watchdog, to pay $50 million
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Meta settles Cambridge Analytica lawsuit with Australia’s privacy watchdog, to pay $50 million

Firstpost  

The settlement closes an expensive and drawn-out legal saga over the infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal, marking another chapter in Meta’s global reckoning for mishandling user data Australia’s privacy regulator took Meta to court in 2020, accusing the tech giant of failing to safeguard users’ personal information. The settlement closes an expensive and drawn-out legal saga over the infamous Cambridge Analytica …

South Korea fines Meta $15 million: What we know so far
2 months ago

South Korea fines Meta $15 million: What we know so far

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion …

Facebook parent Meta sues the FTC claiming 'unconstitutional authority' in child privacy case
1 year, 1 month ago

Facebook parent Meta sues the FTC claiming 'unconstitutional authority' in child privacy case

The Hindu  

The parent company of Instagram and Facebook has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to stop the agency from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement with the company that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18. In a lawsuit filed late Wednesday in federal court in Washington, D.C., Meta Platforms Inc. said it …

Norway fines Facebook owner Meta over privacy breaches
1 year, 5 months ago

Norway fines Facebook owner Meta over privacy breaches

The Hindu  

Facebook owner Meta Platforms will be fined 1 million crowns per day over privacy breaches from August 14, Norway's data protection authority told Reuters on Monday, a decision that could have wider European implications. Datatilsynet had said Meta cannot harvest user data in Norway, such as users' physical locations, and use it to target advertising at them, called behavioural advertising, …

Facebook parent Meta hit with record fine for transferring European user data to U.S.
1 year, 7 months ago

Facebook parent Meta hit with record fine for transferring European user data to U.S.

The Hindu  

The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine on May 22 and ordered it to stop transferring user data across the Atlantic by October, the latest salvo in a decade long case sparked by U.S. cybersnooping fears. The penalty fine of €1.2 billion euros from Ireland's Data Protection Commission is the biggest since the EU's strict …

Facebook Parent Meta Hit With Record Fine For Transferring European User Data To U.S.
1 year, 7 months ago

Facebook Parent Meta Hit With Record Fine For Transferring European User Data To U.S.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LONDON — The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring user data across the Atlantic by October, the latest salvo in a decadelong case sparked by U.S. cybersnooping fears. The penalty fine of 1.2 billion euros from Ireland's Data Protection Commission is the biggest since the …

Meta fined $1.3 billion by EU for sending user data to US: Report
1 year, 7 months ago

Meta fined $1.3 billion by EU for sending user data to US: Report

Live Mint  

The Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc was hit with a record fine amounting to $1.3 billion by European Union privacy regulators for sending user data to the United States. The Irish Data Protection Commission on Monday announced their judgement on Monday citing the fact that Meta Platforms' continued data transfers to the US didn’t address “the risks to the fundamental …

Q&A: Is Meta data-transfer fine enough to allay privacy concerns?
1 year, 7 months ago

Q&A: Is Meta data-transfer fine enough to allay privacy concerns?

Al Jazeera  

Estelle Masse, senior policy analyst at global digital rights group Access Now, speaks to Al Jazeera about the record penalty imposed on the tech giant. They gave it five months to stop sending European user data to the US and six months to bring its data operations into compliance “by ceasing the unlawful processing, including storage, in the US” of …

Facebook parent Meta hit with record $1.3-billion fine by EU over data privacy
1 year, 7 months ago

Facebook parent Meta hit with record $1.3-billion fine by EU over data privacy

LA Times  

The European Union has imposed a record $1.3-billion privacy fine on Meta over the transfer of user data across the Atlantic. The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3-billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring users’ personal information across the Atlantic by October, the latest salvo in a decade-long case sparked by U.S. cyber-snooping fears. Ireland’s …

Meta to Face Record EU Privacy Fine Over Facebook Data Transfer to US
1 year, 7 months ago

Meta to Face Record EU Privacy Fine Over Facebook Data Transfer to US

News 18  

Meta Platforms Inc is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook’s EU users to U.S. servers for failing to comply with a warning by a top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. EU regulators led by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon have been finalising a ban on the …

Facebook must face privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica
1 year, 8 months ago

Facebook must face privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

LA Times  

CEO Mark Zuckerberg, shown in 2019, and other former Facebook directors either went along with or turned a blind eye to privacy violations, a judge ruled. A judge ruled that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other former directors of the social media company must face claims they turned a blind eye to rampant privacy violations, including allowing a firm hired …

FTC watchdogs set loose on Facebook for "repeatedly" violating kids’ privacy for profit
1 year, 8 months ago

FTC watchdogs set loose on Facebook for "repeatedly" violating kids’ privacy for profit

Salon  

Recklessness, broken promises, kids at risk. The antitrust watchdogs at the Federal Trade Commission tore into Facebook on Wednesday, saying the agency has caught the social media giant violating kids' data privacy for profit — for the third time. "Facebook needs to answer for its failures," said Samuel Levine, the FTC's Consumer Protection Bureau director, on Wednesday "Facebook has repeatedly …

FTC: Facebook misled parents, failed to guard kids’ privacy
1 year, 8 months ago

FTC: Facebook misled parents, failed to guard kids’ privacy

Associated Press  

U.S. regulators say Facebook misled parents and failed to protect the privacy of children using its Messenger Kids app, including misrepresenting the access it provided to app developers to private user data. “It appeals primarily to children who otherwise would not have their own social media accounts.” Another passage criticized Facebook for “targeting younger children with a new product.” https://apnews.com/video/politics-texas-mexico-national-c57d0d6ec5964f848487f21e7e232ee6?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_02 …

FTC: Facebook misled parents, failed to guard kids' privacy
1 year, 8 months ago

FTC: Facebook misled parents, failed to guard kids' privacy

The Independent  

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Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle user data case
2 years ago

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle user data case

The Hindu  

Facebook’s corporate parent has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016. The case sprang from 2018 revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a firm with ties to Trump political …

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle user data case
2 years ago

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle user data case

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s corporate parent has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016. The case sprang from 2018 revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a firm with ties …

Facebook owner Meta to pay biggest ever fine of its kind over data privacy
2 years ago

Facebook owner Meta to pay biggest ever fine of its kind over data privacy

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook owner Meta will pay the biggest ever fine over accusations it gave …

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725 million
2 years ago

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725 million

Live Mint  

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday, would resolve a long-running lawsuit prompted by revelations in 2018 that Facebook had allowed …

Facebook parent Meta to pay $725 million to settle lawsuit relating to Cambridge Analytica
2 years ago

Facebook parent Meta to pay $725 million to settle lawsuit relating to Cambridge Analytica

Hindustan Times  

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday, would resolve a long-running lawsuit prompted by revelations in 2018 that Facebook had allowed …

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica
2 years ago

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

NPR  

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica Enlarge this image toggle caption Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming it improperly shared users' information with Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm used by the Trump campaign. This is …

Instagram Fined Over Rs 3,100 Crores In Ireland Over GDPR Violations: All Details
2 years, 4 months ago

Instagram Fined Over Rs 3,100 Crores In Ireland Over GDPR Violations: All Details

News 18  

Meta-owned photo and video-sharing platform Instagram has been fined 405 million euros by the Irish Data Protection Commission for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation. The fine, the second-highest under the GDPR after a 746 million euros penalty against Amazon, is the third for a Meta-owned company handed down by the Irish regulator, reports Politico. “This inquiry focused on …

Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica privacy suit
2 years, 4 months ago

Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica privacy suit

The Hindu  

Facebook has reached a preliminary agreement in a long-running lawsuit seeking damages from the social network for allowing third parties, including the company Cambridge Analytica, to access users' private data. In a lawsuit initiated in 2018, Facebook users accused the social network of violating privacy rules by sharing their data with third parties including the firm Cambridge Analytica, which was …

Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal
2 years, 4 months ago

Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social network service allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016. Terms of the settlement reached by Meta Platforms, the holding company for Facebook and Instagram, …

Twitter to pay $150M penalty over privacy of users' data
2 years, 7 months ago

Twitter to pay $150M penalty over privacy of users' data

The Hindu  

Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span. “Twitter obtained data from users on the pretext of harnessing it for security purposes but then ended up also using the data to target users with ads,” …

Facebook parent Meta settles decade-old data-privacy lawsuit
2 years, 10 months ago

Facebook parent Meta settles decade-old data-privacy lawsuit

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. has settled a decade-old class action lawsuit over the company's use of “cookies” in 2010 and 2011 that tracked people online even after they logged off the Facebook platform. “Reaching a settlement in this case, which is more than a decade old, is in the best interest of our community and our shareholders and we're …

Facebook parent Meta settles decade-old data-privacy lawsuit
2 years, 10 months ago

Facebook parent Meta settles decade-old data-privacy lawsuit

Associated Press  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. has settled a decade-old class action lawsuit over the company’s use of “cookies” in 2010 and 2011 that tracked people online even after they logged off the Facebook platform. “Reaching a settlement in this case, which is more than a decade old, is in the best interest of our community and our shareholders and we’re …

Meta’s Facebook to pay $90 million to settle privacy lawsuit over user tracking
2 years, 10 months ago

Meta’s Facebook to pay $90 million to settle privacy lawsuit over user tracking

Live Mint  

Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users' internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website. Users accused the Meta Platforms Inc unit of violating federal and state privacy and wiretapping laws by using plug-ins to store cookies that tracked when they visited outside websites containing Facebook …

Facebook’s oversight board seeks details on VIPs’ treatment
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook’s oversight board seeks details on VIPs’ treatment

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Facebook’s semi-independent oversight board says the company has fallen short of full disclosure on its internal system that exempts high-profile users from some or all of its content rules. The report said Facebook wrongly failed to mention the XCheck system when it asked the board earlier this year to rule on its ban on former President Donald Trump’s …

Facebook fined $70 mln in Britain for breaching order in Giphy deal
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook fined $70 mln in Britain for breaching order in Giphy deal

The Hindu  

Britain's competition regulator has fined Facebook 50.5 million pounds for breaching an order imposed during its investigation into the U.S. social media giant's purchase of GIF platform Giphy, the agency said on Wednesday. The CMA said Facebook had failed to provide full updates about its compliance with requirements to continue to compete with Giphy and not integrate its operations with …

Facebook fined $70 million for ‘deliberate’ failure to comply with UK regulator
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook fined $70 million for ‘deliberate’ failure to comply with UK regulator

CNN  

London CNN Business — The UK competition regulator has slapped Facebook with a $70 million fine for repeatedly ignoring warnings and deliberately breaking its rules. The Competition and Markets Authority said in a statement Wednesday that Facebook had “consciously” refused to report all the required information during an investigation of the tech giant’s acquisition of online database Giphy. The tech …

Politicians could regulate Facebook -- but they'd have to admit ugly truths about themselves too
3 years, 2 months ago

Politicians could regulate Facebook -- but they'd have to admit ugly truths about themselves too

Raw Story  

When 37-year-old Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress on October 5, she brought thousands of stolen documents with her. Haugen is the latest expert to directly implicate Facebook in the tsunami of disinformation that was instrumental to Donald Trump's victory in 2016 and, more recently, his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Although the right fulminates about censorship, and …

FB whistleblower calls for regulation
3 years, 3 months ago

FB whistleblower calls for regulation

The Hindu  

A Facebook whistleblower went before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to push them to regulate the social media giant, after an outage hit potentially billions of users and highlighted global dependence on its services. She spoke to Senators less than a day after Facebook, its photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp went offline for roughly seven hours, with “billions of …

Facebook asks court to toss FTC lawsuit over its buys of Instagram and WhatsApp
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook asks court to toss FTC lawsuit over its buys of Instagram and WhatsApp

NPR  

Facebook asks court to toss FTC lawsuit over its buys of Instagram and WhatsApp Enlarge this image toggle caption Chesnot/Getty Images Chesnot/Getty Images Facebook is again asking a federal court to throw out the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of crushing its rivals, in the latest chapter of the company's showdown with Washington critics. So the FTC …

FB says its rules apply to all. Company documents reveal secret exempted elites
3 years, 3 months ago

FB says its rules apply to all. Company documents reveal secret exempted elites

Live Mint  

Mark Zuckerberg has publicly said Facebook Inc. allows its more than three billion users to speak on equal footing with the elites of politics, culture and journalism, and that its standards of behavior apply to everyone, no matter their status or fame. A 2019 internal review of Facebook’s whitelisting practices, marked attorney-client privileged, found favoritism to those users to be …

Facebook allows VIP users to flout rules that other users have to follow, says report
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook allows VIP users to flout rules that other users have to follow, says report

India Today  

Facebook seems to have different rules for different users especially if it is public figure, Facebook is apparently not very stern. The report states that Facebook runs a program called “XCheck”, which allows celebrities including actors, politicians and others to bypass the rules and guidelines that are followed by average users. The documents obtained by Wall Street Journal reveals that …

FTC says Facebook misused privacy decree to shut down ad research
3 years, 5 months ago

FTC says Facebook misused privacy decree to shut down ad research

The Hindu  

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission criticized Facebook Inc on Thursday for making "misleading claims" to explain why it had disabled the accounts of researchers studying political ads on the social media platform. The FTC posted a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying that it was "inaccurate" that the company's actions were required under the 2019 consent decree. "The FTC …

Facebook Hits $1 Trillion Value After US Judge Rejects Anti-Trust Complaints
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook Hits $1 Trillion Value After US Judge Rejects Anti-Trust Complaints

News 18  

A US judge on Monday dismissed federal and state antitrust complaints against Facebook that sought to force the social media company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the federal complaint was “legally insufficient.” Facebook shares rose more than 4 percent after the ruling. A spokesperson for the New York Attorney General’s office said it was “considering our legal options.” Facebook …

Facebook hits $1 trillion market cap after federal court dismisses FTC antitrust complaint
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook hits $1 trillion market cap after federal court dismisses FTC antitrust complaint

CNN  

CNN Business — A federal court has dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust complaint against Facebook, saying the agency had failed to provide evidence for its claim that the social media giant holds a monopoly in social networking. In an opinion published Monday afternoon, Judge James Boasberg of the US District Court for the District of Columbia held that the …

Opinion: Trump is banned for now, but Facebook still needs to change its policies
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: Trump is banned for now, but Facebook still needs to change its policies

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Ann M. Ravel is the Digital Deception Project director at MapLight and previously served as chair of the Federal Election Commission. The decision from the Facebook Oversight Board to uphold the suspension on former President Donald Trump’s account marks a short-term step to limit the spread of dangerous online disinformation. Eliminate the ‘newsworthiness standard’ Before the violent insurrection …

Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement
3 years, 10 months ago

Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — 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 without the permission of its users. “It will put at least $345 into the hands of every class member interested in being compensated,” he wrote, calling it “a major win for consumers …

Facebook Fined EUR 7 Million Over Improper Data Use by Italian Watchdog
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook Fined EUR 7 Million Over Improper Data Use by Italian Watchdog

News 18  

Italy’s competition watchdog said on Wednesday it had fined Facebook EUR 7 million for not complying with a request by the regulator to correct improper commercial practices in the group’s treatment of user data. In November 2018, the antitrust body ruled that Facebook had not informed users properly about its collection and use of data. It fined the US company …

Facebook may face antitrust charges from the US
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook may face antitrust charges from the US

India Today  

The social media giant Facebook may face antitrust charges from the US as early in November, 2020. On the other hand, the state attorneys general under the leadership of New York’s Letitia James have been scrutinizing Facebook for potential threats to competition. Although Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg in August said that he was interviewed at an FTC investigative hearing as part …

Facebook Sues EU Antitrust Regulator Over Excessive Demands For Data Requests
4 years, 5 months ago

Facebook Sues EU Antitrust Regulator Over Excessive Demands For Data Requests

News 18  

Facebook is suing EU antitrust regulators for seeking information beyond what is necessary, including highly personal details, for their investigations into the company's data and marketplace, the U.S. social media group said on Monday. "The exceptionally broad nature of the Commission's requests means we would be required to turn over predominantly irrelevant documents that have nothing to do with the …

Facebook users owed damages for privacy violations: Consumer watchdog
4 years, 6 months ago

Facebook users owed damages for privacy violations: Consumer watchdog

NL Times  

Consumers' association Consumentenbond and data privacy foundation DPS are starting a procedure to demand that Facebook compensate Netherlands users for violating their privacy. According to the watchdogs, Facebook users in the Netherlands deserve compensation because Facebook earned money off their private data without their knowledge or consent. According to the consumers' association, Facebook earned millions by selling users' private data …

Activists write to Facebook against encryption, says it will dent bid to curb child pornography
4 years, 11 months ago

Activists write to Facebook against encryption, says it will dent bid to curb child pornography

Hindustan Times  

More than 100 child protection organizations, including some from India, have urged Facebook to halt plans for strong encryption of all its platforms, saying the move will deal a blow to attempts to check the spread of child pornography. Activists argued that while there was a “legitimate interest” among users to keep their data safe, Facebook has a responsibility to …

Facebook slapped with a lawsuit for broken federal privacy law by a Canadian agency
4 years, 11 months ago

Facebook slapped with a lawsuit for broken federal privacy law by a Canadian agency

Firstpost  

The announcement from the OPC on the lawsuit warned that the legal proceedings ‘may be lengthy’. Canada’s privacy commissioner asked a federal court to declare that Facebook had broken federal privacy law for the private sector, according to a notice of application filed on Thursday. The application also asked for an order requiring Facebook to “implement effective, specific and easily …

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