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Australian billionaire wins right to sue Facebook in the US over scam ads

Andrew Forrest has spent five years railing against promos that falsely claim he's found the route to crypto riches

Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 78

Researchers find Meta's withdrawal of misinformation tool hard to swallow

Feature If the new system is so good, why not onboard everyone who accessed the old system?

Networks18 Jun 2024 | 41

Meta faces multiple complaints in Europe over plans to train AI on user data

Opt out, if you can, or prepare for your posts to be ingested

AI + ML06 Jun 2024 | 57

Graph database shows Biden outspends Trump in social media ad war

But incumbent is mentioned a lot more in attack material

Databases17 May 2024 | 31

EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy

Platforms should not confront users with 'binary choice' over personal data use

Security18 Apr 2024 | 73

Meta accused of snarfing people's Snapchat data via traffic decryption

I ain't afraid of no ghosts, but in this case...

Personal Tech27 Mar 2024 | 20

How do you lot feel about Pay or say OK to ads model, asks ICO

And does it count as consent?

Security11 Mar 2024 | 82

Trump, who tried kicking TikTok out of the US, says boo to latest ban effort

Comment Florida man would rather have app stay so as not to give gift to 'true enemy of the people' ... Zuckerberg

Personal Tech09 Mar 2024 | 93

We're not Meta support: State AGs tell Zuck to fix rampant account takeover problem

'We refuse to operate as customer service representatives'

Security07 Mar 2024 | 17

World-plus-dog booted out of Facebook, Instagram, Threads

Updated Millions of Meta addicts suddenly cried out in terror and were silenced

Networks05 Mar 2024 | 61

Meta kills Facebook News in the US and Australia

So much for the 'commitment to support news organizations' made in just 2020

Personal Tech01 Mar 2024 | 87

Untangling Meta's plan for its homegrown AI chips, set to actually roll out this year

So that's where all the laid-off semiconductor engineers went!

AI + ML02 Feb 2024 | 11

Cory Doctorow has a plan to wipe away the enshittification of tech

Opinion It's not just you – things really are getting worse

Off-Prem30 Jan 2024 | 159

Study: Thousands of businesses just love handing over your info to Facebook

Mmm, Zuck up that data

Personal Tech18 Jan 2024 | 27

Zuckerberg hunkers down in Hawaii to wait out apocalypse

$270M secret building project includes 5,000 sq ft bunker

Bootnotes18 Dec 2023 | 86

Meta starts rolling out end-to-end encryption in Facebook Messenger

Surfing the cryptographic wave

Applications07 Dec 2023 | 7

Meta killing off Instagram, Messenger cross-platform chatting

How could you, Mark? Oh, right - gotta avoid those pesky EU gatekeeper rules

Personal Tech05 Dec 2023 | 5

Europe bans Meta from using personal data to target ads

EU folks have no chill, not that we're complaining

Personal Tech01 Nov 2023 | 73

Meta's ad-free scheme dares you to buy your privacy back, one euro at a time

If you're in the EU, EEA, or Switzerland

Security31 Oct 2023 | 115

33 AGs sue Meta for 'exploitative and harmful acts' against American children

Cracks down on the so-called four-pronged process of luring the youth

Legal24 Oct 2023 | 15

Meta watchdog sticks a probe into Facebook rules after fake Biden vid allowed to stay

Doctored video featured vile false slur, but it wasn't a deepfake ... so that's OK, then?

AI + ML11 Oct 2023 | 7

X Social Media sues Twitter 2.0 over alphabet soup branding

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Personal Tech03 Oct 2023 | 32

Zuck dives deeper into the metaverse, dragging Snoop Dogg along for ride

Meta's annual conference sees the company playing catch-up to OpenAI but pulling ahead of Apple

Offbeat28 Sep 2023 | 13

Zuck uses India visit to increase Meta's transactional traction

WhatsApp gets better at taking money and so does Meta with verified accounts for biz

Software21 Sep 2023 |

Norway court upholds miniscule fine against Meta for flouting privacy rules

Targeted ads require data usage consent under EU regulations

Personal Tech07 Sep 2023 | 33

How to ask Facebook's Meta to not train its AI models on some of your personal info

Hey, stop Zucking up my data!

AI + ML31 Aug 2023 | 38

One weekend's TwitX chaos brings threats from Japan; indemnity promises for users; prominent account seizures

Plus: Musk in 'we will fund your legal bill' promise

Software07 Aug 2023 | 61

Australian court orders Meta subsidiaries to pay $14 million over data use

Adverts said Onavo Protect user data would be kept a secret – just didn't say from whom

Legal26 Jul 2023 | 9

After Meta hands over DMs, mom pleads guilty to giving daughter abortion pills

Facebook messages, obtained via valid warrant, help make case against women

Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 62

Meta's data-hungry Threads skips over EU but lands in Britain

Plus: Facebook corp loses appeal on crossing data streams in Germany

Personal Tech05 Jul 2023 | 78

Cops told: Er, no, you need a wiretap order if you want real-time Facebook snooping

Privacy: It's a Jersey Thing

Security30 Jun 2023 | 13

Meta forced to sell Giphy, takes 87% loss in Shutterstock deal

Zuck and Co face Brexit bonus

Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 8

That Meta GDPR fine is €1.2B. Plus biz must stop sending EU data to US

Zuckercorp says the EU-US Data Privacy Framework will pass before its penalties enacted, so why worry?

Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 70

Meta wheels out Deloitte to plug the metaverse. Is anyone actually convinced?

Comment All these analysts know is that their gut says... maybe

Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 37

Meta CEO doesn't Zuck at Brazilian jiu-jitsu, apparently

'Silent killer' Mark bags himself top medals in tournament

Offbeat09 May 2023 | 22

Strike three: FTC says Meta still failing to protect user privacy

Deals between Zuckercorp + FTC in 2012 and 2020 are being ignored, so time to get stricter, says commish

Security04 May 2023 | 21

Facebook puts a price on privacy for US users and it's not enough to buy a cup of coffee

Coughs up $725 million to settle class action that covers 244 million users

Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 16

Meta's Zuckerberg paid $27M in 'other' compensation for 2022

The average pay of how many human employees = one humanoid CEO? 91

Offbeat18 Apr 2023 | 27

Meta chops another 10,000 employees, closes 5,000 vacancies

The Year of Efficiency may also include sending engineers back into the office

Personal Tech14 Mar 2023 | 60

Four top euro carriers will use phone numbers to target ads and annoy Google & Facebook

European Commission satisfied joint venture won't create competitive problems for locals

Personal Tech13 Feb 2023 | 63

Meta sees off another logo complaint from blockchain player Dfinity

What would possess a nonprofit to go after Mark Zuckerberg's empire?

Legal08 Feb 2023 | 7

Cedars-Sinai hospital's website shares patient info with Meta, lawsuit claims

Facebook parent could then offer that data to other advertising clients, complaint alleges

Applications08 Feb 2023 | 8

Meta, which pays for web scraping, sues to stop web scraping

Social ad behemoth insists what it does it okay ... and what others do is not

Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 21

Former Facebooker alleges Meta drained users' batteries to test apps

You are the product

Personal Tech30 Jan 2023 | 47

Long data privacy notices aren't foolproof, Euro watchdog tells Meta

As Meta reels from €390 million EU fine, the 'personalized ads' case might not be over, Max Schrem’s legal group says

Security13 Jan 2023 | 4

Ireland fines Meta $414m for using personal data without asking

Updated Facebook, Insta told to pay up, make changes to data slurping process within 3 months

Security04 Jan 2023 | 25

Computing's big question for 2023: How many more questions can we endure?

The answers aren't much fun either

Personal Tech31 Dec 2022 | 77

Meta freezes development of $1.5B Alabama datacenter pending redesign

More AI is the answer to all our woes, Meta CTO says

Off-Prem20 Dec 2022 | 5

Meta axes two Danish datacenters amid shift to AI infrastructure

Cancelled bit barns the latest casualties following mass layoffs last month

Off-Prem16 Dec 2022 | 14

Using personal info for ads without consent puts Meta in EU's gunsights

Schrems strikes again

Personal Tech08 Dec 2022 | 29

Facebook approved 75% of ads threatening US election workers

Not a good look for Meta's content moderation team

Personal Tech02 Dec 2022 | 30

Meta fined $275m after data-scraping fiasco leaked 533m Facebook users' profiles

Irish eyes aren't smiling

Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 27

Meta scores $200k default win against alleged peddler of Instagram Likes

Manipulating users' feelings on a social media platform? That's our job!

Legal28 Nov 2022 | 3

Quest VR glasses back on sale in Germany – but watchdog has eye on Meta

Goggles unhooked from Facebook login, but officials still watching for antitrust abuse

Personal Tech25 Nov 2022 | 15

Meta links US military to fake social media influence campaigns

Didn't say they were good, though – covert ops apparently got 'little to no engagement' from targets

Research24 Nov 2022 | 20

Feel Luckey, punk? Oculus designer builds VR murder headset

The metaverse is shaping up to be such an inviting place

Offbeat09 Nov 2022 | 32