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11/08/2024
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By Arsenio Toledo
South Korea’s privacy watchdog fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting data from Korean Facebook users
The South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), the country’s national data protection government agency, has fined Big Tech company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15.46 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Korean users on Facebook. This is the latest in a series of fines and penalties the government of South Korea has slapped Facebook’s parent […]
02/29/2024
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By Ava Grace
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg to leave company board in May
Sheryl Sandberg, senior executive at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms, is set to leave the company’s board of directors following her 2022 departure as chief operating officer (COO). “With a heart filled with gratitude and a mind filled with memories, I let the Meta board know that I will not stand for reelection this May,” she […]
05/26/2023
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By Laura Harris
EU authorities slap Meta with record $1.3B fine for data privacy law violations
The European Union has fined Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, ordering the California-based tech company to pay €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) over violations of data privacy laws. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced the decision to penalize Meta on May 22. It followed an extensive investigation into the operations of Facebook in the continent. The investigation […]
10/08/2021
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By News Editors
Lawsuit: Facebook overpaid FTC by $5 billion to shield Zuckerberg
According to a pair of lawsuits made public on Tuesday, Facebook board members overpaid the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) an extra $5 billion in fines to settle a complaint by the agency and keep CEO Mark Zuckerberg from being held personally liable for the Cambridge Analytic data breach. The lawsuits claim the massive payment was contingent upon the FTC dropping plans […]
07/27/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
Facebook-owned apps can track and harvest your data even if you aren’t actively using them
Many smartphone apps track people’s data, including their current locations, even when they are not actively using them. Experts say one of the worst offenders is Facebook Messenger, the social media company’s dedicated messaging app. Experts are now encouraging people to do their research and think about what personal data they could be giving away […]
04/12/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Evil Facebook refuses to inform users their personal data was leaked in massive privacy breach
A spokesperson for Facebook revealed that the tech giant did not notify the more than 500 million users whose personal data was stolen and distributed online. The spokesperson also said that the tech giant currently has no plans of ever informing them of the privacy breach. The social media firm chose not to notify affected users because it doubted it could identify […]
01/29/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
BIG TECH CIVIL WAR: Apple and Facebook CEOs take shots at each other’s companies
On Thursday, Jan. 28, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that Facebook’s business model has real-world consequences and can often lead to incidents of violence. These remarks came just one day after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg accused Apple of “abusing its dominance” in the tech industry. Cook made his remarks during a speech at a data privacy conference […]
01/27/2021
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By Franz Walker
Millions of WhatsApp users moving to rival services over data privacy concerns
Messaging app WhatsApp has lost millions of users to rivals following a poorly explained update to its terms and conditions. New figures shared by the U.K. parliament’s home affairs committee on “online harms” show that disgruntled WhatsApp users have migrated to rival apps with Signal gaining 7.5 million users in the first three weeks of […]
01/14/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
Millions of WhatsApp users are leaving after company announced new privacy policy that will FORCE users to share data with Facebook
Millions of people are abandoning end-to-end encrypted online messaging service WhatsApp ahead of a privacy policy update that will force users to share their data with social media giant Facebook. According to app analytics website App Annie, WhatsApp’s ranking in both the United States and the United Kingdom has fallen significantly following the news. WhatsApp is […]
06/06/2018
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By Vicki Batts
Zuckerberg busted for outright LYING to Congress about Facebook data privacy cover-up … No wonder he refused to testify under oath
Facebook and its infamous CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, have been under fire for violating users’ privacy, censorship of conservative voices and a slew of other misdeeds — and now, it looks like the social media giant has been busted again. This time, a Democratic congressman says it looks like the Zuck lied to Congress. The accusation […]
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