Facebook to settle advertiser lawsuit for $40 million

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook has agreed to pay $40 million to advertisers who said it inflated the amount of time its users watched videos. The San Jose Mercury News says the California-based social media giant denied any wrongdoing in a lawsuit settlement. The settlement notice was filed Friday by the plaintiffs in Oakland federal... Read More

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October 3, 2019

US House panel taps defunct startup for Facebook files

A U.S. congressional committee has requested a trove of internal Facebook documents that the company’s critics say will demonstrate how the social media giant unfairly leveraged its market dominance to crush or absorb competitors. The request by the House Judiciary Committee comes amid a flurry of new antitrust investigations of technology giants, including ones by... Read More

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September 6, 2019

As feds loom, states hit Facebook, Google with new probes

NEW YORK (AP) — Two bipartisan groups of state attorneys general are launching separate antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google, adding to regulatory scrutiny of two of the world’s largest and most ubiquitous tech companies. New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, confirmed the Facebook investigation in a news release Friday, saying the probe... Read More

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July 30, 2019

US appeals court keeps lawsuit alive over Facebook parody

CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal appeals court has kept alive a man’s lawsuit against a suburban Cleveland city and police over a fake Facebook page that led to his arrest. A three-judge 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel agreed Monday with U.S. District Judge Dan Polster’s ruling that the lawsuit can proceed. Anthony Novak... Read More

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July 25, 2019

Record Facebook fine won’t end scrutiny of the company

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook survived its latest brush with U.S. privacy regulators, at the cost of a record $5 billion fine and other restrictions imposed by the Federal Trade Commission. But it’s far from home free. While the company looks set to prosper in the wake of the FTC case, it faces a series... Read More

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June 5, 2019

Judge to rule if racist Facebook page can be trial evidence

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A judge must decide if prosecutors can present evidence that a white man charged with fatally stabbing a black student on the University of Maryland’s campus belonged to a racist Facebook group called “Alt-Reich: Nation.” Prince George’s County Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Hill Jr. is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday... Read More

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May 31, 2019

Judge orders Facebook to turn over records on data privacy

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge is ordering Facebook to turn over internal records regarding data privacy and access to user data. Thursday’s ruling involves an investor lawsuit seeking company records to investigate potential wrongdoing and mismanagement by Facebook directors regarding data privacy breaches. The lawsuit followed reports that the data of more than... Read More

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March 20, 2019

Facebook to overhaul ad targeting to prevent discrimination

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook will overhaul its ad-targeting systems to prevent discrimination in housing , credit and employment ads as part of a legal settlement. For the social network, that’s one major legal problem down, several to go, including government investigations in the U.S. and Europe over its data and privacy practices. The changes... Read More

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January 28, 2019

Memos: Facebook allowed ‘friendly fraud’ to profit from kids

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook allowed children to rack up huge bills on digital games while the company rejected recommendations for addressing what it dubbed “friendly fraud,” according to newly released court documents. The internal Facebook memos and other records were unsealed late Thursday to comply with a judge’s order in a federal court case... Read More

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Facebook

October 3, 2018

Lawsuit accuses Facebook of enabling human traffickers

HOUSTON (AP) — A human trafficking survivor from Texas sued Facebook this week, alleging the social media platform provides human traffickers an unrestricted way to “stalk, exploit, recruit, groom … and extort children into the sex trade.” The lawsuit was filed Monday in Houston against Facebook, the shuttered classifieds site Backpage.com and the owners of... Read More

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September 5, 2018

Twitter, Facebook set to defend polices ahead of midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook and Twitter executives plan to defend their companies in two congressional hearings Wednesday, arguing they are aggressively trying to root out foreign actors who want to do the United States harm just weeks before the midterm elections. Twitter’s CEO will also face angry Republicans who claim the companies have shown evidence... Read More

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August 21, 2018

US regulators target Facebook on discriminatory housing ads

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators are alleging that Facebook’s advertising tools allow landlords and real estate brokers to engage in housing discrimination. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said in an administrative complaint this week that Facebook violated the Fair Housing Act because its targeting systems allow advertisers to exclude certain audiences,... Read More

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Facebook

July 3, 2018

Federal Facebook probe now includes FBI, SEC

WASHINGTON — A federal probe into Facebook’s sharing of user data with Cambridge Analytica now involves the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department, the Washington Post reported. Representatives from these agencies have joined the Federal Trade Commission in the inquiry, the newspaper reported, citing five unnamed people familiar with the matter.... Read More

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Facebook

June 5, 2018

Washington state sues Google, Facebook over campaign ad data

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday sued Google and Facebook, saying the companies failed to maintain information about political advertising as required by state law. Washington law requires the companies to maintain information about buyers of political ads, the cost, how they pay for it, and the candidate or ballot measure... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Facebook, Google

Facebook to settle advertiser lawsuit for $40 million

US House panel taps defunct startup for Facebook files

As feds loom, states hit Facebook, Google with new probes

US appeals court keeps lawsuit alive over Facebook parody

Record Facebook fine won’t end scrutiny of the company

Judge to rule if racist Facebook page can be trial evidence

Judge orders Facebook to turn over records on data privacy

Facebook to overhaul ad targeting to prevent discrimination

Memos: Facebook allowed ‘friendly fraud’ to profit from kids

Lawsuit accuses Facebook of enabling human traffickers

Twitter, Facebook set to defend polices ahead of midterms

US regulators target Facebook on discriminatory housing ads

Federal Facebook probe now includes FBI, SEC

Washington state sues Google, Facebook over campaign ad data

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