Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal

CHICAGO (AP) — Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been tagged in Facebook photos at some point in the past decade, sometimes at the suggestion of an automated tagging feature powered by facial recognition technology. It was their Illinois addresses, though, that put the trio’s names atop... Read More

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November 7, 2019

California discloses Facebook probe, sues for documents

California’s attorney general disclosed an ongoing probe into Facebook’s privacy practices Wednesday, as it sued the company over its repeated refusal to turn over documents and answer questions. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said his probe has been going on for more than a year. He said he was disclosing it now because his office... Read More

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October 30, 2019

Facebook sues Israeli company over WhatsApp spyware

Facebook sued the Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group on Tuesday in U.S. federal court for allegedly targeting some 1,400 users of its encrypted messaging service WhatsApp with highly sophisticated spyware. The lawsuit filed in San Francisco is the first legal action of its kind, according to Facebook, involving a nearly totally unregulated realm. Facebook says... Read More

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Facebook, Whatsapp

October 25, 2019

Woman charged after gripe about ex on Facebook gets justice

TENNILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman who was criminally charged after complaining about her ex-husband on Facebook said she feels like she’s finally gotten justice. Anne King posted in 2015: “That moment when everyone in your house has the flu and you ask your kid’s dad to get them (not me) more Motrin and... Read More

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October 23, 2019

47 attorneys general back antitrust probe into Facebook

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook’s latest foes: nearly every U.S. state. A state-level antitrust investigation into the social networking giant now has the backing of a bipartisan group of 47 attorneys general, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday. The Democrat launched the probe last month with seven other states and the District of... Read More

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October 8, 2019

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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Facebook

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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Facebook

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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Facebook

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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Facebook

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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Facebook

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

Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal

California discloses Facebook probe, sues for documents

Facebook sues Israeli company over WhatsApp spyware

Woman charged after gripe about ex on Facebook gets justice

47 attorneys general back antitrust probe into Facebook

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

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