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Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91 million ($101.5 million) for committing the cardinal of cybersecurity—storing passwords in p...

Meta’s AI Scrapes Data From Millions of Australian Users—With No Opt-Out Option

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is once again facing scrutiny, this time over its practice of using Australian users' data to train its AI algorithms without of...

Elon Musk Slams Facebook’s Censorship: “A First Amendment Violation” Amid Revelations of White House Pressure

In a development that has reignited debates over free speech and government overreach, Elon Musk, the CEO of X (formerly Twitter), has branded the recent revelations about Facebook...

Zuckerberg Officially Confirms Biden Pressure on Facebook to Censor: Covid, Hunter Laptop, and More

In a stunning admission, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), has confirmed that the Biden administration exerted pressure on his company to censor content d...

Facebook Introduces New Measure to Help Creators Avoid ‘Jail’

In a move to improve user experience and reduce frustrations among content creators, Facebook has introduced a new system to help creators avoid the dreaded 'Facebook jail.' This d...

The FBI Investigating Facebook Posts of Ordinary Citizens Prompting Free Speech Concerns

A recent incident on social media has reignited concerns about the state of free speech in our digital world. In a conversation between an individual and a representative from a so...

Facebook Allegedly Sold Private Messages to Netflix: A Privacy Debacle Unveiled

According to a report in TheQuartering, in a digital age where privacy concerns loom large, recent revelations have stirred fresh controversy surrounding tech giants' handling of u...

Meta’s Strategic Evolution: From Social Network to Content Recommendation Engine, Analysts Say

In a recent interview with Ken Gawrelski, an equity analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, significant insights emerged regarding Meta Platforms Inc.'s strategic initiatives in respons...

Federal Probe Targets Facebook Over Alleged Drug Sales on Social Media

According to an exclusive story in the Wall Street Journal, federal prosecutors in Virginia have initiated a criminal grand jury investigation into Meta Platforms, the parent compa...

Meta’s Standoff with Australian News Outlets Sparks Concerns Over Access to Credible Journalism

A standoff between Meta, Facebook's parent company, and Australian news outlets has reignited concerns over access to credible journalism and the exploitation of news content by te...

Bad Actors Exploited a Salesforce Zero-Day Flaw in Phishing Campaign

Bad actors exploited a zero-day flaw in Salesforce's email services with a phishing campaign that also relies on Facebook's web games platform....

Norway Ban’s Meta’s Behavioral Advertising, Threatens $100,000/Day Fine

Meta has run afoul of Norwegian Data Protection Authority, with the latter banning the company's behavioral advertising and threatening a $100,000-a-day fi...

Facebook Tops 3 Billion Users, Threads Continues to Gain Ground

Meta posted its quarterly results, shedding light on Facebook's user base and Threads' adoption rates....

Court: Wiretap Needed to Snoop On Facebook Posts

New Jersey's Supreme Court has provided a major win for privacy advocates, ruling that police must have a wiretap to snoop on Facebook posts....

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