FTC to announce $5 billion settlement with Facebook as early as this week: sources July 22, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...k-as-early-as-this-week-sources-idUSKCN1UH25S
Facebook mishandled phone numbers, facial recognition, FTC to reportedly allege The agency will share its concerns along with a settlement with the social media giant, according to The Washington Post July 23, 2019 https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-...-facial-recognition-ftc-to-reportedly-allege/
Facebook fined $5 billion by FTC, must update and adopt new privacy, security measures July 24, 2019 https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/...llion-fine-u-s-privacy-violations/1812499001/ Reuters: Facebook to pay record $5 billion U.S. fine over privacy violations but critics call it a bargain
Facebook to pay separate $100 million SEC fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal It's a fraction of the FTC settlement July 24, 2019 https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/24/facebook-sec-settlement/ Press Release: Facebook to Pay $100 Million for Misleading Investors About the Risks It Faced From Misuse of User Data
Facebook ends friend data access for Microsoft and Sony, the last 2 of its legacy partners, under FTC deal
"FTC sues Cambridge Analytica... Following its announcement of a $5 billion fine for Facebook Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against the company at the center of privacy scandal, Cambridge Analytica. The complaint says that the data firm was responsible for 'deceptive acts and practices to harvest personal information from Facebook users.'..." https://www.cnet.com/news/ftc-sues-...tles-with-firms-former-ceo-and-app-developer/ PS: Netflix today has a new documentary on Cambridge Analytica called "The Great Hack." Reviews have been very good.
Isn't the guy that was evicted by Zuck's lawyers when FB started to become something big? "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"
Why doesn’t Facebook help after your account gets hacked? July 29, 2019 https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/facebook-customer-service-hack/
Snowden says Facebook is spying on you and wants to help fight back https://www.cnet.com/news/snowden-says-facebook-is-spying-on-you-and-wants-to-help-fight-back/
Instagram and WhatsApp will add ‘from Facebook’ to their names Facebook really wants you to know that it’s in charge August 2, 2019 https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/2/20752324/instagram-whatsapp-renamed-adding-facebook-branding
Why Facebook’s new ‘privacy cop’ is doomed to fail August 3, 2019 https://www.fastcompany.com/90385267/why-facebooks-new-privacy-cop-is-doomed-to-fail
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went down (again) It's continuing a string of outages that have plagued the services August 4, 2019 https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/04/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-outage/
Mark Zuckerberg questioned by senators over children’s privacy protections in new letter August 6, 2019 https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/6/2...-senators-childrens-privacy-protections-coppa
"Facebook loses facial recognition technology appeal, must face class action A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent. The 3-0 decision from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco exposes Facebook to billions of dollars in potential damages to the Illinois users who brought the case..." https://in.reuters.com/article/us-f...y-appeal-must-face-class-action-idINKCN1UY2BZ
12 former Facebook insiders who ditched the company and are now outspoken critics August 10, 2019 https://www.businessinsider.de/facebook-employees-become-critics-2019-7
Facebook Paid Contractors to Transcribe Users’ Audio Chats August 13, 2019 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...reds-of-contractors-to-transcribe-users-audio
‘Private’ and ‘hidden’ mean different things to Facebook August 14, 2019 https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/14/facebook-has-different-definitions-for-private-and-hidden/