EU’s New Copyright Rules Could Hurt Google, Facebook April 15, 2019 By Foo Yun Chee Google will have to pay publishers for news snippets and Facebook filter out protected content under new copyright rules aimed...
UK Joins Global Backlash Against Tech Firms that Fail to Control Harmful Content April 9, 2019 By Lucy Meakin and Kitty Donaldson The U.K. joined a growing global backlash against technology companies such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc., proposing fines and...
Tech Firms Face Fines and Jail for Failure to Remove Violent Content in Australia April 4, 2019 By Colin Packham Australia will fine social media and web hosting companies up to 10 percent of their annual global turnover and imprison...
Twitter CEO Agrees with Facebook CEO, Supports Regulation of Social Media Platforms April 3, 2019 By Selina Wang Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said rules like Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation have had a positive impact...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Says He Backs Regulation of Internet Content, Privacy April 2, 2019 By Selina Wang, Sarah Frier and Matthew G. Miller Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg called for new global regulations governing the internet, recommending overarching rules on hateful...
Facing Bias Claims, Facebook Will Revamp Its Platform for Housing, Jobs, Credit Ads March 20, 2019 By Katie Paul Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and...
Facebook Broke Data Privacy Rules, so Self-Regulation Must End: UK Lawmakers February 19, 2019 By Paul Sandle Facebook intentionally breached data privacy and competition law and should, along with other big tech companies, be subject to a...
FTC Privacy Settlement Over Cambridge Analytica Could Cost Facebook Billions February 19, 2019 By David McLaughlin and Ben Brody Facebook Inc. is in talks with U.S. regulators over alleged privacy violations that could force the social-media giant to pay...
Emails Released in U.K. Probe Show How Facebook Wielded Users’ Data December 7, 2018 By Nate Lanxon and Sarah Frier Facebook Inc. wielded user data like a bargaining chip, providing access when that sharing might encourage people to spend more...
What Comes Next in Facebook’s Major Data Breach October 2, 2018 By Matt O'Brien and Mae Anderson For users, Facebook’s revelation of a data breach that gave attackers access to 50 million accounts raises an important question:...