Tag: Facebook

UK Regulators May Force Facebook to Sell Giphy
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has raised significant concerns over Facebook’s Giphy purchase and may force a sale. Facebook...
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FTC Official Blasts Facebook’s Actions Against Researchers
The FTC’s Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Samuel Levine, has written an open letter blasting Facebook’s recent actions....
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Apple Will Check Photo Uploads for Child Sex Abuse Images
Apple will begin checking photos being uploaded to its iCloud service against a database of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), in an effort to protect chi...
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Facebook Bans Researchers Investigating It
Facebook is taking action, that appears to be retaliatory, against researchers that are investigating it....
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Facebook Trying to Pervert Homomorphic Encryption
Facebook is looking to use homomorphic encryption as a way to serve ads in encrypted chat and communications — to the surprise of no one. Homom...
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Instagram Accounts Will Default to Private for Teens Under 16
Facebook has announced it will make new Instagram accounts for teens under 16 private by default. Soci...
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FTC May Target Google and Facebook’s Data and Algorithms
The Federal Trade Commission may target Google and Facebook’s data, and the algorithms they rely on, as part of a larger antitrust crackdown....
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WhatsApp Beta Brings Multi-Device Support
WhatsApp is bringing an oft-requested feature in a new beta: Multi-device support. While WhatsApp has...
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Facebook Spending $1 Billion on Content Creators Through 2022
Facebook plans to pay content creators some $1 billion through 2022 in an effort to ward off rivals. F...
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Amazon Increases Efforts to Take on SpaceX, Acquires Facebook Satellite Internet Team
Amazon is doubling down on its efforts to take on SpaceX in the battle for satellite internet, acquiring Facebook’s team to assist it....
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Facebook Joins $1 Trillion Club Following Antitrust Win
Facebook scored a major win in its antitrust case, with a federal judge dismissing attempts to roll back some of its biggest acquisitions....
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Facebook Poised for Slowest US Growth Ever in 2021
Facebook is poised to experience its slowest US growth ever in 2021, dropping to a mere 1%. Facebook is the 800-pound gorilla among social medi...
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Winklevoss: Bitcoin is Gold 2.0 – Will Hit $500,000 In 5 Years
"We think Bitcoin is Gold 2.0," says Tyler Winklevoss. "It will disrupt gold so its market cap...
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Facebook Loses Fight to Block EU-US Data Law
Facebook has lost a major battle against an EU privacy law, one that would prevent EU data from being sent to the US. It’s no secret Facebook m...
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Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Trump Ban
Facebook’s Oversight Board has decided Donald Trump’s fate, upholding the ban imposed after the January 6 insurrection. Then-President Donald T...
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