NAIROBI—Kenya has no intention of shutting down Facebook, which is owned by Meta, its ICT minister said on Monday after the national cohesion watchdog gave the platform seven days to comply with rules on hate speech or face suspension. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) on Friday accused Facebook of contravening Kenya’s constitution and…
Kenyan Ministers Rally Around Meta’s Facebook After Watchdog’s Ultimatum
Ohio Leads Class-Action Lawsuit Against Facebook
July 30, 2022
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A federal judge has named Ohio the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit that seeks to represent all Facebook investors who lost money in the wake of revelations about the company. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the suit accuses Facebook of violating federal securities laws by publicly misrepresenting its…
CDC Met With Big Tech Officials in Bid to Tackle COVID-19 Misinformation, Emails Show
July 29, 2022
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met with executives from Big Tech companies in an effort to cut down on narratives deemed by officials as COVID-19 misinformation, according to newly released emails. The CDC hosted meetings on May 14 and May 28 in 2021, with slides outlining what the government agency described…
Facebook Parent Company Meta’s Q2 Revenue Falls to $28.8 Billion
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, on Wednesday posted its second quarter results reporting a year-over-year revenue fall. Total revenues for the social media and tech company were $28.82 billion, a 1 percent drop from $29.07 reported for the second quarter of 2021. Meta, which describes itself as a business that…
How to Hone Your Social Media Manners
We’re all “publishers” now, thanks to the ease of using social media platforms to instantly share content. With that in mind, here are a few tips to ensure that your audience happily and eagerly continues to come back for more. Watch Your Spelling One of the fastest ways to create a negative impression online is…
Irish Regulator Moves Closer to Ban on Facebook EU–US Data Flows
DUBLIN—Ireland’s data privacy regulator moved a step closer to a ruling that could halt EU–U.S. data transfers by Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram when it shared an updated draft order with other EU regulators on Thursday, a spokesperson said. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued a provisional order in 2020 to block the mechanism Meta uses…
Facebook, Instagram Fall Prey to Data Scraping; Indict Chinese Company
July 7, 2022
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Meta Platforms, Inc prosecuted Octopus Data, the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese national high-tech enterprise Shenzhen Vision Information Technology Co. Octopus Data allegedly offered data scraping services for Facebook and Instagram. Meta also prosecuted a Turkey-based individual, Ekrem Ateş, for allegedly setting up automated Instagram accounts to scrape data from 350,000 Instagram users. Octopus allegedly charges its…
Priti Patel Says She Will Stop Big Social Media Firms ‘Blinding’ Themselves With Encryption
The Home Secretary Priti Patel has pledged to amend legislation going through Parliament in an attempt to stop Facebook, Snapchat, and other big social brands from “intentionally blinding” themselves to child abuse and other illegal activities by using encryption. Writing in The Telegraph, Patel said: “Child sexual abuse is an unimaginably wicked crime. Tackling this…
Why Are US Hospitals Sending Sensitive Data to Facebook?
June 27, 2022
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Commentary Data is the new oil. Every second, a person creates roughly 1.7 MB of data. Not surprisingly, there is a concerted effort from Big Tech companies to mine data flows and drain us dry. One such company is Meta, more commonly known as Facebook, a company known for violating users’ rights repeatedly and without remorse….
Meta and Other Tech Giants Form Metaverse Standards Body, Without Apple
Meta, Microsoft and other tech giants racing to build the emerging metaverse concept have formed a group to foster development of industry standards that would make the companies’ nascent digital worlds compatible with each other. Participants in the Metaverse Standards Forum include many of the biggest companies working in the space, from chip makers to…
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