Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday, would resolve a long-running lawsuit prompted by revelations in…
Facebook Parent Meta Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725 Million
Notes From the Digital Gulag
December 23, 2022
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Commentary As the author of “Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom,” I guess I should not be surprised to find myself squarely in the digital gulag—banished, perhaps permanently, from Twitter and Facebook. Twitter permanently suspended my account several weeks ago, mere days before Elon Musk took over the helm. Although I cannot…
New Lawsuit Docs Reveal Hidden Twitter Portal That CDC Used to Censor Content, Backchannels at Facebook | Facts Matter
It turns out that the United States government had access to a secret Twitter portal, which they used to censor COVID-related content that contradicted the government’s narrative. These “Twitter Files” also reveal how closely these government officials were working alongside Facebook in order to basically do the very same thing there. Resources: 🔵 Sekur: ept.ms/3yW0Wul…
Heritage Minister Says Facebook Is Intimidating Canadians With Threats to Pull News From Platform
Federal Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez accused Meta on Thursday of trying to intimidate Canadians with threats of pulling news content from its Facebook platform, following the adoption of Bill C-18 in the House of Commons. “Canadians don’t like being intimidated,” Rodriguez told reporters in Ottawa. “Me, if I were Facebook, I would change my strategy….
Democrats Urge Meta to Extend 2-Year Ban on Trump
December 15, 2022
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A group of Democrat lawmakers is urging Meta to extend its ban on former President Donald Trump’s Facebook account beyond Jan. 7, when the media giant is set to make a decision on whether to reinstate him after issuing a two-year suspension in 2021. “That suspension is set to expire in just 24 days–despite the…
‘It’s Not About Hunter Biden—It’s About Joe,’ Says ‘Laptop From Hell’ Author
December 8, 2022
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More than two years have passed since Big Tech controversially suppressed the New York Post’s infamous exposé on Hunter Biden’s laptop, yet despite those efforts, the story continues to make waves. “I guess the chickens are coming home to roost,” noted Miranda Devine, New York Post reporter and author of “Laptop From Hell: Hunter Biden,…
Facebook’s Oversight Board Calls for More Equitable Censorship
Facebook parent Meta’s Oversight Board, the quasi-independent body that advises the social media giant on content policy, has issued a report warning of flaws in the company’s “cross-check” system that gives more leeway to high-profile users to post violating content. The advisory panel has urged Meta to modify “cross-check,” which it calls a “false-positive mistake-prevention”…
FBI Coordination with Big Tech Censorship Ahead of 2020 Election Revealed in Agent Deposition, Missouri AG Says
December 4, 2022
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Officials from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security frequently met with major social media companies ahead of the 2020 election and pointed out users and pieces of content for removal, according to information from a deposition of a senior FBI agent revealed by a state Attorney General. “We found that the FBI plays…
Facebook in Race Against Time to Turn ‘Metaverse’ Into Success
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is staking its future on the success of its virtual reality platform. But the project is bleeding money so fast, it puts in question how long the company can keep it going. About a year ago, Meta was the fifth most valuable publicly traded company in the world, trailing only…
Facebook Fined $277 Million for Privacy Violations
November 28, 2022
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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has slapped Facebook owner Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) with a fine of €265 million ($277 million) for violating user privacy. The penalty is related to an investigation that began in April last year after it came to light that a collated dataset of Facebook personal data was available online,…
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