Nigeria has hit Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, with a staggering $220 million fine for violating local data privacy laws. After a thorough investigation revealed that Meta’s policies deny Nigerian users the right to control their personal data, the government demanded immediate changes and a hefty
The US Supreme Court will decide Facebook’s fate in a massive data-harvesting scandal following a class-action lawsuit alleging that Meta gave up to 87 million customers’ personal information to other parties, including Cambridge Analytica, on June 10. You can read the original article here. On June 10, the Supreme Court
Former CIA Agent Aaron Berman, who served at the CIA between March 2002 and July 2019, takes over election policing at Facebook. Aaron Berman, a 17-year veteran of the CIA who already held a senior position in Facebook’s “misinformation” team during the 2020 election, has been promoted to “Head of
A law known as the Online News Act has caused Facebook and Instagram to follow through with blocking all news stories in Canada. Meta said Thursday that it plans to follow through with a threat to block Canadians from sharing news on its platforms, after the federal government passed a
As a consequence of Facebook’s alleged lack of cooperation with the state police in an investigation involving an imprisoned Indian citizen in Saudi Arabia, the Indian state of Karnataka has threatened to shut down Facebook’s operations. The Karnataka High Court has recently issued a stern warning to Facebook, raising the
Meta whistleblower Frances Haugen has warned that if social media is not fixed, it could lead to the deaths of tens of millions of people. She cites examples such as Facebook’s role in spreading religious hatred in India. Frances Haugen, the Meta whistleblower, told The Sunday Times that “tens of millions” will
Two districts in San Diego County are part of a larger group of 16 districts that have filed a lawsuit against over a dozen social media companies in a San Francisco federal court. The lawsuit aims to hold Facebook, Twitter, and other companies responsible for contributing to the mental health
Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That told the BBC in an interview that the company has scraped 30 billion photos without users’ knowledge over the years from various sources, including Facebook, to build its facial recognition database.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) played a direct role in policing permissible speech on social media throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, according to confidential emails. Here are the the Facebook COVID files: emails that reveal the CDC’s role in silencing COVID-19 dissent.