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February 27, 2019

Facebook permanently bans far-right British activist Tommy Robinson

British far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been permanently banned from Facebook and Instagram for repeatedly violating the tech giant's hate speech policies.

February 27, 2019

Facebook, Google in crosshairs of new FTC competition task force

In a sign of the deepening scrutiny faced by Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google, the Federal Trade Commission launched a new heavily-staffed task force to monitor competition and consider possible antitrust violations in U.S. technology markets. 

February 25, 2019

Facebook moderators have PTSD-like symptoms from horrifying and violent images, fringe content

Facebook's low-paid army of content moderators suffer PTSD-like symptoms, are subjected to poor working conditions and deal with micro-managed bathroom breaks — while viewing some of most vile and fringe content posted to the social network every day — according to a scathing new report. 

February 25, 2019

Popular apps cease sharing data with Facebook

Popular health and fitness apps scrambled to stop sending sensitive personal information to Facebook Inc. after The Wall Street Journal reported Friday many were transmitting detailed information about topics including their users’ weight and menstrual cycles.

February 22, 2019

You give apps sensitive personal information. Then they tell Facebook.

Millions of smartphone users confess their most intimate secrets to apps, including when they want to work on their belly fat or the price of the house they checked out last weekend. Other apps know users’ body weight, blood pressure, menstrual cycles or pregnancy status.

February 22, 2019

Facebook shuts down controversial Onavo VPN

Facebook continues to be in damage control mode due to a number of high-profile privacy gaffs recently.

February 22, 2019

Tech turmoil drives consumers to improve their 'digital lives'

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly meeting with a top British official after the British government released a report accusing the social media giant, and similar companies, of behaving like a “digital gangster.” 

February 21, 2019

FTC must probe Facebook for violating children's privacy with unfair and deceptive business practices, groups urge

A coalition of 16 consumer groups on Thursday called on the FTC to investigate whether Facebook engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices in violation of a major children's privacy law. 

February 21, 2019

Facebook's constant tracking on Android can now be limited

Until now there's been a big discrepancy over the level of privacy available to users of Facebook's app on iOS and Android.

February 18, 2019

Facebook slammed as 'digital gangsters' in UK fake news report

Facebook knowingly broke privacy and competition laws and behaved like "digital gangsters," according to a scathing new report on fake news and misinformation.