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Legal: Privacy
Facebook confronts class action lawsuit on behalf of 70M users
Yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified for more than five hours before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees. At times awkward and at times boring, among other things, the hearings revealed how little government officials really understand about how social media works. While there was some tough talk, the hearings suggested
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Facebook announces election-based independent research initiative as part of its continuing hearts and minds campaign
Today, Facebook announced it had initiated a new independent research project seeking to determine social media’s impact on elections. The project is funded by a seven different foundations — including the Democracy Fund, the Charles Koch Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Facebook says it does not have the right to review or approve
Consumer groups file FTC complaint against YouTube for collecting kids’ personal data without parental consent
A coalition of 23 consumer groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission charging YouTube with violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal data on children without parental consent. YouTube is owned by Google. The complaint was co-filed Monday by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and the Center
Survey: Chasm exists between brands and consumers on data privacy
Dismissed by many digerati several years ago, privacy has come roaring back as an existential challenge for online publishers and digital marketers. Recent privacy-related surveys from Forrester research capture an alarming chasm between enterprise marketers and consumers on the subject. Consumers in the US and Europe are increasingly concerned about how their data are being
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Facebook to require authorization and labeling on all political and ‘issue’ ads, verification of large Pages and more
Facebook has introduced yet another set of changes in the wake of a scandal caused by charges that Cambridge Analytica misused Facebook user data. In a blog post Friday, Facebook executives Rob Goldman and Alex Himel announced several changes and features they said would make advertisements and Pages more transparent.The changes include required authorization and labeling of political and
9 steps you can take now to get prepared for GDPR
If you are a US business that just started thinking about how to prepare for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), time is running out. When the sweeping European Union (EU) legislation goes into effect on May 25, entities that process the data of European citizens are subject to a slew of new rules, which
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Facebook is now giving users the option to remove apps in bulk
Facebook has rolled out a new option that allows users to remove apps in bulk from their profile settings. The new feature, which is accessible on mobile and desktop, will not only remove the apps but also will offer the option to delete any posts the individual apps have made to a user’s profile, TechCrunch
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress next week
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a key House panel next week, the Congressional House Energy and Commerce Committe announced Wednesday. Zuckerberg will face the committee on April 11. It’s the first of three potential hearings where he could face questions about Facebook’s data privacy practices. “This hearing will be an important opportunity
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Reaction: Advertisers cautiously optimistic after Facebook says it’s pulling third-party targeting data
On Thursday, Facebook said it would be phasing out the use of third-party data for ad targeting on the platform over the next six months. Since the ignition of the firestorm over Facebook’s handling of Cambridge Analytica’s misuse of user data, there has been one group that hasn’t had pitchforks out for the social network: