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EU
EU, UK launch probe into use of advertising data by Facebook
BRUSSELS: The European Union and Britain launched parallel competition probes on Friday into whether Facebook uses data from advertisers to…
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Facebook bans former US president Trump for 2 years
Facebook on Friday set its ban on former US president Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum…
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Facebook rules need fixing, says panel’s co-chair
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump encouraged the Capitol rioters and so earned his Facebook ban, but the social media giant’s rules are…
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Facebook has weathered social media turmoil, says survey
WASHINGTON: Facebook usage has held steady in the United States despite a string of controversies about the leading social network,…
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Facebook says data on 530 million users ‘scraped’ before September 2019
Facebook Inc on Tuesday said a recently reported data leak affecting potentially 530 million users stemmed from a misuse of…
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Leaker says they are offering private details of 500 million Facebook users
A leaker says they are offering information on more than 500 million Facebook Inc users — including phone numbers and…
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Australia
Facebook ‘refriends’ Australia after changes to media laws
Facebook said on Tuesday it will restore Australian news pages after negotiating changes with the government to a proposed law…
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Australia
Facebook ‘unfriends’ Australia: news pages go dark in test for global publishing
Facebook faced an angry backlash on Thursday after blocking news feeds in Australia in a surprise escalation of a dispute…
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Economics
Could cryptocurrency dethrone the dollar?
Bank of England governor Mark Carney has suggested that a virtual currency, modelled on Facebook’s Libra, could one day replace the…
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Politics
Facebook tightens rules for US political advertisers ahead of the 2020 election
Facebook Inc is tightening its political ad rules in the United States, it said on Wednesday, requiring new disclosures for…
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