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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says “big tech has gotten too powerful a force” and should be broken up
“Competition forces companies to make good products and be the best at it, and not just say; we’ve got you trapped!” Wozniak said.
Government of Tonga threatens to block all access to Facebook
The country wants to kill rumors about its monarchy.
Bernie Sanders outlines plans to tackle Google-Facebook ad duopoly
Sanders says Google and Facebook have harmed media.
Facebook reportedly developing messaging app Threads that automatically shares real-time location data
The app could potentially allow Facebook to mine even more highly personal data from its users.
Facebook revokes API keys to scheduler marketing partner Social Report
Facebook revoked the keys to Social Report without telling the company why. All of the clients who use the tool saw their posts disappear.
How the ePrivacy Regulation could impact digital marketing
It would repeal the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002 (ePrivacy Directive) and is lex specialis to the General Data Protection Regulation.
Family and friends panic as Facebook presents users as being dead, even when they’re still alive
People are marking other users as dead as a prank, and Facebook makes users fill out a form to prove they’re alive.
Facebook wants to monitor and manage your phone’s WiFi
A code researcher has discovered the unreleased features hidden within Facebook’s app.
Big tech is lobbying hard against state privacy laws
Tech giants say they don’t want individual state privacy laws.
California senator wants video of him being shoved scrubbed from the internet
Facebook says the video doesn’t violate its rules.
New Facebook emails show employee concerns about Cambridge Analytica data scraping months before media reports
Facebook says the September 2015 discussions were a separate incident to the sale of user data to Cambridge Analytica that Facebook discovered in 2015.
Evidence shows putting fact check warning on articles dramatically decreases shares
Merely putting the “fact-checked warning” on a social media post will influence people by discouraging them from sharing it.