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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.
Instagram Apologizes After Censoring Art Criticizing Chinese Government
“It looks like we made a mistake and removed something you posted on Instagram that didn’t go against our Community Standards. We want to apologize and let you know that we’ve restored your content,” wrote Facebook.
Senator Kennedy Calls for Independent Third-Party Audit of Facebook Bias
In an interview with Fox News this Wednesday, Sen. Kennedy said that he was skeptical about Facebook being impartial and honest.
DC Court of Appeals Will Hear Laura Loomer and Freedom Watch’s Big Tech Anti-Conservative Bias Lawsuit
The appeals court has agreed to hear the merits of the case which accuses Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter of working together to “intentionally and willfully suppress politically conservative content.”
Facebook Tells a Girl Her Name Is an Ethnic Slur, Bans Her From the Platform
The woman also explained that she named the child believing the word to mean “wanderer.”