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Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private Jets for Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk
Meta has removed several accounts across Threads and Instagram that were used to track celebrities’ private jets. The accounts, which rely on publicly available information to track a jet’s location and CO2 emissions, among other details, were banned without warning this week after Meta updated its privacy policy.
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Donald Trump Warns Of TikTok Risks, But Fears Ban Makes Facebook Stronger
Trump acknowledged that TikTok has both positive and negative aspects but highlighted the potential consequence of a ban boosting the size of Meta-owned Facebook.
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Facebook Parent Meta Fined AUD 20 Million for Undisclosed User Data Collection
An Australian court ordered Facebook owner Meta Platforms to pay fines totalling AUD 20 million (nearly Rs. 110 crore) for collecting user data through a smartphone application advertised as a way to protect privacy without disclosing its actions. The fine wraps up one strand of Meta's legal issues in Australia related to its handling of user infor...
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Unable to Move Forward in Probe Against WhatsApp, Facebook: CCI Tells Delhi High Court
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) told the Delhi High Court that it was not able “move an inch” in its investigation into WhatsApp's privacy policy of 2021 on account of a court order granting time to Facebook and the instant messaging platform for filing replies in connection with the probe.
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Even if TikTok and Other Apps Are Collecting Your Data, What Are the Actual Consequences?
TikTok collects vast amounts of personal data from its users, like other social media companies, in order to serve them ads. However, unlike other apps, TikTok’s corporate roots extend to authoritarian China, which carries implications for users of the app. From censorship to privacy issues, here are the risks of apps like TikTok collecting your ...
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Facebook Lacks Information on Collected User Data, Including How It Is Used: Leaked Document Shows
Facebook is reportedly unable to identify where most of the data it collects from its users is located, or how it is used within the company, a leaked document reveals. The report was created by privacy engineers on Facebook’s Ad and Business Product, and details the challenges the company could face in complying with various privacy regulations ...
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Facebook, WhatsApp Gets Extended Time to Respond to CCI Notices in Privacy Policy Issue
The Delhi High Court extended the time for filing replies by Facebook and WhatsApp to two notices issued to them by CCI which has ordered a probe into the instant messaging app’s new privacy policy.
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WhatsApp Fined EUR 225 Million by Irish Data Privacy Watchdog
WhatsApp is hit with a record EUR 225 million (roughly Rs. 1,950 crores) fine in Ireland following an inquiry into the instant messaging app's transparency around sharing personal data with other Facebook companies.
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WhatsApp Privacy Case Must Be Decided in a Month, EU Watchdog Says
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) gave the Irish data protection agency a month to issue a long-delayed decision on compliance by Facebook's WhatsApp after its peers objected to its draft finding.
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Social Media Is Broken: MIT Report Suggests Solutions to Fix It
Vast powers concentrated in the hands of a few corporations, the spread of fake information and news, threats to privacy, election process and democracy were some of the key issues researchers, policymakers, and users in the US underscored about the social media ecosystem recently. Check out details here.
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Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private Jets for Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk
Meta has removed several accounts across Threads and Instagram that were used to track celebrities’ private jets. The accounts, which rely on publicly available information to track a jet’s location and CO2 emissions, among other details, were banned without warning this week after Meta updated its privacy policy.
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Donald Trump Warns Of TikTok Risks, But Fears Ban Makes Facebook Stronger
Trump acknowledged that TikTok has both positive and negative aspects but highlighted the potential consequence of a ban boosting the size of Meta-owned Facebook.
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Facebook Parent Meta Fined AUD 20 Million for Undisclosed User Data Collection
An Australian court ordered Facebook owner Meta Platforms to pay fines totalling AUD 20 million (nearly Rs. 110 crore) for collecting user data through a smartphone application advertised as a way to protect privacy without disclosing its actions. The fine wraps up one strand of Meta's legal issues in Australia related to its handling of user infor...
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Unable to Move Forward in Probe Against WhatsApp, Facebook: CCI Tells Delhi High Court
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) told the Delhi High Court that it was not able “move an inch” in its investigation into WhatsApp's privacy policy of 2021 on account of a court order granting time to Facebook and the instant messaging platform for filing replies in connection with the probe.
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Even if TikTok and Other Apps Are Collecting Your Data, What Are the Actual Consequences?
TikTok collects vast amounts of personal data from its users, like other social media companies, in order to serve them ads. However, unlike other apps, TikTok’s corporate roots extend to authoritarian China, which carries implications for users of the app. From censorship to privacy issues, here are the risks of apps like TikTok collecting your ...
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Facebook Lacks Information on Collected User Data, Including How It Is Used: Leaked Document Shows
Facebook is reportedly unable to identify where most of the data it collects from its users is located, or how it is used within the company, a leaked document reveals. The report was created by privacy engineers on Facebook’s Ad and Business Product, and details the challenges the company could face in complying with various privacy regulations ...
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Facebook, WhatsApp Gets Extended Time to Respond to CCI Notices in Privacy Policy Issue
The Delhi High Court extended the time for filing replies by Facebook and WhatsApp to two notices issued to them by CCI which has ordered a probe into the instant messaging app’s new privacy policy.
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WhatsApp Fined EUR 225 Million by Irish Data Privacy Watchdog
WhatsApp is hit with a record EUR 225 million (roughly Rs. 1,950 crores) fine in Ireland following an inquiry into the instant messaging app's transparency around sharing personal data with other Facebook companies.
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WhatsApp Privacy Case Must Be Decided in a Month, EU Watchdog Says
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) gave the Irish data protection agency a month to issue a long-delayed decision on compliance by Facebook's WhatsApp after its peers objected to its draft finding.
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Social Media Is Broken: MIT Report Suggests Solutions to Fix It
Vast powers concentrated in the hands of a few corporations, the spread of fake information and news, threats to privacy, election process and democracy were some of the key issues researchers, policymakers, and users in the US underscored about the social media ecosystem recently. Check out details here.
