Category
Facebook has retaliated against the people of Australia by removing all content from Australian news publishers off of its platform. This is Facebook's latest temper tantrum about an Australian law that would require Facebook (and Google) to pay news organizations for their content. The law Facebook is angry about is called the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). It is
Germany's Bundeskartellmt (which TechCrunch translates as Germany's Federal Cartel Office), has initiated abuse proceedings against Facebook to examine the linkage between Oculus virtual reality products and the social network and Facebook platform. Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartllmt wrote: “In the future, the use of the new Oculus glasses requires the user to also have a Facebook account. Linking virtual
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has sued Facebook. The FTC alleges that Facebook is illegally maintaining its personal social network monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct. The lawsuit comes after a lengthy investigation in cooperation with a coalition of attorneys general of 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam. The FTC is seeking a
Facebook has placed labels on content that includes misinformation about elections. The labels have been added to some of President Trump's posts in which he made claims about the election that Facebook deemed to be false information. Unfortunately for Facebook (and its users), the labels did almost nothing to stop the spread of false information posted by President Trump. BuzzFeed
In September, Facebook announced that it won't accept political ads in the week before the US Election. Their ban on political ads would only affect the ones submitted after October 27, 2020. Recently, Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of global affairs and communication, told French Weekly Journal du Dimanche that a total of 2.2 million ads on Facebook and Instagram
Facebook announced that it has updated its hate speech policy to prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust. This decision is part of Facebook's ongoing effort to remove hate speech from its platform. Today's announcement marks another step in our efforts to fight hate on our services. Our decision is supported by the well-documented rise in anti-Semitism globally
Facebook announced some steps it is taking to help secure the integrity of the US elections. According to Facebook, these steps are to encourage voting, connect people to authoritative information, and reduce the risk of post-election confusion. Mark Zuckerberg made a lengthy post on Facebook about this. Here is a small portion of it: The US elections are just two