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Tag: Facebook

28 Jun

Instagram and Facebook remove posts offering abortion pills

published on June 28, 2022 - 4:15 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not

16 Nov

Facebook, Twitter CEOs to be pressed on election handling

published on November 16, 2020 - 1:41 PM

(AP) — The CEOs of Facebook and Twitter are being summoned before Congress to defend their handling of disinformation in

01 Jul

UK regulator urges reforms to curb Google, Facebook ad power

published on July 1, 2020 - 12:43 PM

(AP) — British regulators want new rules to foster competition in digital advertising markets and rein in the industry’s dominant

07 Jan

Facebook bans deepfakes in fight against online manipulation

published on January 7, 2020 - 12:47 PM

(AP) — Facebook says it is banning “deepfake” videos, the false but realistic clips created with artificial intelligence and sophisticated

20 Dec

Researcher: Data on 267 million Facebook users exposed

published on December 20, 2019 - 12:44 PM

A Ukrainian security researcher reported finding a database with the names, phone numbers and unique user IDs of more than

06 Nov

California discloses probe on Facebook privacy practices

published on November 6, 2019 - 12:15 PM

(AP) — California attorney general says he has been investigating Facebook’s privacy practices since 2018. Attorney General Xavier Becerra offered

31 Oct

The pressure is now on Facebook to ban political ads, too

published on October 31, 2019 - 2:00 PM

(AP) — Twitter’s ban on political advertising is ratcheting up pressure on Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg to follow suit. But

09 Oct

Facebook CEO to appear before Congress on currency plan

published on October 9, 2019 - 1:13 PM

(AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will appear before Congress this month as the tech giant is under pressure from

03 Oct

Warren turns corporate criticism into bona fides in ’20 race

published on October 3, 2019 - 12:35 PM

(AP) — Facebook’s CEO said his company is ready to “go to the mat” to stop Elizabeth Warren from breaking

03 Oct

EU court: Facebook can be forced to remove content worldwide

published on - 12:31 PM

(AP) — The European Union’s highest court ruled Thursday that individual member countries can force Facebook to remove what they