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FTC chair Lina Khan explained how Americans lost their privacy protections to Big Tech
FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a "60 Minutes" interview that hundreds of acquisitions by Big Tech play…
Lloyd Lee
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He says AI can tell your politics and sexuality by reading your face. Is he right?
Michal Kosinski is pushing the boundaries of what artificial intelligence can do — and it terrifies…
Adam Rogers
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Meta AI starts rolling out in India! Here are some cool things it can do for you on WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram
Meta is finally starting to roll out the highly-anticipated Meta AI—one of the world’s leading AI a…
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Meta's election tools have been blocked over privacy concerns ahead of European Parliament elections
A government watchdog suspended two of Meta's election products ahead of the European election, cit…
Katie Balevic
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From privacy settings to educational tools, here are some new Facebook features you should know
Recently, Meta introduced several features, updated privacy settings, and added tools to the Fac…
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Your old Facebook and Instagram posts were probably used to train Meta's AI. You can't opt-out as an American, but you can do this instead.
Meta admitted to scraping public Facebook and Instagram posts and photos of adults dating back as f…
Sarah Jackson
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Mark Zuckerberg will have to give a 6-hour deposition about Cambridge Analytica as part of a class-action lawsuit
The class-action lawsuit was filed in 2018 on behalf of California Facebook users and will depose Z…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Facebook and Instagram face European threat after watchdog's ruling in a Snowden-era privacy dispute
The Irish ruling throws into doubt how Meta will manage its data processing operations as US-EU off…
Rosie Bradbury
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An Air Force vet who worked at Facebook is suing the company saying it accessed deleted user data and shared it with law enforcement
Facebook created a tool in 2019 that let staff access deleted Messenger data and share it with law …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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A New York City Airbnb host was shut down under the short-term rental law. He's now renting his basement illegally on Facebook and making crucial income after he was laid off.
A couple in Astoria, Queens, rented out their basement on Airbnb for years. New city regulations ha…
Eliza Relman
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Women are turning to Facebook for a DIY approach to getting pregnant
A vial of sperm can cost $1,000, so some people are taking different approaches to finding a sperm …
Rebecca Torrence
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Meta will pay $725 million to settle a privacy lawsuit that accused Facebook of sharing users' data with consulting firm Cambridge Analytica
The settlement is "the largest recovery ever achieved in a data privacy class action," lawyers for …
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Threads users can now keep their posts off Instagram, FB
Meta's Threads users are reporting a new feature where they can keep their posts off Instagram and …
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How to change your Facebook privacy settings, and 10 settings you should consider changing
The methods to change your Facebook privacy settings will vary depending on the device you're using.
Dave Johnson
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Google is adopting privacy changes on Android similar to the ones Apple made on iPhone that cost Facebook billions of dollars
Apple introduced a privacy feature to stop apps from tracking you on iPhone, and now Google is doin…
Ben Gilbert
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Meta agrees to pay $90 million to settle a lawsuit alleging Facebook kept tracking users after they logged off
The lawsuit alleges Facebook used plug-ins and cookies to track users' visits to other websites con…
Sarah Jackson
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Texas is suing Meta for violating state privacy laws with its former facial-recognition program
Meta Platforms, Facebook's parent company, is being sued by the Texas attorney general over its fac…
Gabrielle Bienasz
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'I can confirm that life is very good without Facebook,' a French minister quipped after Meta warned it might pull its services from Europe
Meta warned last week that it may remove services such as Facebook and Instagram from the EU if it'…
Matthew Loh
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Meta warns it could pull Instagram and Facebook in Europe if it loses a data-sharing ruling
"Meta cannot just blackmail the EU into giving up its data protection standards," a European lawmak…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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$315 billion in market value has been erased from these 4 companies since Apple's iOS privacy changes went into effect last year
Meta Platforms expects the headwind stemming from Apple's IDFA privacy change to "moderately increa…