UK regulator to write to WhatsApp over Facebook data sharing
Information commissioner says the chat app committed in 2017 not to share contact and user information.
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Is it time to leave WhatsApp – and is Signal the answer?
The Facebook-owned messaging service has been hit by a global backlash over privacy. Many users are migrating to Signal or Telegram. Should you join them?
Facebook Gives FBI Private Messages Of Users Discussing Capitol Hill Riot
DOJ files charges against alleged rioter after the FBI raided his Facebook account, including private messages and an IP address that plotted his approximate locations.
Facebook sues two Chrome extension devs for scraping user data
Facebook filed a lawsuit in Portugal against browser extension maker Oink and Stuff.
Facebook’s EU-US data transfers face their final countdown
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has agreed to swiftly finalize a long-standing complaint against Facebook’s international data transfers for EU to US.
Ireland brings in tough laws on revenge porn and online bullying
Parliament unanimously approves laws that could result in a 10-year jail sentence.
Court says all EU states can take data cases against Facebook
Social media giant had insisted only Ireland’s regulator could take action over infringements.
Biden and Trump Voters Were Exposed to Radically Different Coverage of the Capitol Riot on Facebook
Data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser project shows the different realities Americans inhabited on Facebook last week.
Turkey investigates WhatsApp and Facebook over data privacy update
The new policy means users outside the EU and UK must agree to more of their data being shared to Facebook for advertising purposes.
FarmVille Once Took Over Facebook. Now Everything Is FarmVille.
The game shut down on New Year’s Eve. But its legacy — for better and for worse — carries beyond gaming.
FTC launches sweeping privacy study of top tech platforms
The move appears to be a wide-reaching inquiry into everything major tech companies know about their users and what they do with that data.
Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding EU privacy rules
Facebook will shift all its UK users in into user agreements with the headquarters in California, moving them out of reach of Europe’s privacy laws.