Facebook Testing Implications of Privacy-Invading Tech By Invading People’s Privacy
Project Aria will send scores of Facebook workers into the world to record everything around them. On Wednesday, Facebook announced […]
Instagram Sued For Privacy Violations Over Unauthorized Camera Access
On Thursday in the Northern District of California, Brittany Conditi filed a class-action complaint against Instagram and its parent company […]
Facebook denies it will pull service in Europe over data transfer ban
Facebook’s head of global policy has denied the tech giant could close its service to Europeans if local regulators order […]
Facebook Threatens to Leave Europe Due to Proposed New Data-Sharing Regulations
Facebook has hit back at a proposed new regulation which would limit the sharing of European user data with the […]
Facebook suffers blow in Australia legal fight over Cambridge Analytica
Tech giant fails to convince court it doesn’t carry out business in Australia as privacy regulator accuses Facebook of breaches. […]
Facebook appealing order by Ireland’s privacy regulator that could halt EU-US data transfers
Facebook is appealing a preliminary order from the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) that the social media company says would […]
Facebook told it may have to suspend EU data transfers after Schrems II ruling
Ireland’s data protection watchdog, the DPC, has sent Facebook a preliminary order to suspend data transfers from the EU to […]
Facebook open-sources differential privacy tool
Facebook’s Opacus is a library for training PyTorch models with differential privacy that’s ostensibly more scalable than existing state-of-the-art methods. […]
Facebook tests linking your FB account to your news subscriptions
Facebook is testing a new feature that could help news publishers create a better experience for paying subscribers on the […]
Facebook says Apple’s new privacy rules could spare its own apps but hit smaller companies
Facebook warned that privacy changes coming from Apple could hurt smaller developers such as gaming companies disproportionately but will likely […]
Facebook pushes for data portability legislation ahead of FTC hearing
Facebook pushed for legislation that makes it easier for users to transfer photos and videos to a rival tech platform, […]
Facebook Beats Investor Suit Over Cambridge Scandal, for Now
Facebook Inc. successfully fought off claims it misled investors about Cambridge Analytica and other data-use issues, although a federal district […]