Facebook must face $35B facial-recognition lawsuit following court ruling
Facebook’s most recent attempt to extricate itself from a potentially landmark lawsuit has come to a dead end, as a […]
Facebook WhatsApp, Twitter investigations in Ireland reach conclusion
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has concluded investigations into Facebook’s WhatsApp and Twitter over possible breaches of EU data privacy rules. […]
Facebook’s New “Off-Facebook Activity” Feature
Facebook has introduced a new privacy feature called the “Off-Facebook Activity” intended to provide you with a tool to control […]
Facebook is building more secure Instagram messaging app
Facebook is launching Threads, a new camera-first messaging app from Instagram for keeping up with your close friends in a […]
Facebook can be ordered to remove content worldwide
The E.U. Court of Justice ruled that Facebook and other platforms will need to remove information or block access to […]
Amid a privacy crisis, Facebook now wants to put a camera on your TV
When Facebook first introduced Portal, a smart speaker with a screen, in October of last year, the company was grappling […]
Your Private Instagram Stories Aren’t Exactly Private
A shockingly simple work-around allows your followers to share private photos and videos posted to both Facebook and Instagram. The […]
Judge lets Facebook privacy class action proceed
A federal judge on Monday ordered Facebook to face most of a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties […]
Facebook confirms 419m phone numbers exposed in latest privacy lapse
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers were exposed in an open online database, the company confirmed Wednesday. More […]
Facebook: Charting a Way Forward on Privacy and Data Portability
To build portability tools people can trust and use effectively, online services need clear rules about what kinds of data […]
A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online. The exposed server contained more than […]
Facebook will no longer scan user faces by default
It will roll out the Face Recognition privacy setting globally over the next several weeks. Facebook is making facial recognition […]