Facebook discussed using people’s data as a bargaining chip, emails and court filings suggest

A Russian court fined social media company Facebook 4 million roubles ($62,922) on Thursday for its failure to comply with a Russian data law, the RIA news agency reported......»»

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An email app developer says it has uncovered new data that suggests Apple has long been suppressing the rankings of apps in the App Store that compete with Apple’s own offerings, according to new court filings by the developer......»»

Agreements that let Facebook and other firms send Europ.....»»

An online database exposed the names, Facebook ID, and phone numbers of more than 267 million people, according to data security researcher Bob Diachen.....»»

Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems' seven-year battle against Facebook reaches a crucial point on Dec. 17 when an adviser to Europe's top court will issue his view on whether tools used by companies to transfer data abroad are legal or not......»»

Facebook Inc has agreed to turn over additional documents after the California state attorney general's office went to court earlier this month to compel the social media firm to comply with requests for information in its privacy investigation......»»

In April 2018 Facebook implemented new rules restricting the amount of personal data third-parties could access following the C.....»»

Three senators on Tuesday roll out a bill that they said would make it easier for users to leave the leading social media platforms, in a fresh sign of how Big Tech is in Washington’s crosshairs......»»

Turkish authorities have fined Facebook Inc 1.6 million lira ($282,000) for violation of data protection laws which affected nearly 300,000 people, the Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) said on Thursday......»»

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Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questions from employees in July during company-wide Q&A sessions, audio of which was leaked to and published Tuesday by the Verge. Zuckerberg is asked about the repo.....»»

Facebook on Tuesday unveiled its blueprint for an independent oversight board of 40 people who will review the company's decisions about the posts, photos and videos it takes down or leaves online......»»

The German cartel office will appeal a regional court's decision to suspend restrictions it had imposed on Facebook's data collection practices to the Federal Court of Justice, Germany's highest court......»»

A German court on Monday temporarily suspended a February decision by the cartel office to order Facebook to restrict its data collection practices in Germany......»»

EU antitrust regulators want to know whether Facebook's proposed Libra cryptocurrency and its use of consumer data pose possible anti-competitive constraints, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday......»»

The move may disappoint people who thought they would be able to delete that information from Facebook in full......»»

Facebook users suing the world's largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed to warn them about risks tied to its single sign-on tool, even though it protected its employees, a court filing on Thursday showed......»»

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc's effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent......»»

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc's effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent......»»