Facebook Privacy Concerns

• Facebook to remove face recognition amid growing concerns about misuse

  Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people.

  Tech

  Nov 2, 2021
  
• Humans were transcribing Facebook Messenger and Skype audio

  Transcriptions done by humans raise bigger concerns because of the potential of rogue employees or contractors leaking details.

  Tech

  Aug 14, 2019
  
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• Facebook to be fined close to $5B after privacy breaches: report

  The fine would be the largest the FTC has levied on a tech company. But it won't make much of a dent for Facebook, which had nearly US$56 billion in revenue last year.

  World

  Jul 12, 2019
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• ‘Completely unacceptable’: Canadian watchdog to take Facebook to court over privacy concerns

  "If we go before the Federal Court, it will be able to order Facebook to change its practices," Daniel Therrien said in a news conference Thursday.

  Tech

  Apr 25, 2019
• Apple blocks Facebook app that paid users — including teens — to track phone use

  Facebook says fewer than five per cent of the app’s users were teens and they had parental permission.

  Consumer

  Jan 30, 2019
• Facebook says it didn’t violate user privacy. But its definition of ‘permission’ is loose

  Facebook says its “integration partners” had to get authorization from people to turn on certain features. But people may not have realized just what they were granting permission for.

  Tech

  Dec 19, 2018
• Facebook gave Airbnb, Netflix preferential access to user data, U.K. lawmakers say

  A U.K. Parliament committee accused Facebook on Wednesday of cutting special deals with some advertisers.

  Tech

  Dec 5, 2018
• Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook data scandal, suggests it may be time to regulate internet

  Mark Zuckerberg says it might be time for governments to build regulations into the company he helped found.

  Politics

  Mar 21, 2018
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• Mark Zuckerberg breaks silence on Facebook data scandal, vows change

  Officials from several countries have demanded answers from Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook's data use.

  Tech

  Mar 21, 2018