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Facebook owner Meta hit with record €1.2bn fine by EU
Meta – the company which owns Facebook – has been hit with a record €1.2bn fine by the European Union, for mishandling peoples data when it was transferred from Europe to the United States.
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Donald Trump allowed back on Facebook but will he return?
Donald Trump was kicked off Facebook after praising participants in the deadly Capitol building riot in 2021.
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Musk won’t follow right-wing audience, says former Facebook policy director
We’re joined by Jesse Lehrich, founder of Accountable Tech and former spokesperson for Hilary Clinton, and Katie Harbath from the Washington think tank Bipartisan Policy Centre. She’s a former public policy director at Facebook and has also worked for the Republican party.
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‘Innocent’ families scammed on Facebook, says Australia’s richest man
We spoke exclusively to Mr Forrest, who has launched a criminal case against Facebook alleging it is in breach of Australia’s anti-money laundering laws.
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The refugees suing Facebook for $150bn
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have launched a class action against Facebook, accusing them of failing to take action against hate speech which contributed to violence.
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Facebook whistleblower on why social media companies should be held accountable
We spoke to the whistleblower Frances Haugen, and began by asking if she thought Facebook and Instagram were dangerous for children.
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Facebook under pressure over leaked internal documents from whistleblower
The social media giant Facebook has been coming under intense scrutiny over allegations that it’s put profit above protecting its millions of users and combating hateful and abusive content, although the firm has denied the claims and posted better than expected profits.
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Facebook knew it was causing harm to young people but failed to act, whistleblower tells Congress
“Left alone, Facebook will continue to make choices against the common good.” Frances Haugen, a former product manager at the social media giant turned whistleblower, has testified before the US Senate, claiming that Facebook knows about the harm it is causing to many young people, but has done nothing about it.
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Web Facebook whistleblower goes public to accuse firm of putting profits before public good
Facebook has been accused of putting profit before the public good, by a whistleblower who’s now gone public.
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MPs launch attack on Google and Facebook for failing to tackle online fraud
MPs have launched a blistering attack on the social media giant Google for failing to tackle online fraud.
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Facebook should cut ties with fossil fuel companies buying ads promoting gas, climate activist says
I spoke to Lindsay Meiman, a spokesperson for 350.org – an international environmental organisation that aims to end the era of fossil fuels.
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Revealed: Facebook received millions for ads promoting fossil fuel
The fossil fuel industry has spent millions of dollars promoting gas on Facebook and paying influencers on Instagram to champion it, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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Multinational giants Amazon, Facebook and Google to face G7 tax bill
Rishi Sunak has hailed what he called an “historic agreement” to reform the global tax system – creating a worldwide base rate of corporation tax of at least 15%.
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Facebook suspends former US President Donald Trump’s accounts until 2023
Facebook has suspended Donald Trump’s account until at least January 2023, after ruling that his actions in the wake of the riot at the US Capitol constituted “a severe violation” of their rules.
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‘Facebook need to be held to account’, says author Roger McNamee
We spoke to venture capitalist Roger McNamee, author of Zucked: Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe.
