All Facebook articles – Page 8
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ArticleFacebook’s data problems open door to domestic regulation of tech firms
As Facebook takes heat for how its user data has been exploited for political purposes, some wonder if a homegrown version of GDPR is on the horizon.
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Blog
Facebook follies: Congress, AGs upload scrutiny on social media giant
Troubles continued this week for social media giant Facebook with confirmation that the FTC is investigating whether the exposure of personal data belonging to an estimated 50 million users is a violation of a 2011 consent decree. Also in the mix: Congress and state Attorneys General.
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Pilfered data launches Facebook into a battle with regulators, legislators
Regulators and legislators are demanding answers from Facebook over how an international firm, Cambridge Analytica, improperly used the personal data of 50 million users without their consent to enable the psychological profiling used to sway election results.
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Blog
Social media companies lag on compliance with EU consumer rules
Social media companies—Facebook, Twitter, and Google+—need to do more to respond to requests made last March by the European Commission and member states' consumer authorities to comply with EU consumer protection rules.
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Blog
Facebook, CFPB, and the Mafia
This week Facebook tries to get onto offense, a Mafia-linked fraud scheme was taken down by a DUI, and the Department of Education and CFPB break up.
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Article
Is the European Union out to get Google?
While it might seem as if the European Union has it in for Google, a search of its open cases will reveal that it has its sights set on more than just the search engine firm.
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Blog
Facebook and the EU: a compliance failure or skirting around the truth?
Facebook’s record of complying with EU data and merger regulations is not looking good, as the company has racked up violations and fines from the European Commission and regulators in Italy and France.