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Tech giants will now pay more tax in France, after the country decided not to wait for the rest of the EU to introduce the measure. The so-called GAFA tax targeting major digital firms comes into force on January 1. The French government hopes to raise €500 million ($ 572 million) with levies specifically aimed […]
A video accusing Israel of testing on Palestinians the weapons and methods of repression it later exports around the world was removed from Facebook for several hours, and only restored after complaints. “Palestine is Israel’s personal laboratory for testing, refining and showcasing methods and weapons of domination and control,” says journalist Rania Khalek in a […]
Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images A growing number of people are talking about deleting their Facebook accounts after all the company’s scandals. Here’s how to delete your Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp accounts, thus wiping your data from the Facebook empire entirely. And if you can’t or don’t want to leave Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp wholesale, we’ve pulled […]
Facebook has suspended the account of Jonathon Morgan, the researcher behind a disinformation campaign against an Alabama Republican candidate who ended up losing the race for a Senate seat. Morgan claimed it was “research.” Morgan, the CEO of New Knowledge, a social media research firm that published a major report on alleged Russian interference in […]
In the latest in its long string of 2018 incidents, Facebook let developers access the private photos of millions of users. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c13e362e7946272315fdd1a/master/pass/Security-Facebook_bug-1072681278-w.jpg
The one-day pop-up kiosk is meant to show that Facebook takes users’ privacy concerns seriously. It also was an opportunity to gather more data. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c12d0dee1431d5ffc3f79fa/master/pass/facebook_consumer_privacy-02.jpg
Despite Cambridge Analytica and a damaging hack, Facebook’s bug bounty program offers a bright spot. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c11a2704eefba6112fac0e5/master/pass/facebook_bugs1-01.jpg
Published time: 12 Dec, 2018 02:02 Edited time: 12 Dec, 2018 02:12 A bomb threat has forced the evacuation of at least one building at Facebook’s Menlo Park office campus. Police are investigating and have called for the public to avoid the 200 block of Jefferson Drive, where offices housing Facebook and Instagram are located. […]
Enlarge / Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs after testifying before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2018, in Washington, DC. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images) In recent weeks, a dust-up between the maker of a forgotten Facebook bikini app and […]
Facebook is testing out a new feature that lets merchants on Facebook show off their wares in live videos. Reports of the test first surfaced online but the company has since confirmed the feature to TechCrunch. Through the feature, merchants can notify their Page followers about their broadcasts, demonstrate or describe their products in live […]
