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Zuckerberg Advocates Internet Regulation
March 31, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote an opinion piece in The Washington Post calling on regulators to take a “more active role” in making rules for how to police the internet, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Facebook Hit With Lawsuit By HUD Over Discrimination In Ads
March 28, 2019

Facebook has been hit with a lawsuit by the Department of Housing and Urban Development over running real estate ads that discriminated against users. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Facebook Employees Said To Have Known About Data Scraping
March 22, 2019

In a District of Columbia court filing involving Cambridge Analytica, new details have come to light surrounding how much Facebook might have known about data-scraping efforts involving the firm — and when. Facebook employees reportedly made known internal concerns about the issue in September 2015, according...

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Facebook Unencrypted User Password Problem Spanned Years
March 21, 2019

The passwords of between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users were stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees for years, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Facebook Ends Discriminatory Practices In Ads After Lawsuits
March 19, 2019

Facebook will stop allowing ad buyers to target by age, gender or ZIP code when offering credit, employment or housing, according to ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization based in New York. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Facebook Shares Slide As CPO Cox Departs
March 18, 2019

Facebook’s stock was under pressure Friday (March 15), reaching its lowest point in three months after it announced Chris Cox, chief product officer, is leaving the social media giant. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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New York Grand Jury Looking Into Facebook’s Data Sharing Agreements
March 14, 2019

Facebook is the subject of a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors over the data deals it inked with some of the biggest technology companies, reported The New York Times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Facebook, Instagram Experience Outages Around The World
March 13, 2019

Facebook and Instagram have been suffering from worldwide outages today (March 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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Facebook Messenger Bug Exposes User Chat History
March 08, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently said he wanted his company to focus on “privacy-focused” communications, but a cybersecurity company revealed on Thursday (Mar. 7) that Facebook Messenger had a serious flaw that allowed potential attackers to know who users were chatting with, according to reports....