Facebook Oversight Board upholds Trump's suspension, but asks Facebook to review the decision within six months to determine a penalty consistent with its rules
For Now Kari Paul / The Guardian : Facebook ruling on Trump renews criticism of oversight board Donald J. Trump : Donald Trump calls the actions of “corrupt social media companies” like Facebook, Twit...
FTC's Facebook settlement does little to hamper the company's ad business or data collection practices, mostly re-committing Facebook to previous goals
“Mr. Zuckerberg does remain the controlling shareholder, but his power over privacy in particular will be diffused.” Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8 : Facebook's $5 billion agreement with the FTC is offici...
Amazon's hard bargaining helps it squeeze as much as possible out of cities, but the NYC pullout exposed its limited experience building community relationships
SEATTLE — When Texas officials pushed Amazon to pay nearly $270 million in back sales taxes in 2010, Amazon responded by closing … Tweets: @alinaselyukh , @nickconfessore , and @ron_miller Tweets: Ali...
In a formerly undisclosed memo from March, a top FTC enforcement official said Facebook wasn't at fault for Cambridge Analytica's abuses; FTC says probe ongoing
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In a formerly undisclosed memo from March, a top FTC enforcement official said Facebook wasn't at fault for Cambridge Analytica's abuses; FTC says probe ongoing
Last spring, soon after Facebook acknowledged that the data of tens of millions of its users had improperly been obtained … Tweets: @nickconfessore , @justinhendrix , @jake_bernstein , @nytimes , @the...
Source: NY AG subpoenas 14 trade groups, businesses, and advocacy organizations over its investigation into fake net neutrality comments on FCC website
an astonishing example of advocacy fraud. Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore : NEW: @NewYorkStateAG has subpoenaed 14 trade groups, businesses, and advocacy organizations as part of her investigation i...
A look at how game apps track kids' data as a lawsuit accuses Google and Twitter ad businesses, and a popular app maker, of violating children's privacy law
New York Times : Tweets: @jenvalentino , @nickconfessore , @manjusrii , @jugander , @jason_kint , @leoniehaimson , and @profcarroll Tweets: Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / @jenvalentino : In a new lawsu...