Facebook confirmed on Wednesday that users in the UK will shift over to the same user agreements the social network uses in California when the country parts way with the EU next year. Facebook’s current relationship with the UK, as with other EU countries, is managed through Ireland, where the company has its European headquarters. …
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Facebook is doubling down on its criticism of Apple with another ad claiming that the iPhone maker’s upcoming privacy changes to its mobile operating system will harm consumers by making “the internet much more expensive.” Apple announced several new privacy updates for iOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this year, including a feature called App Tracking Transparency that would require people to opt …
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Facebook is building an AI assistant called TLDR that will summarize news articles into bullet points, so that you won’t have to read a full story, Buzzfeed News reported Tuesday. The tool — named for the internet acronym “too long, didn’t read” — would also provide audio narration of full articles and a voice assistant to answer questions about a …
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Facebook wants to participate in Fortnite maker Epic Games‘ high profile lawsuit against Apple, providing what it says is information about how the iPhone and iPad maker’s policies hurt other businesses. The move was revealed the same day Facebook launched a nationwide print ad campaign criticizing Apple’s privacy policies. “We think it’s really important that the court understand far reaching …
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The Federal Trade Commission has asked all major social media and video streaming platforms to provide information on how they deal with users’ personal data. The order was sent Monday to Facebook, WhatsApp, Snap, Twitter, Amazon, YouTube, TikTok owner ByteDance, Twitch, Reddit and Discord. The FTC wants to know how the internet giants collect, use and track personal and demographic …
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Facebook is working on a new video platform that lets users pay to interact with content creators or celebrities during live broadcasts, according to a Tuesday report by Bloomberg. The product, reportedly called Super, gives viewers of live, interactive video events the chance to tip creators by purchasing digital gifts for them, or they can pay to show up next …
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Snapchat’s and Instagram’s lenses and filters have been building out weird transformative camera tools for years, and they’re starting to get more ambitious. And weird. And maybe fun? But will they become more essential? There are still no magic AR smartglasses people are wearing in 2020, at least not in this universe. But if you want an idea of where …
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Mark Zuckerberg threatened a UK government minister that he might pull investment from the country in a secret meeting that took place in Paris just two months after the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke. The Facebook CEO met with Matt Hancock, who was at the time the UK’s digital secretary, but who has since been promoted to health secretary, in May …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As the UK is on the brink of starting to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, Facebook has updated its misinformation policy to reflect that it will remove false claims about vaccines. The tech giant updated its Coronavirus Newsroom post on Thursday with its commitment to …
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The biggest strategic tech challenge facing President-elect Joe Biden as he enters office will be uniting major powers including the US, Europe and India to shape the future of the internet so they’re capable of facing down threats from China, according to Facebook executive Nick Clegg. Speaking at Web Summit on Thursday, the social media company’s VP for policy and communications …
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