
Facebook expands Ad Breaks to 14 more countries, launches Watch globally on desktop
Facebook announced Thursday it is rolling out Ad Breaks to 14 more markets, bringing the total number of countries with access to the...

What marketers need to know about Facebook’s updated Business Tools Terms
As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced Senate and House committees in Washington, DC, this week, the platform introduced new terms around...

Facebook to use US mail to try and prevent future election meddling
Last week, Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed the first indictments against Russian nationals and organizations for interference in the...

Facebook makes it easier for advertisers to reach people internationally
Advertisers can reach more than 2 billion people around the world through Facebook, but it’s hard to do so. So Facebook is trying to make...

Google, Facebook to face large fines in Europe unless they change policies
Google, Facebook and several other large US-based internet sites have had a tense relationship with EU regulators, who see many of their...

DOJ seeks to compel Facebook docs in case involving alleged tax dodge worth “billions”
Earlier this week the US Justice Department asked a judge in San Francisco to compel Facebook to produce internal documents tied to a...

German court: Facebook Like button data transfer illegal without user consent
Yesterday, a court in a Düsseldorf ruled that German websites using Facebook buttons could not transfer data to the company without user...

Facebook Told To Stop Tracking Non-Users Or Face Fines In France
France’s data protection authority, Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), has been one of the more aggressive in...

Facebook’s “Find-a-Friend” Contacts-Invitation Tool Ruled Illegal In Germany
Facebook’s “friend finder” bulk contacts-invitation function has been found to violate Germany’s data protection rules. The country’s...

Facebook To Fight Belgian Court Mandate To Stop Tracking Browsing Behavior
Like Google, Facebook is under fire in Europe from privacy regulators. Today, the company said it would appeal a decision by a court in...

Facebook Introduces New “Slideshow” Ad Unit For Emerging Markets, SMBs
Today, at an event organized to discuss Facebook’s growth opportunity in emerging markets, the company introduced a new ad unit called...

Safe Harbor Overthrow Creates New Data Purgatory For US, EU Companies
The SIINDA conference in Prague concluded today with a panel of European publishers and lawyers discussing a range of legal and...

Facebook Pushes Back Against European Privacy Onslaught
Facing increasingly emboldened data protection regulators in Europe and a recent judicial setback concerning cross-border data transfers,...

Facebook Reveals The Internet.org Platform – A Framework To Help Connect The Globe
The goal of the Internet.org Platform is simple: to facilitate the creation of free basic services. These should be non-exclusive to...

EU Report Renews Criticism Of Facebook, Repeats Privacy Policy Violates Law
European privacy regulators have again criticized Facebook’s privacy policy and reiterated that it violates EU law. That’s according to...

Facebook Targeting Chinese Ad Revenue (Even Though The Service Is Blocked In China)
It’s true that the 1.35 billion folks living in China can’t access Facebook, but there are 1.39 billion average monthly users that can....

European Report: Facebook’s Privacy Terms, Practices Violate EU Regulations
A new report (and below) issued under the authority of the Belgian Privacy Commission concludes that Facebook’s updated privacy policy...

EU Taking Harder Look At $19B Facebook-WhatsApp Deal
European regulators have reportedly sent an unusual “second wave” of questions to a range of companies as part of its antitrust review of...

Facebook To EU: Please Review Our WhatsApp Deal
Usually, companies don’t want to be subjected to regulatory scrutiny. However this time, it appears, Facebook is actively soliciting...
























