Fahad HSep 4, 20192 min readState AGs prepare to announce antitrust investigation against Google, potentially othersA forthcoming investigation involving more than 20 states attorneys general puts further legal pressure on Google and potentially other...
Fahad HAug 20, 20193 min readPiling on: State AGs intend to launch their own antitrust investigation against tech biggiesA coalition of about 12 state attorneys general is getting ready to launch an antitrust investigation of U.S. tech giants, the Wall...
Fahad HJul 23, 20192 min readUS Justice Department to launch expansive new investigation into big tech firmsAccording to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), The Justice Department (DOJ) is launching a new investigation into whether big tech companies...
Fahad HJul 12, 20192 min readFTC slaps Facebook with long-awaited $5 billion fine for privacy violationsAnticipated for months, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted today to fine Facebook a record $5 billion for apparent violations of a...
Fahad HJun 19, 20194 min readFacebook’s digital wallet Calibra: What it could mean for marketersFacebook announced it is launching a financial subsidiary in 2020 called Calibra that will include a digital wallet offered as a...
Fahad HMar 19, 20191 min readFacebook removes age, gender and ZIP code targeting for housing, employment, credit adsFacebook advertisers promoting housing, employment or credit offers will no longer be able to target ads by age, gender or ZIP code. The...
Fahad HMar 13, 20194 min readMarketers say they’ll adapt to a changing FacebookLast week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his vision for the company’s coming privacy-focused, unified messaging and social...
Fahad HJan 30, 20193 min readFacebook pulls Research app after backlash over use of teen dataFacebook has removed a controversial app, dubbed Facebook Research, from the iOS app store after coming under fire for essentially paying...
Fahad HDec 26, 20185 min readFacebook’s year of apologies (to marketers)To say Facebook has had a tumultuous 2018 would be the understatement of the year. The company has faced a barrage of criticism for its...
Fahad HSep 28, 20183 min read50 million Facebook user accounts hackedFacebook announced on Friday it had discovered a security breach affecting almost 50 million user accounts. The company says attackers...
Fahad HSep 26, 20182 min readAttorneys General take aim at tech companies with potential multistate actionIn Washington, DC, Tuesday, there was a meeting of state Attorneys General about big technology companies and their impact on the market...
Fahad HSep 18, 20182 min readFacebook job ads excluded women, ACLU complaint saysFacebook has been exploited in the past for discriminatory ad targeting, specifically in the housing market. Now the Communications...
Fahad HSep 6, 20184 min readFacebook, Twitter grilled by Senate committee; Dorsey says company may label botsvia C-SPAN Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday appeared before a Senate committee to face questions...
Fahad HAug 29, 20182 min readInstagram fights back against fake accounts & bad actors with new safety toolsAfter last week’s announcement that 652 Pages, accounts and groups had been removed from Facebook and Instagram, Facebook’s less popular...
Fahad HAug 23, 20184 min readFacebook, Twitter & Google take down malicious content originating from IranFacebook, Twitter, and Google’s security teams are staying busy. All three companies reported this week that they had removed malicious...
Fahad HAug 23, 20183 min readFacebook bans an app once used by 4M people, suspends 200 moreFacebook has banned another app on its platform since announcing in March it had banned Cambridge Analytica for misusing user data via...
Fahad HAug 22, 20182 min readFacebook clarifies Custom Audience list management terms for agency-advertiser relationshipsAlexey Boldin / Shutterstock.com Since releasing new rules around Custom Audiences in June, Facebook is clarifying terms around a...
Fahad HAug 22, 20182 min readFacebook to WaPo: No, we are not rating the trustworthiness of usersOn August 22, The Washington Post reported Facebook has spent the last year building, and is now using, a rating system that assigns...
Fahad HAug 21, 20182 min readFacebook removes 5K ad targeting filters to keep advertisers from discriminating against ethnic Facebook is continuing the push to make its platform safer for users, this time removing more than 5,000 ad targeting filters from its...
Fahad HAug 9, 20187 min readFacebook’s content review policy: How it works, the teams & tech behind the reviews &Last week, Facebook announced it had removed 32 Pages and accounts from its platform and Instagram for “coordinated inauthentic behavior”...
