Fahad HJul 12, 20181 min readFacebook receives $664,000 UK privacy fine, which could have been $1.9B under GDPRFacebook has received a £500,000 fine ($664,000) in the UK resulting from the Cambridge Analytica data-harvesting scandal. The fine was...
Fahad HJul 3, 20182 min readReport: Feds widen scope of Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal probetargeting millions of its users by data firm Cambridge Analytica, according to a report in The Washington Post. Five anonymous sources...
Fahad HJun 28, 20182 min readFacebook starts showing all ads a Page is runningFacebook is continuing its transparency efforts around Pages and ads, now including an “Info & Ads” section on Pages that list all ads...
Fahad HJun 22, 20182 min readFacebook’s latest data faux pas: app analytics reports sent to the wrong peopleFacebook’s data security issues have turned into a nonstop game of whack-a-mole. After having to alert 14 million users that their...
Fahad HJun 21, 20182 min readFacebook takes fight against fake news to more countries & ups machine learning efforts around Facebook is continuing its efforts to fight fake news and stop the spread of false information on the platform. Today, the company...
Fahad HJun 15, 20183 min readFacebook’s head of communications & public policy is leaving the companyFacebook’s head of communication and policy, Elliot Schrage, is resigning after leading the company’s communications and policy teams for...
Fahad HJun 13, 20182 min readFacebook updates Custom Audience list requirements to create more ad transparencyFacebook is making changes to the way advertisers manage their Custom Audience lists to give users more transparency about why they see...
Fahad HJun 8, 20185 min readThe big list of political ad policies from leading social & search platformsWe’re six months out from the 2018 US midterm elections, races that will shape the political balance of both the House and Senate. Of the...
Fahad HJun 6, 20183 min readFacebook shared user data with Chinese company identified as posing a national security threatLJZ / Shutterstock.com Raise your hand if Facebook shared user data with you — because the list keeps growing. Days after learning the...
Fahad HJun 4, 20183 min readFacebook faces more scrutiny, this time for sharing user data with device makersFacebook is under fire once again for mishandling user data, this time charged with sharing information with at least 60 device makers,...
Fahad HMay 25, 20182 min readFacebook’s new rules for political & issue ads start todayFacebook is now enforcing its new policies for political and issue-related ads. Announced last month, the new rules require all...
Fahad HMay 24, 20183 min readFacebook’s latest on fake news, misinformation campaigns & user privacyFollowing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before the EU Parliament on Tuesday to address the company’s mishandling of user...
Fahad HMay 16, 20183 min readFacebook’s first transparency report shows majority of offending content removed before being Facebook has released its first-ever transparency report, outlining the amount of content it has identified as breaking Community...
Fahad HMay 14, 20182 min readFacebook says it has suspended 200 apps for possible misuse of dataLJZ / Shutterstock.com Since suspending Cambridge Analytica for using an app to exploit user information nearly two months ago, Facebook...
Fahad HMay 11, 20185 min readIt’s business as usual for Facebook advertisers as Cambridge Analytica crisis proves inconsequWe’re less than two months out from Facebook’s infamous announcement that it was suspending Cambridge Analytica for exploiting user data....
Fahad HApr 25, 20182 min readFacebook continues to refine its app data & ad-targeting safety measuresFacebook continues to shore up its user safety measures on a number of fronts. Yesterday, the site announced several changes to its API...
Fahad HApr 24, 20189 min read7 ways protections for online content are being erodedIn the end, the law in question (the Fighting Online Sex Trafficking Act, or FOSTA) was defined narrowly enough to fix the targeted...
Fahad HApr 20, 20181 min readFacebook to change terms of service for members outside Europe ahead of GDPRThe move, reported by Reuters today, comes as the EU prepares to begin enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) next...
Fahad HApr 17, 20182 min readSenators introduce privacy ‘bill of rights’ to protect consumer dataEarlier this month, US Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced a privacy “bill of rights” to...
Fahad HApr 12, 20185 min readWhat marketers need to know about Facebook’s updated Business Tools TermsAs Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced Senate and House committees in Washington, DC, this week, the platform introduced new terms around...
