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Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch.

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US Judge: Facebook May Have Improperly Handled Data Breaches
US Judge: Facebook May Have Improperly Handled Data Breaches
May 31, 2019  |  Legal

Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights of the Delaware Chancery Court has ruled that there’s a “credible basis” to infer that Facebook may have committed malfeasance in...

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Shareholders’ Proposal To Oust Zuckerberg Is Voted Down
Shareholders’ Proposal To Oust Zuckerberg Is Voted Down
May 31, 2019  |  Facebook

Despite their best efforts, Facebook‘s shareholders failed to replace CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the social media giant’s chairman. Fortune reported that the proposal was voted...

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Maine Law Stops ISPs From Hawking Browsers’ Data Without Permission
Maine Law Stops ISPs From Hawking Browsers’ Data Without Permission
May 31, 2019  |  Data

Lawmakers in Maine have proposed a law to stop internet service providers (ISPs) from selling private browsing data to advertisers, according to reports. The bill...

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A Year Into GDPR, Fines Total €56M
A Year Into GDPR, Fines Total €56M
May 28, 2019  |  Regulation

A year after the debut of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a total of €56 million ($62 million) in fines have been doled out. According...

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FTC Split Over Facebook Settlement Delays Decision
FTC Split Over Facebook Settlement Delays Decision
May 24, 2019  |  Facebook

With a reported split between the Democrats and Republicans on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an anticipated settlement between Facebook and federal regulators related to...

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Facebook Plans ‘GlobalCoin’ Digital Payment Push
Facebook Plans ‘GlobalCoin’ Digital Payment Push
May 24, 2019  |  Facebook

Here comes GlobalCoin. That’s the name of digital payments system that Facebook plans to deploy in “about a dozen counties by the first quarter of...

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Facebook Removes 2.2B Bogus Accounts
Facebook Removes 2.2B Bogus Accounts
May 23, 2019  |  Facebook

Social media giant Facebook said it removed 2.2 billion fake accounts in the first quarter of 2019, according to a report by Bloomberg. The statistics...

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Database Exposed Instagram Influencers’ Data
Database Exposed Instagram Influencers’ Data
May 20, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Millions of Instagram users — including celebrities and brands — have had their accounts exposed online. The database, hosted by Amazon Web Services, was left...

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Deep Dive: Social Media Sites, Tech Firms And PSD2, GDPR
Deep Dive: Social Media Sites, Tech Firms And PSD2, GDPR
May 20, 2019  |  Regulation

PSD2 and GDPR are changing all the rules when it comes to payments, presenting a unique opportunity for social media and technology companies to access...

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