The economic model of the American giant Goalowner of Facebookis facing a tough test in the European Union (EU), after being sanctioned with a new multi-million dollar fine from the Irish regulator. Meta is in the European viewer for its controversial handling of its users’ personal data, and the way in which that is used […]
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Russia bans Facebook and Instagram for ‘extremism’
Updated on 03/21/2022 10:03 am A Moscow court on Monday banned the social networks Facebook and Instagram in Russia on the grounds that they carried out “extremist” activities, Russian news agencies reported. “We accede to the prosecutor’s request to prohibit the activities of the company Meta”, the parent company of Facebook and Instagramthe judge said, […]
Meta, parent company of Facebook, includes Venezuela in its data verification program
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, included Venezuela in its data verification program with the addition of Cotejo.infoa Venezuelan digital communication platform created by the Civil Association Medianalysis that puts the magnifying glass, above all, in the speeches of the authorities. “The alliance with Meta to verify false information on Facebook and […]
“You can also live without Facebook”, France on an eventual exit of Meta from the EU
With information from EFE The French government responded this Tuesday with a “so what?” to the alleged threat of Goal, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to close its services in EU countries due to a court ruling that prevents it from transferring data from European users to its headquarters in the United States. […]
Meta loses US $ 200,000 million in the stock market, the largest cut seen on Wall Street
Goalthe parent company of Facebook, suffered a brutal drop of 24% this Thursday in the stock market New Yorkwhich represents a loss of 200,000 million dollars of the group’s market capitalization, something never seen by Mark Zuckerberg’s company. The millionaire fall has been cataloged as the biggest cut in value that has been seen in […]
German court rules against Facebook in dispute over use of pseudonyms
Updated on 01/27/2022 04:10 pm The Federal Court of Justice of Germany ruled that the social media giant Facebook You must tolerate that certain users, long registered on the platform, use pseudonyms instead of their real names. In 2018, the social network had blocked the accounts of a man and a woman, residing in Germany, […]
The US will adapt its guidelines on business mergers to the digital market
The government of U.S announced that it will modernize its guidelines to allow or block business mergers, with the aim of adapting them to a digital market in which giants such as Alphabet (Google) or Meta (Facebook) break traditional schemes. The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC, for its acronym in English) and the antitrust […]
US judge rejects Facebook request to dismiss antitrust lawsuit from Federal Trade Commission
Updated on 01/11/2022 05:23 pm A judge of U.S declined to dismiss the antitrust lawsuit of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Facebook, saying the FTC had a plausible case that should be allowed to continue. Facebook, which is now owned by Meta Platforms, had asked Judge James Boasberg in federal court in Washington, DC, […]
France inflicts millionaire fines on Google and Facebook because of their “cookies”
The French data protection agency on Thursday fined the companies Google and Facebook 150 million and 60 million euros respectively because of “cookies”, the computer trackers they use for advertising purposes. The 150 million euros (about US $ 165 million) inflicted on Google represents the largest fine to date in France for this company, which […]
Russian justice imposes million-dollar fines on Google and Facebook’s parent company
Russia imposed large fines on the US companies Google and Meta (Facebook’s parent company) on Friday, of US $ 98 million and US $ 27 million respectively, for failing to remove “prohibited” content, another sign of the increasing pressure on this country on the digital giants. In a statement on its Telegram account, the press […]