Tag: Meta Platforms

9th Circuit: Feds Free to Censor ‘Anti-Vaccine’ ‘Misinformation’ Via Pressure on Social Media Companies

Court of Appeals said Children's Health Defense did not show Meta was coerced by feds to suppress views challenging "government orthodoxy" on vaccines.
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Meta Agrees to Pay Texas $1.4 Billion Settlement in Biometric Data Lawsuit

Meta agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle lawsuit brought by state of Texas over its unauthorized capture and use of personal biometric data of Facebook users.

Facebook Parent Meta Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725 Million

Meta Platforms, Inc. agreed to pay $725 million to resolve class-action lawsuit accusing it of allowing third parties to access users’ personal info.

Supreme Court to Hear Case About Facebook Data-Harvesting Incident

Supreme Court to look at a shareholder lawsuit claiming Meta Platforms deceived investors regarding a data-harvesting controversy involving Cambridge Analytica.

Court Rules Meta Must Face Lawsuit Over Fraudulent Ads

Meta must face lawsuit over claims it breached its terms of service by soliciting fraudulent advertisements from Chinese companies, federal appeals court ruled.
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Ex-DEI Manager Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Over $5 Million From Facebook, Nike

Barbara Furlow-Smiles, former DEI manager at Facebook and Nike, is sentenced to 5 years for stealing $5 million with scheme involving fake vendors and cash kickbacks.

How Big Tech Is Consuming America’s Electricity and Water

Cloud computing’s demand for electricity strains a grid that is already predicted to feature power shortages and routine rolling blackouts in the coming years.
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Users Outraged by Instagram and Threads Limiting Political Content Ahead of Election

Meta announced part of the change on Feb. 9, saying that it will no longer “proactively recommend” political content when users were not following the account.
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Meta’s Facebook and Instagram Go Down!

Downdetector.com showed vast outages at Instagram, Facebook and Messenger, however, problems are spotted across the world, suggesting outage could be global.
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20 Big Tech Companies Unveil Pact to Combat and Track Origins of Deepfakes in 2024 Elections

Adobe, Amazon, ElevenLabs, Google, IBM, LinkedIn, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, TikTok, X, and more sign ‘Tech Accord’ to combat deceptive AI use in elections.
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Gates, Musk, Zuckerberg Descend on DC for Closed-Door Senate AI Hearing

Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are among the big names from Big Tech slated to appear at the Senate's closed-door AI Insight Forum on Sept. 13, 2023.

THE FACT CHECK FILES: Inside the secretive and lucrative fact checking industry behind a foreign-funded bid to censor Voice debate

Two of Australia’s most powerful universities and a multi-billion dollar tech giant are fronting campaigns to silence news coverage of the Voice to influence the referendum.