Tech giants face tougher US laws
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Friday, 11 June 2021 11:22

Tech giants face tougher US laws


Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google subject to five bills

House Democrats are set to introduce a package of five bills as soon as this week that would prohibit tech giants like Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google from discriminating against rivals or buying potential competitors.

Trump is not getting his Facebook account back
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Advisors say it is up to Board now

Donald Trump's Facebook account should not be reinstated, the social media giant's oversight board said barring an imminent return to the platform.

Facebook knew about Capitol insurrection
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Tuesday, 27 April 2021 12:01

Facebook knew about Capitol insurrection

 
Failed to stop it

Social notworking giant Facebook knew that the Stop the Steal movement was about to mount the Jan. 6th Capitol insurrection and failed to stop it.

Facebook bans French town
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Monday, 26 April 2021 16:01

Facebook bans French town

 
Vile Bitch

Puritan US Social notworking site, Facebook has concluded that a famous French town has no right to exist and is an insult to good Christian folk and their children.

Facebook makes weak excuses for database blunder
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Do people even bother paying for PR any more?

It would appear that Facebook has got so arrogant that it does not even have to bother with coming up with a decent excuse to explain its antics.

Apple tries to mine Facebook data
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Tuesday, 06 April 2021 10:57

Apple tries to mine Facebook data


Facebook says no

Apple is so desperate to win its antitrust case with Epic it is hitting up other big tech empires in the hope it can dig up some dirt.

Venezuela's Maduro claims that Facebook is bananas
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If I only had thyme

Venezuela's government accused Facebook of "digital totalitarianism" after it froze President Nicolas Maduro's page for 30 days for violating its policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19.

Supremes snub Facebook’s tracking case
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Wednesday, 24 March 2021 10:12

Supremes snub Facebook’s tracking case



Stop in the name of...  wasting our time

The US Supreme Court rejected Facebook's bid to gut a $15 billion class-action lawsuit accusing the company of illegally tracking the activities of internet users even when they are logged out of the social media platform.

Facebook unfriended a Kurdish dissident group
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Nice to know who your friends are

Social notworking site Facebook banned a Kurdish YPG dissident group because its presence on the site was offending the Turkish government and it might cause problems for its business in the country.

Facebook comes the raw prawn on Aussie content
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Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:40

Facebook comes the raw prawn on Aussie content


No way are we paying for that

Facebook said it would no longer allow Australian publishers to share news on Facebook or allow Australian people to view or share international news sources.