Zuckerberg’s Early Notes on Privacy Now Haunt Facebook in Suit October 7, 2021 By Peter Blumberg If Mark Zuckerberg’s “juvenile jottings” on privacy from 15 years ago still exist, they’re about to be pored over by...
Judge Approves $650 Million Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Settlement March 1, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) –A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for...
Facebook Appoints its First Chief Compliance Officer Amid Ongoing Scrutiny January 29, 2021 By Kanishka Singh ViacomCBS Inc’s top compliance official, Henry Moniz, is moving to Facebook Inc as the social media platform’s first chief compliance...
Facebook Worries Smaller Rivals With Openness on Liability December 28, 2020 By Todd Shields and Ben Brody Facebook Inc. says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online,...
Google and Others Back Facebook Lawsuit Over Surveillance Tool December 22, 2020 By Robert Burnson Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and other tech giants asked for permission to join Facebook Inc.’s legal fight against an Israeli...
Facebook Sweetens Biometric Privacy Accord to $650 Million July 24, 2020 By Malathi Nayak Facebook Inc. bowed to a judge’s concerns and proposed increasing its settlement offer to $650 million to resolve claims by...
Justice Department Outlines Broad Overhaul of Social Media Legal Protections June 18, 2020 By Ben Brody and Chris Strohm The Justice Department on Wednesday outlined a broad overhaul of legal protections for online platforms such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google...
New Jersey, Other States, Work to Fight Virus Misinformation May 21, 2020 By Mike Catalini and David Klepper TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s top homeland security official received nearly nonstop calls in early March from grocery chains, trucking...
Facebook Sues Over Deceptive Ads Linked to Coronavirus Scams April 13, 2020 By Malathi Nayak and Sarah Frier Facebook Inc. sued the founder of a software company for running deceptive advertisements on its social-media platforms, including links to...
Zoom Sued for Allegedly Illegally Disclosing Personal Data March 31, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt Zoom Video Communications Inc. was sued by a user who claims the popular video-conferencing service is illegally disclosing personal information....