SA’s info regulator is activating long dormant powers – ahead of a possible Facebook fight https://www.businessinsider.co.za/trending/the-information-regulator-is-activating-popia-powers-that-could-block-facebooks-whatsapp-plans-for-south-africans-2021-4
ACLU, a defender of digital privacy, reveals that it shares user data with Facebook https://fortune.com/2021/04/02/aclu-shares-data-facebook-third-parties-digital-privacy/
Facebook launches profile frames that help you encourage friends to get the COVID-19 vaccine https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/01/facebook-launches-profile-frames-that-help-you-encourage-friends-to-get-the-covid-19-vaccine/
533 million Facebook users’ phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4
UK may compel Facebook to share users data and conversations with police https://digesttime.com/2021/04/02/uk-may-compel-facebook-to-share-data-with-police/
Supreme Court rules Facebook’s automated text system doesn’t count as robocalling, handing major win to people who want to spam your phone https://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-ruling-facebook-automated-text-system-not-robocalling-2021-4
Facebook undersea cable to boost South East Asia internet https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56565348
Facebook’s Pitch to Congress: Section 230 for Me, But not for Thee https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/facebooks-pitch-congress-section-230-me-not-thee
Chinese hackers targeted Uyghurs living in US, Facebook security team finds https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/24/tech/uyghurs-hacking/index.html
Facebook says took down 1.3 billion fake accounts in Oct-Dec https://www.reuters.com/article/facebook-misinformation-int-idUSKBN2BE12M
Backblaze on the back foot after ‘inadvertently’ beaming customer data to Facebook https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/23/backblaze_facebook_tracker/
Supreme Court rejects Facebook appeal in secret user tracking lawsuit https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court-rejects-facebook-appeal-secret-user-tracking-lawsuit
Instagram is ‘most invasive app’, new study shows https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/instagram-invasive-app-privacy-facebook-b1818453.html
Four hidden ways Big Tech platforms suck up your data https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hidden-ways-big-tech-sucks-up-data
52% of apps share your data – See the biggest offenders https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/apps-share-your-data/782539/
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