Barr Pushes Facebook for Access to WhatsApp Messages https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/politics/barr-whatsapp-facebook-encryption.html
Snap Snitches on Facebook to the FTC with “Project Voldemort” Dossier https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/facebook-snap-ftc-antitrust
Give me all my data Facebook: Interview with professor Ruben Verborgh (Part 1) https://tapmydata.com/give-me-my-data-facebook-interview-with-ruben-verborgh/
Not a free speech platform: Facebook declares it’s a ‘publisher’ & can censor whomever it wants, walking into legal trap https://www.rt.com/usa/469209-facebook-publisher-laura-loomer-lawsuit/
Facebook plans launch of its own “Supreme Court” for handling takedown appeals https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/facebook-plans-launch-of-its-own-supreme-court-for-handling-takedown-appeals/
Facebook’s New Portal Device Lets You Place Video Calls on the TV https://www.pcmag.com/news/370809/facebooks-new-portal-device-lets-you-place-video-calls-on-t
The results are in… and California’s GDPR-ish digital privacy law has survived onslaught by Google and friends https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/16/ccpa_intact/
‘No basis for government to interfere’: Facebook fights new rules https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/no-basis-for-government-to-interfere-facebook-fights-new-rules-20190915-p52rex.html
Facebook defends tracking your every move — even if the app isn’t on https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/09/09/facebook-app-social-network-tracking-your-every-move/2270305001/
Facebook Warns iOS 13 And Android 10 Users About Real-Time Location Tracking https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/09/10/facebook-issues-warning-for-millions-about-ios-13-and-android-10-user-tracking/
Judge lets Facebook privacy class action proceed, calls company’s views ‘so wrong’ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-lawsuit-privacy/judge-lets-facebook-privacy-class-action-proceed-calls-companys-views-so-wrong-idUSKCN1VU2G2
US states to launch antitrust and privacy inquiries into Facebook and Google https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/06/facebook-google-antitrust-privacy-investigations-us
Facebook is Changing Its Face Recognition Settings. We Have Questions. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/09/facebook-changing-its-face-recognition-settings-we-have-questions
We Know Tech Companies are Listening In, But Does It Matter? https://www.reviews.com/blog/tech-companies-listening-in/
A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/04/facebook-phone-numbers-exposed/