CNET - Europe's GDPR strikes again after personal Facebook data, including phone numbers, was found on the internet in 2021. Meta has been caught failing to abide by Europe's privacy rules, resulting in the Irish Data Protection Commission slapping the social media giant with a $275M fine.
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Meta Hit With $275M Fine Over Scraped Facebook Data
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TikTok and Facebook Still Running Ads With False Info
FREE MALAYSIA TODAY - A research found that TikTok and Facebook aren't always up to speed when it comes to moderation. The researchers submitted 20 advertisements on Youtube, Facebook and Tiktok, either containing false information about the upcoming US elections or aimed at delegitimizing the electoral process and result. YouTube not only blocked the ads from running, but also suspended the channel carrying them. 2 English and 5 Spanish ads were approved by Facebook. Meta's policy also seems to apply differently in different countries. Meanwhile, TikTok approved almost all of the ads, except for one in each language, both of which indicated that Covid-19 vaccination was required to vote.
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Facebook May Quietly Sack 12K Employees, 15% of Its Workforce
ECONOMIC TIMES - Meta Platforms is carrying out "quiet layoffs" at Facebook to slash 15% of its headcount as global headwinds and falling ad spends pose serious problems for Big Tech firms. This selective restructuring hints at a possible layoff of ~12K employees.
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Meta Will Allow Users to Switch Between Facebook & Instagram Accounts
ECONOMIC TIMES - Meta announced that it is testing new features that will make it easier for people to switch between Facebook and Instagram. The new features will make it easier for users to create, access, and navigate between multiple accounts and profiles on the social networking platform. Meta also informed that the existing security features will still apply to the recently announced updates.
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Meta Axes Yet Another Flagging Facebook Feature in Apparent Cost-cutting Move
TECH RADAR - Meta recently announced it's shutting down Facebook Neighborhoods. The official Group for Neighborhoods will close on Sept 7 with the official service shutting down on Oct 1. Neighborhoods is similar in function to Facebook Groups but has some unique features like allowing people to create different profiles separate from their main account for their locality.
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Facebook Moves to Settle Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit
TECH CRUNCH - Meta has proposed to settle a long-running privacy class action lawsuit in the Northern District of California related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The suit bogged down in legal battles around discovery for 4 years, accuses Facebook of illegally sharing user data with the disgraced UK-based data firm, Cambridge Analytica.
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Facebook Is Losing Its Grip as a 'Top 10' App as BeReal and TikTok Grow
TECH CRUNCH - Facebook this year has been struggling to maintain its position among the Top 10 apps on the U.S. App Store as younger consumers shift to newer social networking experiences like TikTok and now BeReal. The company hasn't consistently held onto a strong position in the Top 10 in prior years, either.
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Meta Rolls out New Reels Features on Instagram and Facebook
TECH CRUNCH - Meta is launching new Reels features for Instagram and Facebook. The company is rolling out an "Add Yours" sticker for Reels on both social networks, Facebook Reels insights, and Reels Remix features on Facebook. Meta is also opening up Stars, the virtual items that allow fans to express their support for their favorite creators, on Facebook Reels for all eligible creators. In addition, Meta now allows all users to crosspost Reels from Instagram to Facebook easily. Meta is also launching auto-created Facebook Reels, which are Reels compiled from previously-shared Facebook Stories.
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For This Reason, WhatsApp Is Not So Popular in the US
GEARRICE - A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in the US showed that WhatsApp does not have much popularity. It is estimated that less than 20% of smartphone users use the WhatsApp mobile application. Currently, in that country, mobile phone offers for SMS are very attractive, thanks to the rates for text messages and free minutes included in almost all plans. Facebook Messenger is also another online communication service that is widely used in the US with a. 87%. This is followed by FaceTime at 34%, Zoom (34%), and even Snapchat (25%).
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TikTok to Overtake Facebook in Influencer Marketing Spend This Year, YouTube by 2024
TECH CRUNCH - According to a new analyst report, Instagram is on track to capture ~3x the amount of influencer marketing spending compared to TikTok in 2022 - or $2.23B spent on Instagram compared with the $774.8M spent on TikTok. However, TikTok is now on track to overtake Facebook in terms of influencer marketing spending this year and will overtake the No. 2 platform, YouTube, by 2024. Currently, YouTube is seeing $948M in influencer marketing dollars spent on its platform in the U.S., ahead of Facebook's $739M. In addition, TikTok has already overtaken YouTube based on marketer usage for influencer-based marketing.
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Facebook's New 'Feed' Tab Chronologically Displays Posts From Friends and Groups
TECH CRUNCH - Facebook is revamping its main news feed and launching a new "Feed" tab where users can see posts from their friends, groups, pages, and more in chronological order, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced. The Feed tab won't show any "Suggested For You" posts. "Home" is the new name of the tab users first see when opening Facebook.
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Meta Sues Chinese Company's US Subsidiary for Scraping Facebook and Instagram Data
TECH CRUNCH - Meta is suing Octopus Data, the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese tech company Shenzhen Vision Information Technology Co., accusing it of offering data-scraping services for Facebook and Instagram. The social networking giant also revealed that it's suing an individual, who the company alleges set up automated Instagram accounts to scrape data from ~350K Instagram users.
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Facebook Groups' New Channels Feature Let Users to Connect in Focused Settings
TECH CRUNCH - Facebook introduced new features for Facebook Groups, including "Channels" that will let users connect with each other in smaller settings to have more focused discussions. There are three types of channels that admins can create: chat, audio and feed. Facebook also announced that it's testing a new sidebar that will help users find their favorite groups more quickly.
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Meta to Roll out New Monetization Tools on Instagram and Facebook
TECH CRUNCH - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company is rolling out more ways for creators to make money on Facebook and Instagram, and is also expanding some of its current monetization tools to more creators. Zuckerberg announced that Meta is testing a designated place on Instagram where creators can get discovered and paid for content. Meta notes that the creator marketplace allows brands to share new partnership opportunities. Once a brand finds a creator that they want to partner with, they can send a project with the details to them, including information about deliverables and payment.
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Meta Sued Over Claims Patient Data Secretly Sent to Facebook
BLOOMBERG LAW - Meta was sued over claims that private medical data is being shared secretly with Facebook when patients access web portals for some healthcare providers. Facebook's Pixel tracking tool redirects patient communications and other supposedly "secure" information without authorization and in violation of federal and state laws, according to the lawsuit filed Friday in San Francisco federal court as a proposed class action on behalf of millions of patients.
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