The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday fired back at Facebook’s attempt to dismiss the regulator’s lawsuit seeking to break…
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Personal data of over half a billion Facebook users leaked online
Mark Zuckerberg’s ill-conceived Facebook ad campaign against Apple for giving users tools to protect their privacy just took a big hit…
Justice Thomas argues for regulating Google, Facebook, and Twitter as public utilities
Justice Thomas is laying out an argument for why companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google should be regulated as public utilities …
Zuckerberg now says Facebook may be in a ‘stronger position’ after Apple boosts privacy
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said he is confident the social media company “will be able to manage through” Apple’s privacy …
Facebook vows to stop ‘harmful content’ by punishing users who break their rules
Facebook on Wednesday announced changes to keep the Groups feature free from “harmful content” by increasing the penalties against…
Four more U.S. states join Texas-led antitrust lawsuit against Google
Four more states have joined a lawsuit filed by Texas and others against Alphabet Inc’s Google that accuses it of breaking antitrust laws…
Nearly 8 in 10 tech employees think Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook have too much power
Protocol has introduced its first “Tech Employee Survey.” Nearly 1 in 8 of the tech employees surveyed said the tech industry is too powerful
How Apple’s upcoming anti-tracking privacy feature hurts Facebook
Apple’s upcoming anti-tracking privacy feature hurts Facebook, which is is particularly worried about losing the ability to track…
Analyst: Buy this dip in Apple stock before it’s out of reach
It’s been a bad week for tech stocks, including Apple stock. The Nasdaq tumbled 2.7% on Wednesday and the slide looks set to continue…
U.S. House members assail Big Tech, consider changes to antitrust law
The four Big Tech members – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook – received another tongue-lashing centered on antitrust concerns…
Facebook tries ads to convince users to allow themselves to be tracked
Facebook on Thursday launched an ad campaign that attempts to convince users to allow themselves to be tracked so that Facebook can serve…
Wall Street slips as tech slide resumes, U.S. jobless claims rise
Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Thursday as investors continued to shift out of tech shares, while a rise in U.S. weekly jobless claims…
Maryland approves the first state tax on digital ads from Facebook, Google
Maryland has passed the U.S.’s first tax on the revenue from digital advertisements sold by companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg tells staff to ‘inflict pain’ on Apple as privacy battle escalates
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg told staffers that company needs to “inflict pain” on Apple due to their privacy efforts…
Facebook working on Apple Watch rival with a focus on health and messaging
Facebook is developing an Apple Watch rival with a focus on health and messaging. The social media / advertising firm is looking…
EU’s Vestager warns Apple to treat all apps equally with privacy consent tool
Europe’s antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, has warned Apple to give equal treatment to all apps on its platform as the company institutes…
Harvard Business Review blasts Facebook’s misleading campaign against Apple’s privacy policy
Apple will soon require consumers to opt in if they want to allow businesses to track them. Facebook is fighting this decision with…
Big Wall St. investors bought Apple, other tech stocks during GameStop retail frenzy
Deep-pocketed Wall St. investors pumped a record $4.2 billion into Apple and other big technology stocks last week, BofA’s flow data…
Klobuchar’s antitrust reform bill could cause Apple to be fined 15% of its annual revenue
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., unveiled a sweeping antitrust reform bill on Thursday that could, theoretically, cause Apple to be fined…
Apple and Facebook are on a collision course over user privacy
Increasingly, privacy-proponent Apple and privacy-trampling Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram are on a collision course…
Newspaper group files antitrust suit against Google and Facebook over digital advertising monopoly
HD Media, a West Virginia newspaper group, has filed an antitrust complaint against Google and Facebook, claiming that the companies…
Facebook attempts to convince users to let themselves be tracked ahead of Apple’s privacy tool
Facebook plans to attempt to convince users allow the company to further invade their privacy by approving tracking of their iPhones and iPads…
Apple CEO Cook links Facebook business model to real-world violence, yet Facebook app remains on App Store
Apple CEO Tim Cook implicitly linked Facebook’s business model, which uses data to serve targeted ads, with real-world consequences like…
Apple CEO Tim Cook condemns Facebook’s privacy-trampling business model
Tim Cook discussed Apple’s commitment to privacy and basically condemned Facebook’s privacy-trampling business model…
Facebook preps antitrust lawsuit against Apple for allowing users to protect their privacy
Facebook is preparing to launch an antitrust lawsuit against Apple for alleged anticompetitive behavior, particularly regarding…
Google to stop using Apple iPhone privacy tool, avoiding new pop-up warning
Google’s iPhone apps such as Maps and YouTube will stop using an iPhone privacy tool from Apple that allows them to personalize ads…
No, Facebook did not log out users to install tracking software on Apple iPhones
A rumor has ben circulating that a recent app outage was planned so Facebook’s developers could install tracking software onto Apple iPhones…
EU lawmakers want Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google CEOs at Feb. 1 Big Tech hearing
EU lawmakers have invited the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google to a Big Tech hearing in Brussels on February 1st as they look to…
Texas AG demands Big Tech explain deplatforming President Trump and Parler
After Google and Apple removed Parler and President Trump’s Twitter and other accounts were blocked, Texas AG Ken Paxton wants some answers…
Fears of new trade war as U.S. slams India, Italy, Turkey on ‘unreasonable’ digital taxes
Digital services taxes adopted by India, Italy and Turkey discriminate against U.S. companies and are inconsistent with international tax …
Facebook – Apple fight stretches back more than a decade
Facebook launched an ad campaign last week blasting Apple for protecting iPhone users’ privacy. The latest battle is the culmination of…
EFF applauds Apple on privacy; blasts ‘laughable’ Facebook
Facebook has recently launched a campaign touting itself as the protector of small businesses. This is a laughable attempt from Facebook, EFF…
Apple reiterates commitment to users’ privacy in face of Facebook assault
Why is Facebook free? Because Facebook users are Facebook’s product. Facebook sells access to users’ data to advertisers. Apple wants…
Facebook ads blast Apple for protecting iPhone users’ privacy
Facebook is running ads Wednesday that blast Apple for protecting iPhone users’ privacy. Facebook claims giving iPhone users more privacy …
EU announces sweeping new rules on Big Tech companies
“Big Tech” could soon face stiff fines and stricter controls over their behavior as part of sweeping new European Union rules. The remedies…
Apple CEO Tim Cook obliquely blasts Facebook for their ‘lack of responsibility’
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday that Apple is different from other Silicon Valley giants, indirectly targeting Facebook …
Facebook sued by FTC, 48 U.S. attorneys general alleging it operates an illegal monopoly
48 U.S. attorneys general allege Facebook is violating antitrust law by buying up competitors in order to operate an illegal monopoly …
Apple will pull apps that don’t comply with new user tracking privacy feature
Apple on Tuesday said the company would remove apps from the App Store if developers do not comply with the upcoming privacy feature…
U.S. states plan to sue Facebook over antitrust violations next week
A group of U.S. states is investigating Facebook for possible antitrust violations and plans to file a lawsuit against the social media giant…
Apple slams Facebook for user-tracking and ad-targeting practices
Apple on Thursday slammed Facebook and others (read “Google”) for their user-tracking and ad-targeting practices in response to…
EU digital chief invites Big Tech to talks about how to curb their powers
The European Union’s digital chief has invited companies including Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook to video talks next week to discuss…
Jim Cramer: ‘Big Tech’ stocks are better repositories of wealth than bonds
CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer says that Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft are the “Fort Knoxes of our era. These stocks are the new…
