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Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ: FB) social media platforms are set to see the return of
Unilever PLC (NYSE: UL) advertisements after they were withdrawn in support of a protest that called for an end to misinformation and hate-speech, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
What Happened: Unilever’s decision to resume advertising on Facebook and its platforms is the result of the Menlo Park, California-based company making enough progress on harmful content, agreeing to common definitions for harmful content areas, consistently reporting the prevalence of such content, and independent auditing, according to the Journal.
Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO), which too had halted advertising in July reportedly returned to advertising on Facebook’s network on Oct. 15.
Apple CEO Tim Cook responds to Facebook ad criticising iOS 14 App Tracking Transparency feature
The App Tracking Transparency feature shows the type of data that an app collects when users are downloading it from the Apple App Store.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that users should have the choice over the data collected about them and how it is used. This statement from Cook comes after social media giant Facebook ran full-page newspaper ads for two days criticising Apple’s privacy policy.
“We believe users should have the choice over the data that is being collected about them and how it’s used. Facebook can continue to track users across apps and websites as before, App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14 will just require that they ask for your permission first,” Cook said via a tweet.
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) fired a salvo at
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), saying it hopes the latest European Union draft rules on reigning in powers of tech giants sets limits for the latter, Reuters reported Tuesday.
What Happened: The Mark Zuckerberg-led social media giant reportedly pointed to the draft Digital Markets Act, which targets large companies and is aimed at forcing them to stop favoring their own services on their platforms, in its attack on Apple.
“We hope the DMA will also set boundaries for Apple,” a Facebook spokesman said, adding that the Cupertino, California-based tech giant “controls an entire ecosystem from device to app store and apps,” Reuters reported.
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has been sued by an Australian consumer watchdog over collecting user data without permission, Reuters reported Tuesday.
What Happened: Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) wants Facebook to pay an unspecified penalty for promoting a virtual private network (VPN) to users as a means to protect data, while it used the information to select targets for commercial acquisitions, according to Reuters.
The lawsuit comes after the United States Federal Trade Commission accused the Mark Zuckerberg-led company of using consumer data including from its WhatsApp and Instagram apps to cherry-pick takeover candidates.
ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said while there is a link to what FTC claims, the U.S. agency is focused on the competition aspect while they were “looking at the consumer.”
Facebook recently told its employees about new plans to create devices that can read minds by using neural sensors. The details of the social networking giant s ambitious new plans came shortly after news broke last week that the company was the subject of an anti-trust lawsuit led by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Facebook s quest for mind-reading had not intended to become public knowledge, though it was broadcast to an end-of-the-year meeting where thousands of employees were present. A recording of the audio was later leaked to
Leaders of Facebook, including the company s chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer, noted that following Facebook s purchase of CTRL-labs in 2019, it was looking to bridge the gap between the physical and virtual worlds.