EU could fine Meta $22 million per day
Facebook’s parent firm has reportedly refused to make further changes to its controversial pay-or-consent model.
Social Media and Online Video Firms Are Conducting ‘Vast Surveillance’ on Users, FTC Finds
Agency accuses Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies of sharing troves of user information with third-parties.
48,000 Companies Sent Facebook Data on a Single Person
A Consumer Reports study found that thousands of companies contribute to Facebook’s data stores on each person.
CEOs Pay for Advanced Copies of Questions at Senate Hearings
Corporations and powerful elites facing investigations can pay lobbyists for an inside scoop, Twitter File documents show.
Meta Sued For Alleged Role In Extremist-Linked Murder of Federal Guard
Facebook recommended groups that ‘openly advocated for violence,’ according to the lawsuit.
Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras
Facebook Inc. is again being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, this time through the unauthorized use of their mobile phone cameras.
Sanders Bill to Tax ‘Obscene’ Pandemic Windfall of Billionaires Would Empower Medicare to Cover Every American for One Year
“By taxing 60% of the wealth gains made by just 467 billionaires during this horrific pandemic, we could guarantee healthcare as a right for an entire year.”
‘Long Overdue’ Antitrust Cases Brewing Against Google at State and Federal Levels
Anti-monopoly groups are celebrating news that the Justice Department and state attorneys general are investigating online behemoth Google for possible antitrust cases.
Illinois TV Station Accidentally Broadcasts State Primary Results Day Before Election (VIDEO)
A local TV station accidentally airs results of the future Illinois primary, scheduled to happen the following day, during a Monday broadcast of ‘The Price is Right’.
Social Media and Social Control: How Silicon Valley Serves the US State Department
Facebook isn’t the only Silicon Valley firm with partisan oversight of what we see: the bipartisan billionaire class and their security state have partnered with tech firms since the dawn of the internet to control the parameters of users’ thinking.
Facebook Emails Seem to Reveal Zuckerberg Was Aware of Privacy Issues
Firm has uncovered emails that appear to show chief executive’s connection to potentially problematic practices, the WSJ reports.
Facebook Blocks Transparency Web Tools as One-Third of World Prepares to Vote
In a concerning development, Facebook is actively altering its code to prevent advertising transparency tools and plugins from functioning. This is especially troubling as major elections take place worldwide this year.
Senate Report on Russian Interference Was Written By Disinformation Warriors Behind Alabama ‘False Flag Operation’
Hailed by Congress and the media as defenders of democracy, high-tech Russiagate hustlers Jonathon Morgan and Ryan Fox have been exposed for waging “an elaborate ‘false flag’ operation” to swing the 2017 Alabama senate race.
The Only ‘Russian Bots’ To Meddle In US Elections Belonged To Democrat-Linked ‘Experts’
US cyber-security experts have blamed Russia for meddling in American elections since 2016. Now it has emerged that authors of a Senate report on ‘Russian’ meddling actually ran a “false flag” meddling operation themselves.
Democratic Operative Who Bragged About Russian Bot ‘False Flag’ Issues Contradiction-Filled Denial
The Democratic operative who boasted about orchestrating a “false flag” operation that used fake Russian bots to swing a US Senate race has issued a farcical denial in which he backpedals on his own publicly available statements.