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After years of legal battles, Facebook's $725 million settlement is finally reaching users. But as payments begin, questions ...
Facebook is quietly removing a major feature that many people use daily to talk with other group members. And they're ...
The settlement abruptly halted a high-profile trial in Delaware Chancery Court just as Zuckerberg and others were scheduled to testify.
Facebook, which rebranded to Meta in 2021, signed a consent order with the FTC in 2012, in which the company agreed to create a “comprehensive privacy program” to address privacy concerns ...
The fallout led to Facebook agreeing to pay a $5.1 billion penalty to settle FTC charges. The social media giant also reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.
In later testimony, Jeffrey Zients, who served on Facebook's board from 2018 to 2020, testified that consumer privacy and user data were priorities for both management and the board. Nonetheless ...
An $8 billion trial by Meta Platforms shareholders against Mark Zuckerberg and other current and former company leaders kicks off on Wednesday over claims that they illegally harvested the data of ...
Facebook's board was not trying to protect founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2019 when it agreed to pay a $5 billion regulatory fine to resolve claims over its privacy practices, but was instead focused ...
On its website, the company has said it has invested billions of dollars into protecting user privacy since 2019. The trial would have been a rare opportunity for Meta investors to see Zuckerberg ...
Facebook later sold user data to commercial partners in direct violation of the consent order and removed disclosures from privacy settings that were required under consent order, the lawsuit alleges.
In later testimony, Jeffrey Zients, who served on Facebook’s board from 2018 to 2020, testified that consumer privacy and user data were priorities for both management and the board.