Facebook fined €150,000 by French regulator for gathering internet user data
18 May 2017
The social network was fined for six violations, including collecting information on users "without having a legal basis" to target them with advertising, and tracking them unfairly without warning that they were being tracked
Facebook to crack down on dubious ads and posts
12 May 2017
Facebook likes don't make you feel better
04 May 2017
Receiving 'likes' on social media posts doesn't make people feel better about themselves or improve their mood if they are down, say psychologists
Leak bares Facebook’s advertising policies
02 May 2017
Instagram hits 700 mn user mark
27 Apr 2017
iPhone users can now ask Siri to read messages
24 Apr 2017
Facebook aims to help people write with their ‘brainwaves’
21 Apr 2017
‘We are just getting started,’ Regina Dugan, head of Facebook’s Building 8 team, said. ‘We have a goal of creating a system capable of typing 100 words-per-minute straight from your brain’
Facebook offers outside audit of ad data
13 Feb 2017
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