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Social Media Giants Discuss Election Meddling

Thomas Hellier August 27, 2018 No Comments

Google, Facebook and Twitter executives met on Friday August 25 to discuss strategies to stop meddling in the 2018 United States mid-term elections. The meeting came after the detection of…

Ban Boosts Right-Wing App

Computer Daily News August 15, 2018 No Comments

The hottest app on the block is the one banned by the tech giants. Just days after Google, Facebook and Apple purged right-wing conspiracy site Infowars from their sites, the…

Facebook Looks To Buddy Up With Aussie Newsrooms

Computer Daily News August 15, 2018 No Comments

Facebook is advertising on LinkedIn for a strategic partner manager to “collaborate with some of the biggest newsrooms across Australia and New Zealand” and “implement strategic partnership plans around Facebook…

Google Snares 34% Of Online Usage, Facebook Dives

Roma Christian August 8, 2018 No Comments

Latest research reveals online users are spending over one third of their time on Google-owned sites, whilst former giants such as Facebook have seen screen time slump. According to Axios,…

Facebook Asks Banks For Your Data

Thomas Hellier August 7, 2018 No Comments

Facebook is reacting to yet another controversy, this time inspired by a Wall Street Journal article that exposed the social media giant for reaching out to banks for user data,…

Facebook Hit With Lawsuit After Historic Stock Plunge

Athina Mallis July 30, 2018 No Comments

Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg are facing a lawsuit over his company’s historic stock market plunge where it lost close to US$120bn in a single day, the most in…

Facebook Shares Tumble 23% After Privacy Saga

Athina Mallis July 26, 2018 No Comments

UPDATE Facebook shares have plummeted a further 23 per cent after close from the company admitting to its growth slowing down. This drop wipes approximately US$130bn from Facebook’s market value…

90% Of Aussies Unsure How Google Shares Data

Roma Christian July 16, 2018 No Comments

Latest research from Roy Morgan reveals over 90% of Australians lack proper understanding about how leading apps collect and use their personal data. Roy Morgan CEO, Michele Levine, affirms only…

Facebook May Cop $3 Billion Bill To Compensate Aussies

Computer Daily News July 12, 2018 No Comments

Litigation funding legal firm IMF Bentham appears to be looking for a compensation payout of up to $3 billion by Facebook to Australian victims of private information harvesting by partner…

Facebook Cops £500K Fine For UK Data Breach

Roma Christian July 11, 2018 No Comments

Facebook has been fined £500,000 for two breaches of the UK Data Protection Act, following its Cambridge Analytica breach early this year – despite receiving the maximum penalty, some commentators claim it’s…