Multinational tech giants face big tax hit amid calls for global rules overhaul
Governments around the world are set to get more power to tax big multinationals like Google, Apple and Facebook under a proposed overhaul of decades-old rules.
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Australia, the US and the UK urge Facebook not to encrypt messages
Australia, The United States and the United Kingdom are seizing on Facebook Inc's plan to apply end-to-end encryption across its messaging services to press for major changes to a practice long opposed by law enforcement.
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Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps in response to Cambridge Analytica row
Facebook said on Friday it has suspended tens of thousands of apps on the social networking platform, as part of the company's ongoing app developer investigation it began in March 2018 in response to the Cambridge Analytica row.
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US House panel probe demands Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google emails
A US House of Representatives panel has demanded internal emails, detailed financial information and other company records from top executives of Amazon.com, Facebook, Apple, and Alphabet's Google, widening the antitrust probe of Big Tech.
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Facebook, Microsoft launch contest to detect deepfake videos
Facebook is teaming up with Microsoft, the Partnership on AI coalition and academics from several universities to launch a contest to better detect deepfakes, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. ~
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Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 breach: court filing
Facebook users suing the world's largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed to warn them about risks tied to its single sign-on tool, even though it protected its employees.
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Instagram adds tool for users to flag false information
Instagram is adding an option for users to report posts they think are false, the company announced on Thursday, as the Facebook-owned photo-sharing site tries to stem misinformation and other abuses on its platform.
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Facebook paid contractors to transcribe users' audio, report says
Facebook as been paying outside contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its services, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Splunk and Accenture are serial AI acquirers
Acquisitions within the artificial intelligence market continue to increase at pace with technology giants accounting for the bulk share of spending.
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ACCC wants 'specialist digital platforms branch' with additional powers
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has recommended the government establish a ‘specialist digital platforms branch’ to closely monitor the conduct of major online platforms likes Facebook and Google.
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram glitches affect some users globally
Facebook said on Wednesday some of its users globally were facing issues while sending media files over its social media platforms including WhatsApp and Instagram, and the social media company said it was working to fix the problem.
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Facebook's global affairs chief rejects break-up calls
Facebook dismissed calls for a break-up of the world's biggest social network and other big internet companies on Monday, saying this would not tackle issues such as privacy, attempts to influence elections or harmful content.
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Protesters take to streets to fight 5G roll out
The protests were promoted in a number of Facebook groups including Stop5G Australia which claims 5G is "probably the greatest threat to humanity we have ever faced" which is being delivered by the "psychopathic ruling elite".
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Facebook reveals Libra cryptocurrency, aims to launch it in 2020
Facebook has revealed plans to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, the latest development in its effort to expand beyond social networking and move into e-commerce and global payments.
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ACCC head calls for scrutiny of tech giants’ acquisition sprees
Regulators around the world tasked with overseeing anti-trust regimes are asking whether current rules governing mergers are enough to protect competition in the face of the acquisition sprees of major tech companies, according to Rod Sims.
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