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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

Internet privacy

Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
May 22, 2023, 4:01 pm
Meta fined record $1.3 billion by EU, ordered to stop transferring user data to US
Tech giant vows to appeal ruling, asks court to put it on hold as lawyer whose suit kicked off legal battle predicts American firm will likely end up having to comply with EU law
By Kelvin Chan
Co-Founder and CEO of the Israeli company 'Mine' Gal Ringel speaks during an interview in Tel Aviv, on April 26, 2022 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 1, 2022, 7:44 am
Right to be forgotten: Israeli tech firm says it can delete your digital footprint
Tel Aviv firm Mine says over 10 million requests have been sent to firms by users of platform; expert says Israeli public relatively indifferent on matter, legislation inadequate
By Jonah Mandel
In this file photo taken on November 6, 2020 a user updates Facebook's WhatsApp application on his mobile phone in Mumbai (Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)
January 16, 2021, 2:49 pm
After users flee in backlash, WhatsApp delays data sharing change
Facebook-owned messaging service cancels Feb 8 deadline for accepting update to terms concerning data, saying it will use pause to clarify the policy
By Glenn Chapman
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 11, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
August 14, 2019, 4:05 am
Facebook reportedly paid contractors to listen to users’ conversations
Social media giant says it stopped practice of ‘human review of audio more than a week ago,’ and it was done with permission of users
By AFP
In this file photo from March 29, 2018, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
May 10, 2019, 7:38 pm
Why does Facebook fail to fix itself? It’s partly humans
Social media giant’s size and focus on expanding among the key obstacles to weeding out bad actors: ‘Basically Facebook is made for a better species than ours’
By Barbara Ortutay
In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
February 18, 2019, 11:29 am
Facebook acts like ‘digital gangsters,’ violated privacy laws, say UK lawmakers
MP says ‘democracy is at risk from the malicious and relentless targeting of citizens with disinformation’; report says social media companies think they’re above the law
By AFP
Illustrative: A child using a computer (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
January 1, 2019, 6:21 pm
Knesset approves first reading of bill to curb children’s access to porn
Legislation will require internet service providers to push offer of non-compulsory filtering service to all customers
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, arrives to testify before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 11, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
December 19, 2018, 10:36 pm
Washington DC sues Facebook over privacy scandal
In lawsuit, US capital’s attorney general alleges that social media giant misled users about the security of their data and failed to properly monitor third-party apps
By AP
In this March 29, 2018, photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
December 19, 2018, 9:12 pm
New report says Facebook gave companies extensive access to users’ private data
Company defends policies, claims no access given without permission, after NY Times reports some firms could read private messages, see friends lists without consent
By AP and AFP
In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square.(AP Photo/Richard Drew,)
December 14, 2018, 11:32 pm
In fresh breach, Facebook says bug may have exposed photos of 7 million users
Those affected had granted permission for third-party apps to access pictures
By Barbara Ortutay
The Facebook "like" symbol is illuminated on a sign outside the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, June 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
December 5, 2018, 9:15 pm
Emails show Facebook used Israeli app to monitor phones, mulled selling data
UK parliament media committee releases cache of seized documents, finds social networking giant let preferred companies obtain information about users
By AP and ToI Staff
In this March 29, 2018, photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
July 11, 2018, 9:36 am
Facebook slapped with fine over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
UK government rules that social media giant will pay 500,000 pounds, a sum Facebook generates every 7 minutes
By AP
Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square, March 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
June 8, 2018, 5:11 am
Facebook says privacy-setting bug affected as many as 14 million
In latest data privacy scandal to hit social media giant, error last month led users to post publicly by default regardless of their previous settings
By Barbara Ortutay
In this February 24, 2014, photo, WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum speaks during a conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
May 1, 2018, 12:13 pm
WhatsApp co-founder quits Facebook, reportedly over privacy concerns
Jan Koum says he is taking time off to pursue interests; media accounts suggest clash over use of data led to his departure
By Agencies
Illustrative image of a man in front of a computer with the Facebook logo, February 26, 2014 (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
April 24, 2018, 6:05 am
Israeli intelligence company mining Facebook for counterterrorism data
Terrogence offers facial recognition services based on information it admits to having gleaned from social media giants and other internet forums
By Stuart Winer
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