Tom Hals reports: Mark Zuckerberg is expected to appear as a star witness in an unusual $8 billion trial that kicks off this week at which the Meta CEO is accused of operating Facebook as an illegal enterprise that allowed users’ data to be harvested without their consent. Shareholders of Meta Platforms , the parent…
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Facebook Users Who Sued Over Privacy Setting Changes Drop Case
Wendy Davis reports: A group of four Facebook users who sued the site earlier this year for allegedly violating their privacy have withdrawn their case. The one-sentence notice of dismissal, filed with the U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif. last week, didn’t give a reason for the decision. The papers specified that the withdrawal…
Open Letter to Facebook: More Privacy Improvements Needed
From the EFF press release: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the ACLU of Northern California, and a coalition of privacy groups are urging Facebook to give users true control over their personal data by taking six critical steps to protect members’ information. In an open letter sent to CEO Mark Zuckerberg today, the coalition asks…
Facebook earns praise for privacy changes
Juan Carlos Perez reports: Facebook’s decision to offer end-users simpler options to configure privacy controls on the social-networking site has received an initial thumbs-up from industry experts and privacy watchdogs. This first wave of positive reaction suggests Facebook may be on the right track to silence weeks of criticism about how recent changes made it…