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Apple's privacy battle with Facebook just became all-out war Apple and Facebook may be two of tech's biggest companies, but on the surface they seem very different. Apple rang up most of its $274.5 billion in sales last year pushing iPhones, iPads, Mac computers and AirPods headphones. Continue Reading . . . https://www.cnet.com/news/apples-privacy-battle-with-facebook-just-became-all-out-war/

Robocalls may get worse — thanks to Facebook and the Supreme Court Automated robocalls are a normalized annoyance of modern American society. And thanks to a recent Supreme Court ruling, they could get a lot worse.  Continue Reading . . . https://www.tomsguide.com/news/robocalls-may-get-worse-thanks-to-facebook-and-the-supreme-court

Why Google caved to Australia, and Facebook didn’t On February 16th, I wrote that Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code threatened to splinter the internet. On February 17th, the splintering arrived: Google cut a deal with News Corp. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/18/22288510/google-facebook-australia-news-media-bargaining-code

Facebook wants your WhatsApp data. Here's why you should switch to Signal or Telegram. WhatsApp changed its privacy policy earlier this week and now requires you to share data with Facebook. The move comes nearly seven years after Facebook acquired the service for $19 billion. Continue Reading . . . https://www.androidcentral.com/facebook-wants-your-whatsapp-data-heres-why-you-should-switch-telegram-or-signal

Facebook's redesigned Pages make it easier to see verified content In its biggest refresh since it finished rolling out its new desktop website last year, Facebook showed off a new Pages design on Wednesday. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/facebook-pages-redesign-rolling-out-175950657.html

Tim Cook's Response to Facebook Is the Best Example of Emotional Intelligence I've Ever Seen When Apple announced in June that it would start requiring apps to ask for permission before tracking users, it was applauded by privacy advocates. Continue Reading . . . https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/tim-cooks-response-to-facebook-is-best-example-of-emotional-intelligence-ive-ever-seen.html

Facebook says it will permanently shift tens of thousands of jobs to remote work In a move that illustrates how swiftly the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the global economy, Facebook said today that it would eventually begin allowing most of its employees to request a permanent change in their jobs to let them work remotely. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/facebook/2020/5/21/21265699/facebook-remote-work-shift-workforce-permanent-covid-19-mark-zuckerberg-interview

You don't have to fire up a Nintendo console or launch a phone app to play Pokémon video games from now on. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/23/pokemon-games-on-facebook/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?crop=1600%2C648%2C0%2C0&quality=85&format=jpg&resize=1600%2C648&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2019-12%2Ff7e4ab70-2519-11ea-97e6-3a7e872699f5&client=a1acac3e1b3290917d92&signature=d8300108f29768217a3a12c84f44066bb5525c7d

If you thought that deactivating your Facebook account was enough to keep it from tracking your data, you're wrong. Turns out that the social network continues to track you even after you've deactivated your account. from https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-delete-your-facebook-account-so-the-social-network-stops-tracking-your-data/ https://cnet4.cbsistatic.com/img/kardcCscq6RwOSR6aTp4Eye1gl0=/2019/04/11/4577bd20-454b-478f-8b38-797624320d54/delete-facebook.jpg

Major Android mobile apps from companies including Yelp and Duolingo send data that could be used to personally identify you for ad tracking straight to Facebook immediately upon logging in, according to a new report from the London-based UK charity and watchdog group Privacy International (PI). from https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/5/18252397/facebook-android-apps-sending-data-user-privacy-developer-tools-violation https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63188116/acastro_180720_1777_facebook_0001.0.jpg

It's not just dating and health apps that might be violating your privacy when they send data to Facebook. from https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/30/more-popular-apps-are-sending-data-to-facebook-without-asking/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D4000%252C2670%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1068%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-images%252F2018-12%252F22998460-033f-11e9-9fff-e5da1278d4bf%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D3d6f9e7db3a95e937c4dad90452f81ba3b0f2cc4&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=b2e328efb96c6b04a411b4f1fa88974f62b24a2b

Whether you're someone who's tired of the Facebook drama on your feed, someone who is 100 percent not down with the recent news of Facebook sharing data all willy-nilly with Microsoft, Amazon and Netflix, or someone who just genuinely wants off of all social media for a while (we don't blame you at from https://www.windowscentral.com/how-delete-your-facebook-account https://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/xlarge/public/field/image/2017/02/giphy_4.gif?itok=SNc4sX-e

#EU continues to attack USA companies: #Facebook accused of misleading EU during #WhatsApp takeover https://t.co/TZhYaqTP10 via @engadget — Mike (@mikezmac) December 20, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/mikezmac