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Tech billionaires making friends with Big Brother
What was once thunderously described as 'surveillance capitalism' is now a pandemic necessity
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Moral considerations and profit maximisation
There are countless examples of corporates supporting horrible regimes. United Fruit, Shell, Rio Tinto are some of the better known cases
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Explained: Why everyone is angry at Facebook over its political ads policy
Some strategists voiced concerns to Facebook about how Google's decision would affect it
 "Explained: Why everyone is angry at Facebook over its political ads policy")
Facebook says it removed 5.4 billion fake, abusive accounts this year
The detailed report also showed that government demands for user information hit a new high led by the US
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Facebook gave Tinder special access to user data, reveals leak: Report
Access to Facebook data helped Tinder thrive, but there came a point when it inched closer to losing that access
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Countering the Big Brother: Experts bat for more clarity on privacy laws
Experts say current laws are inadequate when it comes to protection of privacy from unauthorised surveillance by govt
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Facebook's Nicholas Clegg counters Mukesh Ambani, says data isn't oil
Facebook global affairs V-P says India must push free flow of information
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Facebook consumer data at risk? US states announce antitrust probe
New York state Attorney General Letitia James released a statement announcing the action on behalf of seven other states and the District of Columbia
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EU court asks sites to warn users that Facebook gets data via 'like' button
According to the European Court of Justice ruling, a site that embeds the Facebook "like" icon and link on its pages also sends user data to the US web giant
Facebook account hack: Govt asks for update on the impact on Indian users
Last week, Facebook had said hackers had exploited a vulnerability in its system, impacting up to 50 million accounts
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UK slaps $662,501 fine on Facebook over Cambridge Analytica data scandal
Facebook has been the focus of the investigation since February when evidence emerged that an app had been used to harvest the data of an estimated 87 million Facebook users across the world
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