Facebook Re-Branded As ‘Meta’
After one of the most publicised re-brands in history, as Facebook changes its name to ‘Meta,’ we look at the reaction in the media and the marketplace, and the issues for the company going forward. ‘Meta’ … ? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at Connect 2021 last week that the company had brought together its…
Read MoreWhat’s Going On With Facebook?
After experiencing two outages in a week, one lasting more than six hours, and a whistleblower at a Senate Committee hearing alleging potentially harmful effects from Facebook’s algorithms, some are asking ‘what’s going on with Facebook?’ Whistleblower Recently identified former Facebook employee turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen, was found to be behind a series of leaks reported…
Read MoreTech Insight – What’s Happening About The HUGE Facebook Data Leak?
With Facebook having to inform more than a staggering 530 million users that they were exposed to a data breach in 2019, some criticism for the company about the breach has prompted some to ask just what is happening? What Breach It has been reported that in 2019, the ‘scraped’ details of 530m Facebook users…
Read MoreNew Tool Allows You To Bulk-Delete/Hide Old Facebook Posts
Facebook has announced the introduction of the ‘Manage Activity’ tool that allows users to archive or bulk-delete old Facebook posts based on a variety of filters. Change With most people being able to register with and become a user of Facebook over the last 14 years it is likely that over time, users posts on…
Read MoreFacebook Sued Down-Under For £266bn Over Cambridge Analytica Data Sharing Scandal
Six years after the personal data of 87 million users was harvested and later shared without user consent with Cambridge Analytica, Australia’s privacy watchdog is suing Facebook for an incredible £266bn over the harvested data of its citizens. What Happened? From March 2014 to 2015 the ‘This Is Your Digital Life’ app, created by British…
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