Guardian says Facebook overdue ‘regulatory reckoning’ in push for social network to be recognised as media company
The Guardian has pushed for Facebook to be regulated as a media company, arguing that the social network is “long…
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Mark Zuckerberg empty chaired at first grand committee on ‘fake news’ as parliamentarians sign declaration on web governance
Not even an international grand committee on “fake news” made up of members of nine national parliaments, from Canada to…
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MP leading UK ‘fake news’ inquiry seizes internal Facebook documents using parliamentary legal powers
A cache of internal Facebook documents has been seized using Parliament’s legal powers as MPs probe the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The…
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Facebook to appeal £500,000 fine that followed Carole Cadwalladr’s data harvesting scoop on Cambridge Analytica
Facebook is to lodge an appeal against the £500,000 fine issued against it over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which was…
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Stepping down as Facebook chairman ‘not the plan’ says Mark Zuckerberg amid criticism of social network’s business practices
Mark Zuckerberg has said he does not intend to stand down as Facebook chairman, a role he holds alongside that…
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Facebook’s £4.5m fund for 80 new community journalists to go into local UK newsrooms is a step in the right…
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Facebook pledges £4.5m to fund 80 new UK community journalists in global first for social network
Facebook is donating £4.5m to fund 80 new community journalists who will be trained up by the National Council for…
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Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has turned down invitation to attend an international grand committee on so-called “fake news” made up…
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