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2021
Federal judge approves $650 million Facebook biometric privacy settlement
A federal judge in San Francisco approved a $650 million class-action settlement resolving claims that Facebook stored biometric data, including facial scans, without users' approval.
2021
Facebook launches BARS app in the United States
Facebook recently launched BARS in the United States, an app for making and sharing rap videos.
2021
Reliance, Google and Facebook partner to seek an NUE license
Reliance Industries partnered with Google and Facebook to seek a license to set up a New Umbrella Entity for retail payments in India, according to a report cited by the source.
2021
Facebook launches “Good Ideas Deserve to be Found” campaign
Facebook began a new advertising campaign defending personalized advertising and opposing changes to Apple's data privacy policy. The campaign was set to run for 12 weeks across television, radio and digital platforms.
2021
Facebook releases ad campaign promoting personalized ads for small businesses
Facebook launched an ad campaign focused on helping small businesses through difficult times; a video ad with the tagline “Good ideas deserve to be found” was released on Thursday.
2021
Facebook announces planned $1 billion news investment
Facebook announced that it plans to spend at least $1 billion in the news industry over the next three years.
2021
Facebook apologises for unintended removal of Australian health, charity and government pages
Facebook executive Simon Milner apologised after the platform's blanket news ban in Australia unintentionally removed pages operated by charities, government organisations and state health departments.
2021
Facebook faces backlash after blocking news in Australia
Facebook faced calls for a boycott after it blocked users in Australia from viewing or sharing news content amid a dispute with the Australian government over proposed legislation requiring social media companies to share advertising revenue with publishers.
2021
Facebook blocks Australian users from news content
Facebook blocked Australian users from viewing or sharing news stories amid a dispute over whether it should pay media companies for content. The action also blocked some government and community information pages; Facebook said it would quickly reverse those blocks and blamed the media bargaining code's definition of news content for the inadvertent blocks.
2021
Facebook responds to Kevin Sorbo's censorship claims
Facebook responded to Kevin Sorbo's claim that the platform removed his page without explanation. A spokesperson said Facebook removed the page for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about coronavirus or vaccines, and said the account had received two notices to remove posts before removal.
2021
Italian watchdog fines Facebook €7 million over user-data practices
Italy's competition watchdog fined Facebook 7 million euros for not complying with a request to correct improper commercial practices in its treatment of user data. The watchdog had ruled in November 2018 that Facebook had not properly informed users about its collection and use of data.
2021
Proofpoint sues Facebook over typo domains
Proofpoint sued Facebook seeking a court declaration that five domains resembling Facebook and Instagram domains were not registered in bad faith, after Facebook prevailed in a UDRP case.
2021
Facebook sued over UK users’ data
Facebook is being sued over alleged loss of control of the personal data of around one million users in England and Wales. The action seeks damages for alleged failure to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998; Facebook said there was no evidence that UK or EU users’ data had been transferred to Cambridge Analytica.
2021
Shop Pay expands checkout to Facebook and Instagram Shops
Shop Pay expanded its checkout option to Facebook and Instagram Shops.
2021
Italy fines Facebook for failing to comply with data-use order
Italy’s competition authority decided to fine Facebook seven million euros for failing to comply with a prior order concerning the use of subscribers’ data, including not publishing a corrective statement or ceasing the established practice.
2021
Shopify expands Shop Pay availability to Facebook and Instagram merchants
Shopify expanded Shop Pay availability to merchants selling across Facebook and Instagram, making the payment option available outside Shopify's own platform for the first time.
2021
Facebook announces removal of posts with false vaccine claims
Facebook announced that it would remove posts containing incorrect claims about vaccines, expanding its policy from down-ranking misleading vaccine information to removing it. The article says the changes followed a Facebook Oversight Board ruling that the company's health-content policy was too vague.
2021
Facebook Marketplace launches in Nigeria
Facebook announced that Marketplace, its e-commerce service, had launched in Nigeria, where users could discover, buy and sell items in their local communities.
2021
FTC investigates Facebook's planned acquisition of Kustomer
The article reported that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission was conducting an in-depth investigation into Facebook's planned acquisition of Kustomer. CRM competitors raised concerns that Facebook could restrict their products' access to its messaging services or favor Kustomer; these were presented as concerns, not findings.
2021
Facebook launches hate-speech education campaign
Facebook launched a campaign to educate users about identifying and reporting hate speech on the platform. Its educational video was to appear in users’ newsfeeds starting that day.