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2021
Shopify announces Shop Pay expansion to Facebook and Google merchants
Shopify announced that its Shop Pay checkout service will become available to any U.S. merchant selling on Facebook or Google, including merchants that do not use Shopify's software.
2021
Facebook partners with D-Vois to deploy Express Wi-Fi in Bangalore
Facebook announced a partnership with D-Vois to use Facebook Connectivity’s Express Wi-Fi platform to launch public Wi-Fi hotspots in Bangalore. D-Vois operates its broadband services under the ION brand.
2021
EU court ruling on national regulators’ authority over Facebook
The EU top court ruled that, under specified conditions, a national supervisory authority may bring alleged GDPR infringements before a court even when it is not the lead supervisory authority. The case followed Facebook’s challenge to the Belgian data watchdog’s territorial competence over tracking users in Belgium through cookies in Facebook social plug-ins.
2021
Facebook and Merck announce a multi-year initiative
Facebook and Merck announced a multi-year initiative with other companies and organizations to research and promote how online platforms can address vaccine hesitancy. Each committed $20 million to the initiative.
2021
Facebook acquires BigBox VR
Facebook acquired BigBox VR, the company behind the multiplayer virtual reality game POPULATION: ONE. The terms were not disclosed.
2021
Messenger releases QR-code payments through Facebook Pay in the US
Facebook released a Messenger update for US-based users that enables money transfers through QR-code scanning with Facebook Pay.
2021
Russia fines Facebook and Instagram
Russia’s communications regulator said Facebook and Instagram had been fined millions of rubles for failing to remove prohibited content and for non-compliance with Russian data-localization legislation.
2021
Facebook adds chat features and payment links to Messenger
Facebook added new chat themes and a quick reply bar to Messenger, and rolled out QR codes and payment links for US Messenger users to send or request money through Facebook Pay.
2021
Moscow court fines Facebook and Telegram
A Moscow court fined Facebook 17 million rubles and Telegram 10 million rubles for failing to remove banned content, according to the article.
2021
Facebook and Gucci sue over counterfeit goods
Facebook and Gucci jointly filed a lawsuit against the person responsible for an international counterfeit operation that allegedly used Facebook and Instagram to promote and sell products bearing the Gucci brand.
2021
Facebook announces creator revenue sharing will not begin before 2023
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would not take a revenue share from creators using its website until at least 2023. He said the eventual share would be below the 30% charged by Apple and other companies.
2021
Class-action lawsuit alleges Flo Health and advertisers misused sensitive app data
Madeline Kiss filed a putative class-action lawsuit against Flo Health and advertiser defendants, alleging that the companies exchanged confidential information and that Flo Health provided users’ intimate health details to third parties. These are allegations in the complaint, not a court determination.
2021
EU opens antitrust investigation into Facebook classified-ad data
The European Commission opened an antitrust investigation into whether Facebook uses data collected from rival services to distort competition in classified advertising and whether Marketplace’s integration into the social network gives it an advantage.
2021
UK CMA investigates Facebook's use of advertising data
The UK Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into whether Facebook used data from its advertising services and single sign-on option to benefit its own classified-ad and dating services. The CMA said no decision had yet been made on whether Facebook had broken the law.
2021
UK regulator investigates Facebook’s use of advertising data
The UK Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into whether Facebook’s collection and use of data gives it an unfair advantage in areas including online classified ads and dating.
2021
Facebook and The Asia Foundation launch Resiliency Initiative website
Facebook said it launched The Resiliency Initiative website in partnership with The Asia Foundation. The website provides civil society organizations with tools and resources to address online hate and intolerance.
2021
Nine signs multi-year content-supply deals with Google and Facebook
Nine Entertainment Co said it signed multi-year content-supply deals with Google and Facebook. Nine would provide articles and clips to Google News Showcase for five years and to a similar Facebook product for three years.
2021
Facebook and Instagram face criticism over removal of pro-Palestine posts
The article reported that users and human rights groups alleged that Facebook and Instagram removed hundreds of pro-Palestine posts, with many removals reportedly unexplained. Facebook said some recent glitches had affected sharing and content visibility, and its vice president apologized for mistakenly labeling some posts as incitement to violence.
2021
Moscow court fines Facebook over content not removed
Moscow's Tagansky District Court fined Facebook 26 million rubles over eight reports concerning material posted on Facebook that Russian authorities wanted removed. The charges concerned posts that Russia said encouraged minors to join unsanctioned January protests.
2021
Facebook develops Wav2vec-U speech recognition model
Facebook developed Wav2vec-U, a speech-recognition approach that learns from recorded audio and unpaired text without requiring transcription data.