Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Russian court fines Google and Meta over content violations
Fine or penalty
The Tagansky District Court ordered Google to pay about 7.2 million roubles and Meta to pay 2 million roubles for repeatedly failing to comply with Russian content-related legislation.
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On Friday, the Tagansky District Court ruled that Google is ordered to pay about 7.2 million roubles ($98.4 million roughly), while Meta is to pay 2 million roubles ($27 million) for repeatedly failing to comply with the directives of Russian legislation on content.
A Moscow court also slapped a $27 million fine on Meta (formerly Facebook) over its failure to delete content banned by the law of the land.
Google told The Verge in a statement it will "study the court documents when they are available and then decide on next steps".
2021
Meta appeals UK order to sell Giphy
Lawsuit filed
Meta appealed the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s order requiring it to sell Giphy, arguing that the evidence did not support the regulator’s competition findings.
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Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ordered Meta to sell Giphy
saying the evidence does not support the finding that the deal is a threat to its rivals or could impact competition in display advertising.
We are appealing the CMA's Giphy decision and will seek a stay of the CMA's order to divest,
2021
Meta files lawsuit over phishing attacks targeting its platforms
Lawsuit filed
Meta filed a federal lawsuit in California court seeking to disrupt phishing attacks that targeted users of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp. Meta said the campaign used nearly 40,000 websites impersonating the platforms’ login pages to collect users’ credentials.
Stated objective. to disrupt phishing attacks targeting users of Meta’s platforms
Source excerpt
"On these websites, people were prompted to enter their usernames and passwords, which Defendants collected."
Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has filed a federal lawsuit in California court to disrupt phishing attacks targeting Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp users.
The attackers behind these phishing campaigns used almost 40,000 phishing pages that would impersonate the four platforms' login pages.
2021
Russia fines Meta Platforms
Fine or penalty
A Moscow court fined Meta Platforms 13 million roubles for failing to delete content the Russian government deems illegal.
Source excerpt
Russia has fined Facebook-owner Meta Platforms 13 million roubles ($177,000), a Moscow court said on Thursday, for failing to delete content the government deems illegal
Hours after the Google verdict was announced, a 2bn rouble fine was handed to Meta, the parent company of Facebook, for similar content-related offences.
Later on Friday, the court fined Meta Platforms $27.15m on the same grounds.
2021
Russian court fines Twitter, Meta and TikTok over content
Fine or penalty
A Moscow court fined Twitter, Meta Platforms and TikTok for failing to delete content the Russian government deems illegal. Meta was fined 13 million roubles across three cases, Twitter 10 million across two cases, and TikTok 4 million.
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Moscow's Tagansky District Court said Meta Platforms had been fined a total of 13 million roubles ($176,926) in three separate administrative cases for not deleting content. Twitter was fined 10 million roubles across two cases, while TikTok received a 4 million rouble penalty, according to Russian news agencies.
Russia fined Twitter, Facebook owner Meta Platforms and TikTok on Thursday for failing to delete content the government deems illegal, a Moscow court said, the latest in a string of penalties against foreign technology firms.
2021
Online mockery of Meta’s logo
Public backlash
Some social media users mocked Meta’s logo, saying it resembled the WeChat Channels logo turned upside down.
Source excerpt
Sharing their thoughts on Twitter, a number of social media users suggested that the Meta logo looks like WeChat Channels' logo turned upside down
2018
Privacy and platform-governance scrutiny
Facebook faced intensified public and regulatory criticism over privacy, data use, political influence, misinformation and platform governance. The scrutiny continued to shape Meta’s policies and reputation.