Facebook paid contractors to transcribe users’ audio chats
Facebook Inc. has been paying hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe clips of audio from users of its services, according to people with knowledge of...
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Facebook agrees to extensive new oversight as part of $5 billion settlement
The FTC placed new conditions on Facebook for privacy violations, but did not restrict the social network’s ability to gather and use people’s personal information.
Facebook's record $5 billion privacy settlement OK'd by FTC
The settlement, the largest privacy fine in the FTC's history, marks the most significant action yet against Facebook over a series of mishaps that have...
Facebook sets goal to double female workforce in 5 years
unveiled new diversity goals on Tuesday, including an effort to double the number of female employees globally over the next five years, and double the...
Facebook’s currency Libra faces financial, privacy pushback VIEW
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is getting a taste of the regulatory pushback it will face as it creates a new digital currency with corporate...
Facebook’s new Libra could bring cryptocurrency to the masses — and why that scares its critics
Facebook unveiled an ambitious plan to create a new "global currency" in the form of a cryptocurrency called Libra on Tuesday, in collaboration with a...
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