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- Facebook loses users for the first time https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/02/facebook-earnings-meta/ 1352 comments
- First Facebook now OKCupid admits to experimenting on users. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/07/28/okcupid-reveals-its-been-lying-to-some-of-its-users-just-to-see-whatll-happen/ 3 comments worldnews
- Facebook loses daily active users for the first time in 18 years https://geopolicies.com/facebook-loses-daily-active-users-for-the-first-time-in-18-years/ 160 comments technews
- Facebook’s total user base declined for the first time https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/2/2/22915110/facebook-meta-user-growth-decline-first-time-metaverse-mark-zuckerberg-tiktok-competition-earnings 15 comments technology
- Have issues with Facebook collecting your data? Privacy-first alternative MeWe surges to 9M users | ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/have-issues-with-facebook-data-collecting-privacy-first-alternative-mewe-surges-to-9m-users/ 6 comments privacy
- Have issues with Facebook collecting your data? Privacy-first alternative MeWe surges to 9M users | ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/have-issues-with-facebook-data-collecting-privacy-first-alternative-mewe-surges-to-9m-users/ 4 comments technology
- Facebook: Daily active users fall for first time in 18-year history https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60238565 231 comments technology
- Facebook: Daily active users fall for first time in 18-year history https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60238565 15 comments technews
- Facebook: Daily active users fall for first time in 18-year history https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60238565 30 comments upliftingnews
- Facebook sees daily users fall for first time ever https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60238565 536 comments worldnews
- Facebook loses users for first time ever, market cap drops by $200 billion https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/facebook-loses-users-for-first-time-ever-market-cap-drops-by-200b/ 13 comments technology
- Zuckerberg's apology, the first time Facebook upendeed users' privacy expectations in 2006 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/business/facebook-zuckerberg-apologies/?utm_term=.97391fb3596e 3 comments politics
- Government requests for Facebook user data up 27% in first half of 2016 https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/21/government-requests-for-facebook-user-data-up-27-percent-in-first-half-of-2016/ 10 comments privacy
- Facebook and Google's Ad Addiction Can’t Last Forever - Facebook's first-ever drop in users is an ominous sign for a business that relies almost entirely on ads. Google should watch out too. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-02-03/facebook-and-google-s-ad-addiction-can-t-last-forever-thanks-to-tiktok-web3 75 comments economy
- Facebook, Google and other advertisers are now changing their spy cookies into "first-party" cookies since users have been blocking third-party cookies https://9clouds.com/blog/cookie-time-what-does-the-facebook-pixel-update-mean-for-you/ 23 comments technology
- Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they’re reported: '... it will scan all posts for patterns of suicidal thoughts, and when necessary send mental health resources to the user at risk or their friends, or contact local first-responders.' https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/27/facebook-ai-suicide-prevention/ 414 comments worldnews
- Facebook's user numbers shrunk for the first time in its history https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-facebook-user-numbers-shrink-first-time-ever-2022-2 120 comments technology
- Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever last quarter https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/2/22914970/facebook-app-loses-daily-users-first-time-earnings 124 comments upliftingnews
- Pakistan's government made 719 requests for Facebook user data in first half of 2016 https://govtrequests.facebook.com/country/Pakistan/2016-H1/ 5 comments pakistan
- World's first social network that doesn't store its users' data on servers aims to coax users away from prying eyes of Facebook http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/private-social-network-myapollo-takes-facebook-1441969 38 comments privacy
- Facebook Transparency Report: First Release of Details On Government Requests For User Data https://www.facebook.com/about/government_requests 3 comments privacy
- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg called his first few thousand users "dumb fucks" for trusting him with their data http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/14/facebook_trust_dumb/ 346 comments politics
- If Facebook Users Really Valued Privacy, They Shouldn’t Have Joined In The First Place http://trueslant.com/ethanepstein/2009/12/11/if-facebook-users-really-valued-privacy-they-shouldn%E2%80%99t-have-joined-the-site-in-the-first-place/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Facebook tests fighting revenge porn by asking users to file nude photos first https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/08/facebook-revenge-porn-fix-includes-asking-users-to-file-nude-photos.html 3 comments nottheonion
- Russian content on Facebook, Google and Twitter reached far more users than companies first disclosed, congressional testimony says https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2017/10/30/4509587e-bd84-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_facebook-610pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.7ffb77c416f5 3 comments politics
- Russian content on Facebook may have reached 126 million users — far more than first disclosed, company testimony says https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2017/10/30/4509587e-bd84-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?utm_term=.b3f53de46300&tid=notifi_push_breaking-news&pushid=59f7a1634069751d0000002f 283 comments worldnews
- Russian content on Facebook may have reached 126 million users — far more than first disclosed, company testimony says https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2017/10/30/4509587e-bd84-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_no-name%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar&tid=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.812614e782e7 5 comments politics
- Russian content on Facebook may have reached 126 million users — far more than first disclosed, internal document says https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2017/10/30/4509587e-bd84-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html 3 comments worldnews
- Russian content on Facebook may have reached 126 million users — far more than first disclosed, internal document says https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2017/10/30/4509587e-bd84-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html 8 comments technology
- Russian content on Facebook may have reached 126 million users — far more than first disclosed, internal document says https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2017/10/30/4509587e-bd84-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?pushid=59f7a1634069751d0000002f&tid=notifi_push_breaking-news&utm_term=.a9300b595f33 4 comments politics
- Facebook loses users for the first time in its history: Meta's stock suffered its biggest single-day loss yet as the company refocuses on the 'metaverse' https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/02/facebook-earnings-meta/ 5 comments economy
- Meta Shares Tumble By 20% As Facebook Reports First Ever Drop In Daily Users, Zuckerberg Admits Tiktok And Apple Privacy Rules Are Hurting https://swarajyamag.com/business/meta-shares-tumble-by-20-as-facebook-reports-first-ever-drop-in-daily-users-zuckerberg-admits-tiktok-and-apple-privacy-rules-are-hurting 36 comments technology
- A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that internet giants like Google and Facebook can censor content on their platforms, rebuking arguments from conservatives who claim the tech companies violate users' First Amendment rights by removing certain messages or videos https://thehill.com/policy/technology/484916-federal-appeals-court-rules-tech-platforms-are-free-to-censor-content 25 comments law
- Supreme Court justices seem unlikely to extend First Amendment protections to users of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/25/scotus-reluctant-to-extend-1st-amendment-protections-to-facebook-twitter-users.html 53 comments politics
- The United Kingdom has issued the first GDPR notice in relation to the Facebook data scandal which saw the data of up to 87 million users harvested and processed without their consent. https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-issues-first-ever-gdpr-notice-in-connection-to-facebook-data-scandal/ 507 comments technology
- Don’t Just Delete Facebook, Poison Your Data First - If you're savvy with code, you can employ a script that repeatedly alters your Facebook posts with nonsense, making it more difficult for the social media site to collect user data. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvxv4x/how-to-delete-facebook-data 183 comments technology
- Facebook is offering new tools for political candidates, and your personal account could be used in the process. For the first time, Facebook is allowing campaigns to track users’ political comments and likes to create a master list of target voters and potential donors http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/facebook-profile-may-tracked-presidential-campaigns/ 15 comments technology
- Facebook is offering new tools for political candidates, and your personal account could be used in the process. For the first time, Facebook is allowing campaigns to track users’ political comments and likes to create a master list of target voters and potential donors http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/facebook-profile-may-tracked-presidential-campaigns/ 3 comments worldnews
- Former UK Deputy PM Nick Clegg has told BBC Facebook should pay more tax outside the US, at his first public appearance as the tech giant's head of communications. It was "unbalanced" that most of FB's $4b tax bill was paid in the US "even though the vast majority of FB's users are outside the US" https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47029082 5 comments worldnews
- Facebook app banned by Apple – their "free VPN service Onavo" – got data from 187k users first. Apple banned it, then Facebook relaunched it as "Facebook Research". Apple revoked their developer certificates. Finally, Facebook retreated. Facebook later also removed it from the Android store. https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/13/facebook-app-banned-by-apple/ 168 comments privacy