IMF Bentham flags Facebook lawsuit over privacy breaches
Litigation funder IMF Bentham is preparing to potentially launch an Australian lawsuit against Facebook over its sharing of users' data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
Litigation funder IMF Bentham is preparing to potentially launch an Australian lawsuit against Facebook over its sharing of users' data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
Facebook has so far suspended around 200 apps in the first stage of its review into apps that had access to large quantities of user data, in a response to a scandal around political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
Concern about Facebook's respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it collects about non-users, after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the world's largest social network tracks people whether they have accounts or not.
Cambridge Analytica may have had access to the Facebook account data of more than 311,000 Australian residents.
Facebook has revealed that time spent on the social network fell at the end of last year by about 50 million hours a day, even before the company made changes to its flagship News Feed that may further reduce user engagement.
Under legislation proposed by the government, social networking services and web hosts could face fines if they fail to remove intimate images shared without the subject’s consent (so-called ‘revenge porn).
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched an inquiry into the effects of “digital platform providers” such as Facebook and Google on the media landscape.
Snapchat-owner Snap Inc has reported slower user growth than Wall Street expected and said it was redesigning the app
CareMonkey has taken its ‘social care network’ international, with the Melbourne-based startup seeking to build its customer base in the United States and Europe.
Australia’s federal, state, and territory police forces have partnered with Facebook to introduce a child abduction alert system to the social network.
NBN has announced it is one of the first enterprises to roll out Facebook’s business-focussed Workplace offering.
Facebook is taking steps to ensure that founder Mark Zuckerberg stays connected and in control at the social network even as he pursues other goals related to charity and research.
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Microsoft announced a smorgasbord of improvements to its Yammer enterprise social network today focused on helping people connect more easily with their teams.
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