Facebook/News

This is a log of relevant Facebook-related news, both positive and negative, where they relate to privacy.

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• 3 July 2021 (2021-07-03) - Amsterdam District Court rejects Facebook's arguments regarding the litigation brought by two Dutch non-profits, Data Privacy Foundation and Consumentenbond, who claim that Facebook does not have a proper legal basis for data processing in the Netherlands, clearing the way for the case to be heard in October. ^[TechCrunch]
• 15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) - European Union's highest court, European Court of Justice rules that Facebook may be taken to court by any member state's privacy watchdog, not just Ireland's where it's European arm is incorporated.^{[The Associated Press]}
• 1 June 2021 (2021-06-01) - A Facebook funded study finds that new iOS privacy controls are bad for you. 😲 ^{[University of Florida via PocketNow]}