Looks like it's no more Mr. Nice Guy. What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object? In a recent speech at Brussels' International Data Privacy Day, Apple CEO Tim Cook went on the offensive against Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. Cook's speech seems to be a direct
Each day, millions of brands launch ads, create business pages, and test out lead-generating marketing strategies on Facebook. While Facebook offers a robust selection of marketing tools, one big marketing staple they've never really explored is Facebook email marketing. That might be about to change. This
Canadian companies are joining a growing list of top international brands vowing not to advertise on Facebook Inc. in July because of the company's refusal to deal with the spread of hateful content on its platform. Vancouver athletic wear companies Lululemon Athletica Inc., Mountain Equipment Co-op
With the recent corona outbreak, everything has come to a halt – except social media marketing. The global economy has been thrown into recession, but fortunately, working from home through online channels is saving businesses from a complete shutdown and major losses. This just proves what an
The North Face has become the first major brand to boycott Facebook on the heels of mounting pressure from civil-rights organizations over content moderation and hate speech.The company said Friday it would stop buying Facebook ads in the US, in solidarity with civil-rights groups like the NAACP, the
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has filed a Notice of Application in the Federal Court seeking a declaration that Facebook has contravened Canada’s federal private sector privacy law. The application follows a joint investigation last year by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the
The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Facebook over the company’s 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal.The fine represents the largest ever imposed by the FTC against a tech company.The FTC began probing Facebook in March 2018 following reports that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had
For 15 years, Facebook has pushed, prodded, cajoled, lured and tricked billions of people into sharing the most intimate details of their lives online, all purportedly in service of making the world “more open and connected”. On Wednesday, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg put forward a new idea: doing the
Facebook has repeatedly withheld key data on its alleged efforts to clamp down on disinformation ahead of the European elections, the EU’s executive has said. Mark Zuckerberg’s company has been under fire from the European commission for failing to provide it with the “hard numbers” to prove that it
In new book, Roger McNamee offers ideas on how to solve the big problems created by Big Tech Roger McNamee, a longtime tech investor and one of the early backers of Facebook Inc., was a very early voice warning about privacy and data collection problems on
English
French
German