Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the company’s earnings call to claim that Apple’s planned privacy protection will hit small firms.
Examining the Feud Between Apple and Facebook
James Titcomb has a op-ed in The Sydney Morning Herald where he pieces together the Apple-Facebook feud.
Over the past six months Facebook has become Apple’s chief antagonist, airing its gripes with investors, the media, its own employees and even the regulators writing the rules that will govern digital services for the next decade.
That is despite the companies not being traditional rivals: Apple sells hardware and runs subscription services; Facebook gets 98 per cent of its income through advertising.
I think the fundamental difference is that Facebook is doing everything in its power to become a mediator for reality. But so far it’s a mediator on platforms that it can’t control, and Apple is chipping away at some of the tools Facebook relies on, like targeted advertising.
Mark Zuckeberg Fights European Regulators
In a court filing in Dublin, Ireland, Facebook says if a decision by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is upheld, the company would have no choice but to abandon Europe because of its bad business practices.
If the decision is upheld, “it is not clear to [Facebook] how, in those circumstances, it could continue to provide the Facebook and Instagram services in the EU,” Yvonne Cunnane, who is Facebook Ireland’s head of data protection and associate general counsel, wrote in a sworn affidavit.
The decision Facebook’s referring to is a preliminary order handed down last month to stop the transfer of data about European customers to servers in the U. S., over concerns about U. S. government surveillance of the data.
Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Want to Put an "Apple Watch on Your Face"
Facebook has unveiled its Oculus Quest 2, and Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want VR products to be like “putting an Apple Watch on your face.”
Mark Zuckerberg: Apple's App Store 'Deserves Scrutiny'
Apple’s App Store “deserves scrutiny,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a new interview with ‘Axios on HBO’.
Tim Cook to Antitrust Hearing: 'Apple Does Not Have a Dominant Market Share'
In prepared testimony ahead of an antitrust hearing, Tim Cook reminded Representatives that “Apple does not have a dominant market share.”
Facebook Publishes First COVID-19 Maps
Facebook has released the first maps built using COVID-19 data collected from a survey distributed across the social network.
Facebook Employees Write to Mark Zuckerberg Over Political Ads
Hundreds of Facebook employees signed a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, raising concerns over the company’s policy towards political adverts.
Governments Urge Facebook to Give Backdoor to End-to-End Encryption
The U.S and UK governments signed a major data access agreement and urged Facebook to provide a backdoor to end-to-end encryption.
If Elizabeth Warren Wins Mark Zuckerberg Will Sue the Government
Mark Zuckerberg is scared of Elizabeth Warren over her plan to break up Big Tech monopolies, and a leaked audio recording reveals a rant in which he pledges to sue the government if she wins. You know, just your typical Tuesday stuff.
You have someone like Elizabeth Warren who thinks that the right answer is to break up the companies … if she gets elected president, then I would bet that we will have a legal challenge, and I would bet that we will win the legal challenge. And does that still suck for us? Yeah. I mean, I don’t want to have a major lawsuit against our own government. … But look, at the end of the day, if someone’s going to try to threaten something that existential, you go to the mat and you fight.
A U.S. Senator Suggests Prison Time for Mark Zuckerberg
In an interview, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should be imprisoned for Facebook’s privacy scandals.
Facebook Rebrands Instagram and WhatsApp
Mad over Facebook’s terrible reputation, Mark Zuckerberg wants to rebrand Instagram and WhatsApp to make it clear who owns them.
UK Politicians Demand Answers on Facebook's Contradictory Evidence
Senior UK politicians accused Facebook of contradicting its own evidence about platform policy violations and demanded clarification.
Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Says The Company Should Be Broken up
In an opinion piece for the New York Times, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes said that the social media giant needs to be broken up.
Activist Groups Launch Campaign to Remove Mark Zuckerberg from Board
Yesterday, two activist groups launched a campaign to remove Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook’s board of directors.
Digital civil rights group Color of Change and Majority Action, a corporate accountability organization, told the Securities and Exchange Commission that they will be urging Facebook shareholders to withhold their support for nominating Zuckerberg to the board.
The two groups argue that Facebook’s corporate structure gives Zuckerberg “control without adequate checks,” pointing out that he is CEO and holds 57.7 percent of voting rights in the company.
Mark Zuckerberg to Focus on Privacy at F8
Mark Zuckerberg will focus on privacy when he speaks at the F8 developer conference, saying Facebook has a new “privacy focussed” approach.
Hey Mark Zuckerberg? Transparency is Part of Privacy
Facebook has been accused of blocking efforts to study its ad platform. Andrew says that transparency is a big part of privacy.
Mark Zuckerberg Sweats as Regulators Hungrily Eye Him Up
After the latest Facebook privacy fiasco which involved Instagram passwords, regulators are looking even more closely at Mark Zuckerberg.
Leaked Facebook Documents Show how Mark Zuckerberg Plays Dirty
Leaked Facebook documents that include emails, chats, presentations, spreadsheets, and meeting summaries show how Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s board and management team played dirty.
Zuckerberg, along with his board and management team, found ways to tap Facebook’s trove of user data — including information about friends, relationships and photos — as leverage over companies it partnered with.
In some cases, Facebook would reward favored companies by giving them access to the data of its users. In other cases, it would deny user-data access to rival companies or apps.
Basically, everything Facebook has said in public, they are doing the exact opposite in private.
Millions of Facebook Data Records Stored on Amazon Cloud Servers and Leaked
Over 100,000 open databases were found on Amazon Cloud and contained the personal information of millions of Facebook users.
