France to 'embed' regulators at Facebook to combat hate speech
Zuckerman opens doors after Macron meeting.
Nov 13 2018 6:52AM
CBA digital eyes China to fend off FANGs encroachment
Questions if social platforms can stomach risk.
Nov 8 2018 12:19PM
Facebook referred to EU watchdog over targeting, fake ads
London complains to Brussels.
Nov 7 2018 6:44AM
Facebook launches searchable database for US political ad spending
Information on spending by advertisers for political ads and issues.
Oct 24 2018 6:54AM
Facebook tentatively concludes spammers were behind recent data breach - WSJ
Big rumble unlikely to be nation state.
Oct 19 2018 11:55AM
Hackers stole details of 29 million users in Facebook breach
Attackers used program to harvest data from accounts.
Oct 13 2018 6:56AM
WhatsApp fixes video call security bug
Bug required just two keystrokes to activate.
Oct 11 2018 6:03AM
Comms Minister Fifield flags interest in GDPR-like laws
Says Internet no longer an ‘ungoverned space’ and era of hands-off regulation may need to end.
Oct 10 2018 6:36AM
Facebook says hackers did not use stolen logins on third-party sites
Following security breach.
Oct 3 2018 10:05AM
Facebook security breach affects 50 million users
Company logs off 90 million accounts as a precaution.
Sep 29 2018 9:32AM
ACCC calls on Facebook, Google to speed scam ad takedowns
Celebrity-fronted fake ads generate hordes of complaints.
Sep 26 2018 9:20AM
Facebook shares slip after Instagram founders quit
Follows WhatsApp founders exit earlier this year.
Sep 26 2018 8:55AM
Google names new Australian boss
Appoints from within.
Sep 6 2018 6:12PM
Facebook to build first Asian data centre in Singapore
Invests more than $1 billion.
Sep 6 2018 12:09PM
DoJ probes social media firms over free speech
Concerns platforms "intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas".
Sep 6 2018 7:03AM
Facebook's Watch video service comes to Australia
To compete with YouTube.
Aug 30 2018 7:05AM
Covert Iranian social info ops campaign shuttered
Whole lotta coordinated inauthentic behaviour going on.
Aug 22 2018 11:18AM
Facebook refutes push into public cloud
As share price smashed.
Jul 26 2018 5:36PM
Facebook staring at Australian class action
Litigation funder rattles can for Cambridge Analytica claims.
Jul 10 2018 5:37PM
Facebook personality test could leak user data
Researcher lands bug bounty.
Jun 29 2018 11:10AM
