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Facebook's video speed-dating service is shutting down January 20th

Facebook’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) team is often quick to abandon apps that don’t find traction, and a video speed-dating service it has tested over the last nine months is next for the chopping block.

Engadget - Jan 15, 2022

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales

Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales.

Seattle Times - Jan 15, 2022

Facebook Sued For Billions Over Harvesting People's Data

The lawsuit argues Meta should pay its 44 million British users compensation for taking all their personal and private data between 2015 and 2019.

Newsweek on MSN.com - Jan 14, 2022

Facebook, Google CEOs were aware of formal advertising market deal, according to court filing

Chief executives of Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook were aware of a deal to carve up part of the online advertising market, according to an amended complaint filed by Texas and other states that have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google.

CNN on MSN.com - Jan 14, 2022

Facebook faces $3.2 billion UK class action over market dominance

Social media giant Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, faces a 2.3 billion pound plus ($3.2 billion plus) class action in Britain over allegations it abused its market dominance by exploiting the personal data of 44 million users.

CNN on MSN.com - Jan 14, 2022

Lawsuit claims Facebook and Google CEOs were aware of deal to control advertising sales

Newly revealed documents from the complaint against Google shed light on potential advertising sales manipulation

The Guardian - Jan 15, 2022

Google, Facebook CEOs oversaw illegal ad auction deal that gave Facebook an advantage, states allege

Chief executives of Google and Facebook personally oversaw a 2018 deal that advantaged Facebook on Google's ad auctions, a group of states alleged on Friday.

CNBC on MSN.com - Jan 14, 2022

Facebook owner to ‘assess feasibility’ of hate speech study in Ethiopia

Meta says human rights diligence projects can be ‘highly time intensive’ and run for year or more

The Guardian - Jan 14, 2022

Facebook, Google CEOs aware of formal advertising market deal, lawsuit alleges

Chief executives of Alphabet’s Google and Facebook were aware of a deal to carve up part of the online advertising market, according to an amended antitrust

NBC News - Jan 14, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg And Sundar Pichai Allegedly Signed Off On Illegal Facebook–Google Ad Deal

Newly unredacted claims from a 2020 antitrust lawsuit say that Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai personally approved an allegedly illegal 2018 advertising deal.

BuzzFeed News - Jan 14, 2022

States appeal a judge’s decision to throw out their Facebook antitrust case.

The states’ central claim is that Facebook acquired competitors — particularly Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 — in a predatory manner, by crushing competition.

New York Times - Jan 14, 2022