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Facebook VP of Messenger Stan Chudnovsky discusses privacy, encryption

The massive project has already gotten pushback from regulators worried about Facebook's size and power. Government officials also worry about Facebook's plans to extend end-to-end encryption to Messenger.

February 16

Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook settlement of a class-action lawsuit

Privacy advocates hail Illinois' strict biometric privacy law as the nation's strongest form of protection in the commercial use of such data, and it has survived ongoing efforts by the tech industry and other businesses to weaken it.

February 9

Facebook to pay $550 million to Illinois users to settle lawsuit

Facebook will pay $550 million in the form of a cash fund for Illinois users who sued the social media company for collecting facial-recognition data, Edelson PC said on Wednesday.

January 30

Should you cover your cell phone camera?

A bug on the Facebook app had cell phone cameras springing to life unprompted; bringing up questions of how secure those phone cameras are.

November 14, 2019

Hospital dresses up ‘newest neighbors’ in tiny red Mister Rogers cardigans for World Kindness Day

UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh welcomed its newest and most adorable neighbors on World Kindness Day, dressing them in tiny Mister Rogers-style cardigans.

November 13, 2019

Facebook is deleting the name of potential whistleblower

Facebook says it is deleting the name of the person who has been identified in conservative circles as the whistleblower who triggered the Trump impeachment probe.

November 9, 2019

Facebook testing new news feature it says will 'gather insight from journalists and publishers'

Facebook announced Friday it will begin testing Facebook News, which the tech giant said will offer users more control over the stories they see as well as the ability to discover a broader array of content.

October 25, 2019