# Diem struggling to win over officials in Washington despite rebranding efforts

# Diem struggling to win over officials in Washington despite rebranding efforts

“# Diem struggling to win over officials in Washington despite rebranding efforts ” Facebook’s ambitious digital currency payment project Diem is yet to get off the ground despite concerted attempts to win over financial regulators. According to The Washington Post on Friday, Diem is facing difficulties smoothening regulatory wrinkles with senior policymakers in the Biden…

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#Facebook ripped for ‘sexist job ads’ catering to men

#Facebook ripped for ‘sexist job ads’ catering to men

“#Facebook ripped for ‘sexist job ads’ catering to men” Facebook has been accused of enabling sexist job advertising and breaking equality law. Campaign group Global Witness claims the tech giant has a biased algorithm that determines who will see a job ad and that it’s failing to crack down on discrimination. The group conducted an…

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#Facebook reads and shares WhatsApp private messages: report

#Facebook reads and shares WhatsApp private messages: report

“#Facebook reads and shares WhatsApp private messages: report” Facebook’s encrypted messaging service WhatsApp isn’t as private as it claims, according to a new report. The popular chat app, which touts its privacy features, says parent Facebook can’t read messages sent between users. But an extensive report by ProPublica on Tuesday claims that Facebook is paying…

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#WhatsApp fined a record 6M over privacy breaches

#WhatsApp fined a record $266M over privacy breaches

“#WhatsApp fined a record $266M over privacy breaches” Facebook’s WhatsApp was fined a record 225 million euro ($266 million) by the Irish data protection regulator on Thursday after the EU privacy watchdog pressured Ireland to raise the penalty for the company’s privacy breaches. WhatsApp said the fine was “entirely disproportionate” and that it would appeal. Still, the Irish…

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#FTC interviewed Zuckerberg in 2012 making Facebook suit hard: sources

#FTC interviewed Zuckerberg in 2012 making Facebook suit hard: sources

“#FTC interviewed Zuckerberg in 2012 making Facebook suit hard: sources” The Federal Trade Commission secretly interviewed Mark Zuckerberg while probing Facebook’s 2012 acquisition of Instagram — grilling the tech tycoon over the social network’s motives in the controversial deal, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation told The Post. Facebook’s chief executive had agreed…

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