Playboy issued a press release late Tuesday night to announce its withdrawal from Facebook. It has deactivated the Playboy accounts that Playboy Enterprises manages directly affecting some 25 million fans, according to the company. Playboy becomes the latest company to join the call to … Read More

Three users of Facebook's Messenger app filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the social-networking giant, alleging the company violated their privacy by logging the histories of their phone calls and text messages. The lawsuit was filed after Facebook acknowledged it had been logging some Android users' … Read More

Facebook “has decided not to unveil” its line of connected home speakers, which boast digital assistant and video-chat capabilities, at its developer conference in May because too many people have wised up to the fact said products will probably turn their homes into Mark Zuckerberg-surveilled … Read More

As public outrage over Facebook's data collection policies continues to swirl, the company has decided to delay the announcement of its upcoming smart speakers, according to a Bloomberg report. The devices were said to have been set for an unveiling at Facebook's F8 developer conference in May, … Read More

Facebook has clarified that it is just storing the metadata of calls, not the actual content. But make no mistake: there's no such thing as “just” metadata. Metadata refers to almost everything except what you say or write: the identity of your contact, what time you contacted them, and even …

The devices are part of Facebook's plan to become more intimately involved with users' everyday social lives, using artificial intelligence — following a path forged by Amazon.com Inc. and its Echo in-home smart speakers. As concerns escalate about Facebook's collection and use of personal data, now … Read More

Three users of the Facebook Messenger app sued Facebook on Tuesday in a class action suit, and asked for unspecified damages. The users said the social network violated their privacy by collecting logs of their phone calls and text messages. Facebook on Sunday acknowledged that it had been … Read More

On Sunday, Facebook admitted that it captures extensive call and text history for Android phone users. The company's stock is plunging, its executive team is reeling, and its user engagement is falling. All of this could have been prevented if Facebook had a coherent and comprehensive data policy to … Read …

However, news of US congressional evidence paves the way for a major showdown for Zuckerberg, 33, who has come under increasing pressure from lawmakers and the general public to account for Facebook's business practices since the company acknowledged last September that it had sold … Read More

As many as one in three Australians may have had phone calls and text messages tracked by Facebook for years. The social behemoth confirmed it did log mobile phone calls and text history for users of Messenger on Facebook Lite on Android, however said users had to “expressly agree” to …