Associated Press/Francois Mori Europe’s default privacy regulator for Facebook will investigate whether Facebook broke the law after the social network hoovered up more than one million user email contacts without their consent. Ireland’s data protection watchdog said on Thursday it will open a ‘statutory inquiry’ into whether Facebook broke Europe’s strict privacy laws, the GDPR. […]
Facebook banned a bunch of fascist and far-right groups including the BNP, EDL, and Britain First
Getty Images Facebook banned 12 far-right organisations in the UK from its platforms Thursday, deeming them "dangerous." The ban means organisations such as the British National Party and the EDL can’t have any presence on Facebook or Instagram. Posts from Facebook users which support the banned people and organisations will be removed. Big tech firms […]