Ireland’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has found Facebook Ireland to be compliant with Irish and European Union law, and has reached an agreement that gives users even more control over privacy in the next six months. The commissioner … Continue reading →
Facebook, Greenpeace Agree on Energy Policy – Facebook and Greenpeace have come to an agreement this week on the promotion of green or renewable energy the social network uses to operate. [Photo via Facebook] Facebook Updates JavaScript – Facebook announced … Continue reading →
Facebook is prompting some users to tag the location of their past photo albums. A module on the top left of some Facebook pages offers a suggested place page based on the plain text location included in an album’s description, … Continue reading
Facebook is close to settling charges by the Federal Trade Commission that it deceived users about privacy changes, The Wall Street Journal reports. The settlement would “require Facebook to obtain ‘express affirmative consent’ when it makes ‘material retroactive changes’” to … Continue reading
Facebook’s business is built on trust, but that trust has been shaken over the past few weeks by criticism and speculation regarding how it uses browser cookies to get data about users. A lack of thorough documentation explaining what each of its cookies does has led some observers to assume that the company is tracking [...]
Facebook offers users the Download Your Information tool to let them get a copy of all their content and connections, but we’ve now learned that the site is storing additional data about users not available in this export. This data includes deleted content, rejected friend requests, removed friends, a list of all of a user’s logins [...]
On Tuesday we published the results of a study indicating that Pages that sync or auto-post their content to Facebook from Twitter or blogs using tools like HootSuite, Twitter, and NetworkedBlogs receive significantly fewer Likes and comments per posts than those that post manually using Facebook’s web and mobile interfaces. This is partly because Facebook [...]
UK Won’t Ban Facebook – Facebook, Twitter and Research In Motion met with United Kingdom officials Thursday regarding the social networks’ role in summer riots there. The government ended up not moving to restrict access to the social networks in emergencies such as riots. Facebook Takes Third Spot for Video – Facebook becomes the third [...]
Facebook today announced changes to its Ad Guidelines that permit advertising for several verticals that were previously prohibited. Offline gambling can be promoted, as can online gambling if ads are targeted outside of the US and have Facebook’s explicit consent. Lottery commissions and legal dietary supplements may also be promoted with some restrictions. Ads for [...]
Amongst a flurry of announcements about changes to games on its platform, Facebook recently updated the Developers Blog regarding the addition of a new Insights analytics tab for Facebook Credits. The latest Platform Update also included announcements about how app-to-user request notifications will now show the notification’s message; new capabilities for the Graph API, activity and recommendation [...]
