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Top German Court: Facebook Broke Antitrust Rules by Harvesting User Data

Germany’s top court ruled against social media giant Facebook in an antitrust case related to the company’s collection of user data. The court affirmed the findings of Germany’s antitrust watchdog, which ruled that Facebook abused its market dominance to harvest data from users across multiple platforms.

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The North Face Boycotts Facebook Ads over ‘Spread of Misinformation’

Outdoor clothing brand The North Face has become the first major brand to boycott Facebook ads following mounting pressure from civil-rights organizations to leave the platform due to Facebook’s “spread of misinformation,” claiming it will not return to advertising until Mark Zuckerberg implements stricter policies relating to what the company considers racist, violent, and hateful content.

Facebook rolling out privacy choices under EU rules

Dr. Robert Epstein: On Election Day Mark Zuckerberg Can Give One Presidential Candidate 450,000 Votes

Dr. Robert Epstein, the senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology joined Breitbart News  Senior Editor-at-Large Rebecca Mansour on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight recently to discuss the Masters of the Universe in Silicon Valley and how they can manipulate news narratives and even elections. Dr. Epstein pointed out the tremendous power that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wields in the 2020 election.

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Facebook Will Close Political Advertising ‘Loophole’ Before Election

Social media giant Facebook has reportedly closed what it considers to be a loophole in its political advertising system ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. When Facebook users post an election ad to the platform, it will now include a “paid for by” label in the same manner as when a campaign pays for the ad to appear on the site.

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Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook’s Goal Is to Register 4 Million Voters

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg penned an op-ed for USA Today this week in which he announced this his company is implementing strategies that will educate Americans on the importance of voting this November. The company’s goal is to register four million new voters for the 2020 election. Zuckerberg also stated that Facebook may censor posts from politicians that violate community guidelines.

Mark Zuckerberg at Georgetown

Tech Pioneer: Google and Facebook Are ‘Choking’ the Web

Basecamp co-founder and CTO David Heinemeier Hansson, who created the popular “Ruby on Rails” web application framework, discussed the state of the modern internet in a recent interview, stating that a handful of companies like Google and Facebook have “colonized the web, and they’re choking it.” According to Hansson, “We need stringent and overdue legislation, we need to break up monopolies, and we need to give consumers better alternatives.”

UK MPs pressure Zuckerberg to testify on Facebook data breach

China Objects to Facebook Labeling State-Controlled Media Organizations

The Chinese Foreign Ministry objected on Friday to Facebook’s policy that state-controlled media organizations will now be labeled as such. Authoritarian regimes such as China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea invariably have state-run media, which they would prefer unwitting readers to see as credible independent news organizations.

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‘Fact-Check’ Hoax: Facebook Relies on USA Today Intern to Falsely Fact-Check and Restrict Access to Breitbart Story

As Twitter uses the anti-Trump establishment media in its “fact check” of perfectly valid tweets from President Donald Trump, Facebook is allowing the establishment media competitors of Breitbart News, including USA Today, to apply “fact-check” labels to Breitbart News articles based on absurd language policing of the term “amnesty.”

CAMBRIDGE, MA - MAY 25: Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the commencement