Handelsblatt:
04.01.2023
“Meta is to pay 390 million euros in fines for data protection violations.
Meta is alleged to have violated EU data protection directives with both Facebook and Instagram. The US company intends to appeal the fine.”
https://app.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/dsgvo-meta-soll-wegen-datenschutz-verstoessen-390-millionen-euro-strafe-zahlen-/28905046.html
Die Tagesschau:
16.07.2020
“The USA does not offer adequate protection for personal data of EU citizens. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has declared the “Privacy Shield” agreement, which until now has allowed the transfer of data to the USA, invalid. Companies are now only allowed to send personal data of Europeans to countries outside the EU if the level of data protection there is “equivalent in substance” compared to Europe. If they cannot guarantee this, they must stop the transfer…”
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/eugh-facebook-datenschutz-103.html
Weser Kurier:
“After advertising boycott: Facebook loses 56 billion dollars stock market value in one day”
https://www.weser-kurier.de/startseite_artikel,-nach-werbeboykott-facebook-verliert-56-milliarden-dollar-boersenwert-an-einem-tag-_arid,1920886.html
Heise.de:
Facebook rejects accusations by Amnesty International
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Facebook-weist-Vorwuerfe-von-Amnesty-International-zurueck-4594240.html
Business Insider:
09.07.2019
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says users should “disconnect from Facebook
https://www.businessinsider.de/apple-mitgruender-steve-wozniak-nutzer-sollten-sich-von-facebook-trennen-2019-7
Netzpolitik.org:
03.06.2019
Facebook tracks users on three quarters of all German news sites
https://netzpolitik.org/2019/konzern-liest-mit-facebook-trackt-nutzer-auf-drei-viertel-aller-deutschen-nachrichtenseiten/
tagesschau.de:
09.05.2019
Co-founder wants to break up Facebook
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/facebook-zerschlagung-101.html
heise online:
20.12.2019
Data of 267 million Facebook users openly on the internet
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Daten-von-267-Millionen-Facebook-Nutzern-offen-im-Netz-4621213.html
21.09.2019
Tens of thousands of Facebook apps too data-hungry
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Zehntausende-Apps-auf-Facebook-zu-datengierig-4535541.html
05.09.2019
419 million phone numbers of Facebook users freely available on the internet
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/419-Millionen-Telefonnummern-von-Facebook-Usern-frei-im-Netz-4513836.html
31.03.2019
Facebook boss calls for global internet regulation along the lines of the GDPR
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Facebook-Chef-fordert-weltweite-Internet-Regulierung-nach-DSGVO-Vorbild-4356615.html
21.03.2019
Facebook: Hundreds of millions of passwords stored in plain text. https://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Facebook-Hunderte-Millionen-Passwoerter-im-Klartext-gespeichert-4342184.html
Bundeskartellamt:
07.02.2019
Bundeskartellamt prohibits Facebook from merging user data from different https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/DE/Pressemitteilungen/2019/07_02_2019_Facebook.html
SPIEGEL ONLINE:
06.09.2019
US states launch investigation against Facebook
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/facebook-us-bundesstaaten-leiten-kartelluntersuchung-ein-a-1285661.html
21.03.2019
Criticism of social media platform: EU Commissioner Jourova calls for people to leave Facebook
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/vera-jourova-eu-kommissarin-raet-zur-abkehr-von-facebook-a-1259092.html
t-online.de:
18.03.2019
WhatsApp founder advises users to delete Facebook account.
https://www.t-online.de/digital/handy/id_85428310/whatsapp-gruender-raet-nutzern-facebook-konto-zu-loeschen.html
20.12.2018
Cambridge Analytica scandal: Washington’s Attorney General sues Facebook
https://www.t-online.de/digital/id_84974730/cambridge-analytica-skandal-washingtons-generalstaatsanwalt-verklagt-facebook-.html
Focus ONLINE:
06.12.2019
Court bans Facebook and WhatsApp in Germany
https://www.focus.de/digital/internet/klage-wegen-patenten-urteil-noch-nicht-rechtskraeftig-gericht-verbietet-whatsapp-in-jetziger-form_id_11432652.html
t3n:
20.04.2019
Facebook – millions of email contacts “accidentally” stolen. https://t3n.de/news/facebook-millionen-e-mail-kontakte-aus-versehen-geklaut-1157896/
03/2019
Delete Facebook”: Whatsapp co-founder Brian Acton repeats his call.
https://t3n.de/news/loescht-facebook-whatsapp-mitgruender-brian-acton-wiederholt-seinen-aufruf-1151081/amp/
12.03.2014
Actually, you should delete your account.
https://t3n.de/news/facebook-account-geloescht-531679/