Facebook spent $23.4M on security for Mark Zuckerberg in 2020

Thursday, 15 April 2021, 04:53:12
Facebook shelled out roughly $23.4 million in 2020 to protect its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The massive amount includes about $13.4 million for personal security for Zuckerberg, along with an additional annual $10 million pre-tax allowance for the protection of his family, according to a Proxy statement filed by Facebook last Friday. Zuckerberg’s company-instituted…
— New York Post

Facebook pulled the page for Bitche, France because it was not Nice

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 22:11:02
The French city of Bitche has accidentally run afoul of Facebook’s moderation policies after its Facebook page was accidentally deleted (for obvious reasons).
— The Verge

Ireland opens GDPR probe into Facebook data breach that exposed 533m phone numbers

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 20:39:00
The Irish Data Protection Commission said Facebook may have broken European data law in handling the leak, which included 11.5m UK accounts
— The Telegraph

Ireland Watchdog Initiates Facebook Probe After Data Leak Reports: Reuters

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 19:35:43
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has begun a probe in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB ) following the social media company’s data breach compromising 533 accounts, Reuters reports . Facebook had acknowledged the data hack via manipulation of its contact sync tool. Business Insider … Full story available on Benzinga.com
— Benzinga

Irish watchdog opens another Facebook probe, over data dump

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 19:33:46
Ireland’s privacy regulator says it has opened an investigation into Facebook after data on more than 500 million users was reportedly found dumped online
— ABC News