https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The official accounts of dozens of Italian far-right activists and the neo-fascist parties CasaPound and Forza Nuova were shut down on Monday for violating hate speech policies. https://www.thelocal.it/20190910/facebook-shuts-down-italian-neo-fascist-parties-accounts Tue, 10 Sep 2019 13:03:37 +0200 facebook-shuts-down-italian-neo-fascist-parties-accounts Italy's data protection watchdog slammed Facebook Friday with a fine of one million euros for violating privacy laws over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. https://www.thelocal.it/20190629/italy-fines-facebook-over-cambridge-analytica-case Sat, 29 Jun 2019 11:38:55 +0200 italy-fines-facebook-over-cambridge-analytica-case Facebook has shut down multiple Italian pages spreading misinformation, hate speech and political propaganda in the run-up to the European elections. https://www.thelocal.it/20190513/facebook-shuts-down-more-than-20-fake-news-pages-in-italy Mon, 13 May 2019 13:00:46 +0200 facebook-shuts-down-more-than-20-fake-news-pages-in-italy Facebook announced on Friday changes to the way political advertisements are handled on the social media site ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections. https://www.thelocal.it/20190330/facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:47:35 +0100 facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections Facebook was fined by Italian authorities for selling users' data without informing them, and "aggressively" discouraging users from trying to limit how the company shares their data https://www.thelocal.it/20181207/italy-fines-facebook-10-million-euros-over-data-misuse Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:10:08 +0100 italy-fines-facebook-10-million-euros-over-data-misuse Social media giant Facebook has made peace with Italy’s tax authorities https://www.thelocal.it/20181123/facebook-to-pay-100-million-euros-in-italian-tax-fraud-dispute Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:29:06 +0100 facebook-to-pay-100-million-euros-in-italian-tax-fraud-dispute Facebook has lost its appeal against a Milan startup after a court ruled that the social media giant had copied features from an app created by the smaller company. https://www.thelocal.it/20180417/facebook-loses-copyright-appeal-against-milan-startup Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:54:11 +0200 facebook-loses-copyright-appeal-against-milan-startup The Italian competition authority Antitrust said on Friday it had opened an investigation into Facebook for "alleged improper commercial practices" by not adequately informing users about data-gathering. https://www.thelocal.it/20180407/italy-to-investigate-facebook-for-improper-practices-as-part-of-data-scandal Sat, 07 Apr 2018 04:46:57 +0200 italy-to-investigate-facebook-for-improper-practices-as-part-of-data-scandal The Facebook data of over 200,000 users of the social media platform in Italy may have been shared with Cambridge Analytica for election purposes. https://www.thelocal.it/20180405/cambridge-analytica-may-have-had-facebook-data-of-over-200000-italians Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:05:53 +0200 cambridge-analytica-may-have-had-facebook-data-of-over-200000-italians Climbook, a small Italian website for climbing enthusiasts, will be allowed to keep its name despite opposition from social media giant Facebook. https://www.thelocal.it/20180221/david-goliath-facebook-copyright-italian-climbook-victory Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:24:05 +0100 david-goliath-facebook-copyright-italian-climbook-victory A fugitive Italian mobster who had been living in Mexico under a false identity was behind bars Saturday after being tracked down on Facebook, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20170311/facebook-search-traps-italian-mobster-in-mexico Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:54:34 +0100 facebook-search-traps-italian-mobster-in-mexico Facebook has been forced to drop a feature which helped users discover their friends' locations, after a court ruled that it had copied an app created by a Milan start-up. https://www.thelocal.it/20170308/italian-start-up-defeats-facebook-in-landmark-court-ruling Wed, 08 Mar 2017 13:56:15 +0100 italian-start-up-defeats-facebook-in-landmark-court-ruling A video of two Lidl employees tormenting women they had trapped in a recycling container has sparked debate over racism in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170224/lidl-staff-lock-women-in-recycling-container Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:53:50 +0100 lidl-staff-lock-women-in-recycling-container Italian paralympic fencing champion Beatrice Vio has taken legal action against an anonymous online sexual harassment campaign targeting her, it was reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170223/facebook-sexual-harassment-campaign-targets-italian-paralympic-champion Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:08:17 +0100 facebook-sexual-harassment-campaign-targets-italian-paralympic-champion Facebook has backtracked over a decision to remove a picture of a famous nude Italian statue from its site due to the "explicitly sexual content". https://www.thelocal.it/20170104/facebook-apologizes-for-censoring-sexual-italian-statue Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:43:00 +0100 facebook-apologizes-for-censoring-sexual-italian-statue Social media giant Facebook has backtracked on a decision to censor a painting by Italian artist Caravaggio, on the grounds that the nudity violated the site's rules. https://www.thelocal.it/20161101/facebook-censors-nude-caravaggio-painting Tue, 01 Nov 2016 13:04:22 +0100 facebook-censors-nude-caravaggio-painting An Italian teacher faces investigation following a series of Facebook posts calling for refugees - including children - to be killed. https://www.thelocal.it/20161021/teacher-investigated-for-facebook-post-calling-for-migrants-to-be-killed Fri, 21 Oct 2016 13:18:02 +0200 teacher-investigated-for-facebook-post-calling-for-migrants-to-be-killed Italian police on Sunday arrested a man suspected of being an Isis sympathiser who was found to have a collection of home-made explosive devices and detonators. https://www.thelocal.it/20161017/explosives-found-at-naples-home-of-isis-suspect Mon, 17 Oct 2016 11:14:31 +0200 explosives-found-at-naples-home-of-isis-suspect Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told Italian students how the social media site gave €500,000 to the Italian Red Cross following Wednesday's devastating earthquake in central Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160830/facebook-ceo-gives-500k-to-italian-red-cross-following-quake Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:06:30 +0200 facebook-ceo-gives-500k-to-italian-red-cross-following-quake Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will hold a Townhall Q&A in Rome on Monday, the latest in a series of events during which employees get to interrogate the social media site’s owner. https://www.thelocal.it/20160829/facebook-ceo-to-hold-townhall-qa-in-rome Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:56:14 +0200 facebook-ceo-to-hold-townhall-qa-in-rome