Revealed: Facebook’s global lobbying against data privacy laws

as mentioned in The Clear History tool was promised in May of last year, just before the company's F8 developer conference, and at that point was still just an idea designed to earn back lost user trust, BuzzFeed News reported in an investigation on Clear History's rocky development published last week. At the time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the tool as working similarly to one's browser history and a step forward in helping the company repair its image following the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal. Facebook originally said last May that the tool would launch within a few months"In your web browser, you have a simple way to clear your cookies and history. So a tool like Clear History could have a substantial impact on Facebook's ability to target ads and generate revenue if enough users actively remove the information collected about their online activity. "After going through our systems, this is an example of the kind of control we think you should have," he wrote in his announcement post on Clear History.

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Revealed: Facebook's global lobbying against data privacy laws

As it stated in Facebook has targeted politicians around the world – including the former UK chancellor, George Osborne – promising investments and incentives while seeking to pressure them into lobbying on Facebook's behalf against data privacy legislation, an explosive new leak of internal Facebook documents has revealed. The memo has inflamed data protection advocates, who have long complained about the company's "cosy" relationship with the Irish government. It then goes on to say that Ireland is poised to take on the presidency of the EU and therefore has the "opportunity to influence the European Data Directive decisions". In exchange, she asked him to become "even more active and vocal in the European Data Directive debate and really help shape the proposals". The Davos meetings are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of Facebook's global efforts to win influence.

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