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Facebook may be exposing thousands of under-18 users to harmful targeted advertising, marking them as “interested in” when it comes to alcohol and gambling products. An algorithm from the social media giant may be the reason why. The social network's advertising tools may be flagging around 740,000 children under the age of 18 as being interested in gambling, 940,000 under agers as being interested in alcoholic beverages.

Amazon reportedly has many workers reviewing clips recorded by its Cloud Cam security cameras. Amazon may only be reviewing clips for troubleshooting or footage that come from employee testers, but it's been reported that, the clips sometimes include private interactions such as recordings of sexual activity. After Amazon came under scrutiny for supposedly manually annotating Alexa recordings.

Fake reviews are a very real problem. Amazon is fighting against 13 million fake reviews, investing $400 million to get rid of fake and "purchased" user reviews, and now in Germany, the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection wants to make fake reviews punishable by law.

The Brexit deadline of 31 October is making it hard for retailers and suppliers to stockpile goods. Limited by space and cash, companies are going to find it hard to meet demand if a no-deal Brexit comes to pass at the end of the month, say logistics and finance industry businesses. A no-deal scenario to Brexit would mean big changes to customs tariffs, with 88% of goods by value coming into the UK being tariff-free, 22% having new tariffs payable when coming from the EU.

Facebook's Libra is controversial. With many involved in Libra's future, PayPal becomes the first to jump ship. The payment provider is the first to back out of Facebook's cryptocurrency project, which continues to be inspected by regulators around the world. Technically an association, Libra is now backed by 27 companies. These companies are made up of multinational companies and nonprofit organizations.

In the midst of finding a resolution to its high-stakes trade war with China, the Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will impose tariffs on $7.5 billion in European imports beginning 18 October. These tariffs involve European Union subsidies to the plane manufacturer Airbus. This newest escalation in tariffs a la the Trump administration is a new chapter in the trade wars that are raising fears of a global recession and tanking the world economy.

Mark Zuckerberg has announced his, and that means Facebook's, plans to go to Europe's highest court of law to litigate the new ruling that EU countries can order Facebook to remove content globally if, in fact, it violates local laws. This came in a livestreamed Q&A with Facebook employees.